Tactical Theory
"The more you attack, the more vulnerable you become to counterattacks." This statement might seem logical, but it's no longer entirely true in modern football. While most coaches focus on creating numerical superiority in the final third or improving the quality of their chances, the world&
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Match Analysis
France opened their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign with a 3-1 win over Senegal, but this was far from a routine attacking performance from Didier Deschamps’ side. For 45 minutes, France looked disconnected in possession, unable to turn their technical superiority into a sustained final-third threat. Senegal’s
Data Analysis
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup rapidly approaching, attention is increasingly shifting away from qualification campaigns and towards a more important question: who will win the World Cup? Europe once again arrives with several of the tournament’s strongest contenders. Spain, France, England, Portugal and Germany all possess elite-level
Head Coach Analysis
France enter the 2026 FIFA World Cup as one of the favourites, having made it to the Final in each of the previous two tournaments in the ‘Kylian Mbappé era’ thus far. They won their second-ever FIFA World Cup in Russia back in 2018, but came up short in