Teams prefer to attack (blue) rather than defend (red). But if your team is up against a stronger team, the chance is that they’ll force you to defend. Transitioning is a lot harder than kick and rush. For that reason the weakest teams have very little effectiveness in transitioning. Here are the results of all…

Football is a very dynamic game. A lot is happening at the same time. So a static description of a football match or of football players is lacking a crucial element, namely the dynamics of the game. Here are two video’s that shows how two great players, Frenkie de Jong and Hakim Ziyech, differ in…