Posts Tagged ‘ Beckham ’

Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo: Donovan moves upfront to score the winner

November 21, 2011
Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo: Donovan moves upfront to score the winner

LA Galaxy dominated for almost the entire game, but had to wait until the 71st minute to go ahead through Landon Donovan.
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How the 2000s changed tactics #5: Back to four ‘bands’ in formations

March 8, 2010
How the 2000s changed tactics #5: Back to four ‘bands’ in formations

Outfield football positions are still generally broken down into three types: defenders, midfielders and forwards. Go to any fantasy football website, or look at a UEFA squad list, and you’ll see players broken down into these three categories. Of course, this ignores the progression of football tactics in recent years, where the pitch is often...
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AC Milan 2-3 Manchester United – Ferguson wins the battle of the midfields

February 19, 2010
AC Milan 2-3 Manchester United – Ferguson wins the battle of the midfields

I watched three of the matches this week – Milan v Manchester United, Porto v Arsenal and Bayern v Fiorentina. The Porto v Arsenal game I found relatively uninteresting from a tactical point of view – it was fairly even and the goals came from mistakes and set-pieces, rather than tactical wisdom from either...
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How will David Beckham fit into Leonardo’s Milan side?

January 9, 2010
How will David Beckham fit into Leonardo’s Milan side?

David Beckham returns for his second loan spell in Serie A hoping for regular first-team football, to prove to Fabio Capello he has the ability and fitness to justify a place in England’s 23-man squad this summer. The problem for Beckham, however, is that he’s joining a side who are both bang in form,...
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