This season’s Champions League was the first edition to ever feature Red Bull Salzburg (RBS). The Austrian Bundesliga winners had qualified directly to the group stages where they were set up against KRC Genk, Napoli, and Liverpool. The outcome of these fixtures and the resulting 3rd place finish might have been foreseen even before the…
My second blog post about the theme “transitional play” builds on the first presentation. This blog post starts with a passing exercise with a lot of movement and one of the focus points will be awareness. It’s extremely important overall, not just when talking transitional play, to always scan the area around you as a…
Transitions are often the little thing, which can change a football match. I have experienced this myself, either at stadiums all across Europe watching as a fan or scout, or as a coach standing on the side-line. Attacking wise I like this amazing goal from Manchester United in their match in 2009 vs Arsenal. It’s…