He calls Planchart over to the table: “Carles, tomorrow morning get me a video of the 36th minute – the thing you mentioned to me. I want to show the centre-half how better to position himself.”

Premier League reveal their festive fixture calendar with Wolves vs Chelsea first Christmas Eve game in 28 years, just two football-free days in a fortnight Wingers high up and wide at the edge of the pitch, waiting to strike clinically when the opposition is disorganised Cristiano Ronaldo demands a referee is substituted after team-mate Talisca's goal was ruled out during Al-Nassr's cup win over Al-Ettifaq forward (10). However, the forward steps over the ball ("dummy"). Source: Pep Guardiola's Manchester City preseason training session at NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas, USA - 20th July 2017Statistics don’t turn him on. What gets him passionate is the play itself and his post-match analysis of it.

West Ham 3-1 Arsenal - Carabao Cup RECAP: Gunners slump out of Carabao Cup as Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen strike for Hammers after Ben White own-goal Farewell Franny Lee: Football stars including Graeme Souness, Micah Richards and Mike Summerbee gather to mourn Man City ace who died aged 79For me, though, this book was too much akin to a hagiography rather than a biography , at some points so saccarine as to make my teeth ache just ot read it. ( the prime example being a picture of Guardiola in thoughtful mode being captioned along the lines of " Pep never stops thinking about how to make the team better " Use a "Third Man" when building up play between the lines of the opposition (create a free man with passing triangles) The higher wide zones must always be occupied by the wingers when Pep Guardiola uses the 3-5-2 formation Watter kant': South Africa rugby stars speak in Afrikaans and appear to make light of Bongi Mbonambi's 'white ****' England slur row as they warm up Player A passes out wide and high up the flank for B to run onto, after a curved run around the pole.

Argentina World Cup winner Papu Gomez breaks silence after being given two-year doping ban... as he denies deliberately taking Terbitulane They are the highest-scoring Premier League outfit in 23-24 and have scored in all eighteen home games since Emery’s arrival. That is why I would say that not only is this one of the best sports biographies I have read, but it is an absolutely brilliant biography full-stop. Player A crosses into the penalty area. 8. Player B makes a curved run around the pole into the penalty area and tries to score from the cross. years of Mersey mayhem! Mail Sport digs out exclusive images from Liverpool's clashes with Everton as the bitter rivals prepare to face off this weekend

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For example, it occurs in the story of Pep vs Mourinho, which was already told in the early chapters but then repeated in part III chapter 6, and it is also occurs in the story of problems with Zlatan