Instinctive Writes
AdiTactical analysis of football structures, player profiling and scouting, and other analysis of our beautiful game (sometimes ugly)
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Scouting Carlos Baleba (Again)
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A year and a half ago, I wrote “Scouting Carlos Baleba.” A lot’s changed since then. Baleba’s gone from having one of the best seasons ever for an under-21 midfielder to being substituted 20 minutes into a match and benched for...
Scouting Digest: Part 1
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I like profiling players. It’s a fun way to think about how and why each footballer, all different from one another, does the things they do, and how their individual qualities support the collective to better the team.
In thi...
Brazil 1 - 2 Norway
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Norway have intrigued me for a few weeks now. While I can’t say this intrigue comes from a place of being positively surprised (instead, from blind ignorance) this intrigue eventually got the better of me, so, here we are.
Foo...
Tunisia 0 - 4 Japan
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While I’ll go into Japan’s tactics in depth below, here are a few principles of their play that are useful to keep in mind:
— A midfielder drops into the back line to form a back four
— Wingbacks push high as wingers, where...
Sweden 5 - 1 Tunisia
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When I analysed Sweden ahead of the World Cup, I had a fair few worries regarding their [lack of] balance. My main concern came from the make-up of their front three:
While it feels awfully nitpicky to complain about a front t...
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