To stop Erling Haaland from scoring, it is not by man marking him because this leaves your defense vulnerable.The aforementioned only affords other City players making late runnings into the box more opportunities to wreck havocs as continuously stalking one man leads to men disadvantage.It has never been easy dealing with Manchester City on their day and the presence of Haaland is just that of a hungry striker in the midst of creative players, goals after goals until he breaks every single record available as long as he remains a City player.After only eight games in the Premier League, Erling…
Author: Kehinde-Hassan Afolabi
South AmericansWe access first, the chances of South America teams in a bid to end their 20 year wait for a World Cup success in the part one of our World Cup power rankings.The wait must have started to grow into frustration for South America legends, who have watch European countries dominate and won each the last four editions of the FIFA World Cup after themselves have made history with their countries in their time.Since Brazil beat Germany in the final to win the first edition of the competition to be held outside Europe, South America, or North America, when…
There is the Manchester derby as well as the North London derby, two of the most anticipated fixtures in the English topflight season in and out but the context of Chelsea’s travel to the Selhurst Park this weekend could see the London derby match steal the headlines this weekend.It will be Graham Potter’s first domestic game in charge of Chelsea, who are not in very good position following the takeover from their darling owner at the end of last season and the sacking of their loved German manager earlier in the month.Graham Potter kicks off his first Premier League assignment…
World Cup preparation look done and dusted following the end of the international break which is set to the followed by the prestigious competition finals in November.Preparation as they say has started since the completion of the last edition, where France were crowned Champions following a dominant win over Croatia in a six goal thriller in Russia.A lot of teams have impressed since then and along with many others will be looking to write their names in the history books in the first edition of the competition to be held in an Arab country.Teams like France, the defending Champions have…
While games in the Premier League for the weekend have been postponed due to the passing of the Queen Elizabeth II, we take a look back at the most talked about club during the week, Chelsea.From the laboured and controversial win over West Ham United in the London derby last weekend to the lacklustre performance in their Champions League opener in Zagreb on Tuesday night, as if it was not enough, the sacking of manager, Thomas Tuchel followed suit the next morning.The drama got even more interesting as former Brighton manager, Graham Potter has now been appointed manager of the…
The Catalan Giants are known to be heavyweights in Spanish and European football. The Club is known for its trademark Tiki-taka style of play, or what could be otherwise known as the Cruyffian philosophy. It is named after the Dutch footballer and Coach, who was the founder of the football philosophy known as Total Football.Being the only Club to win a sextuple in a year the feat was achieved in 2009, The club also won a treble in 2015. Donning the Blue and red colour of the Blaugrana is a lifelong dream for most footballers. Several football legends had played…
The departure of Thomas Tuchel has finally crowned the start of a new era under the Todd Boehly consortium, who took over the ownership of the West London club a few months back.If there is one thing the new owners of Chelsea have in common to their predecessor, that is how quick they are in changing managers when results is not going the way they want it.It has brought the Roman Abramovich era unprecedented success and fans will hope for the same fortune of the Boehly’s, even though a part of them find it difficult to accept the sacking of…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence and Lionel Messi’s record for most goals in the group stages of that Champions League were the discusses before the kickoff of the opening day if the new campaign albeit other players have already stared in previous seasons.It was because of what has been an unbelievable level of consistency from the two over the years that has made their names remain on the lips of every fan of the beautiful game, even as they approach their end days.Even if the likes of Karim Benzema, Robert Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah are stealing the headlines lately, all these are…