How can I recreate a better Learning Environment for my players to understand what I want from them in the game? This is the “million dollar question” that majority of the coaches ask themselves while planning practices.  According with my …

In the most recent instalment of Soccer Hub’s interview series, viewers from around the world were treated to a compelling conversation between our very own Ricardo and special guest Luís Gonçalves, recently-appointed head coach of the Mozambique national team. In …

At the risk of stating the obvious, football is a multi-dimensional game. Variety, as the aphorism goes, is the spice of life, and the world’s most popular sport is no exception. Each and every facet of the game favours breadth …

Napoli’s POSSESSION PHASE The usual game system used by Napoli in possession is 1-4-2-3-1 formation. Instead, in the first Champions League match against Liverpool, we have seen Napoli with a new look : 1-3-4-3 formation. Starting from the back, Koulibaly …

Scouting: it’s one of the most important positions in modern soccer. These days, ‘scout’ is a relatively all-encompassing job title, but the term is generally applied to those members of staff within a club whose specific job it is to …

Exclusive interview with the Serbia National Team Head Coach, Ljubiša Tumbaković Being one of the most experienced and successful Serbian Soccer Coaches of all time, Ljubiša Tumbaković is the current manager of the Serbia national team. In Partizan he led …

Whenever Juventus plays 1-4-3-3, however the players involved are following the principals of mobility and unpredictably. We see that Ronaldo has moved around from left, to the centre and to the right. In this way, the defenders in the other …

The month of August ends, the bulk of coaches will face their first day of competition soon, ending the 2019/2020 preseason, others have already done so during the month that ends. As if it were a marathon runner, they could …

Recently, Soccer HUB and AEFCA were fortunate enough to gain invaluable insight into the world of international football coaching from the Head Coach of Finland, Markku Kanerva. Kanerva has been involved in coaching at a professional level for almost two …

The ‘football/soccer analyst’: it’s a term relatively new to the game’s lexicon. In days gone by, most of a club’s forethought with regards to matchdays will have been internal, conducted almost entirely in reference to their own squad. In the …