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The two men who defined the 2018 #UCL final between Liverpool and Real Madrid won’t be taking part this time 🔴⚪ #LFC #RMCF
We took a look at the errors, the overhead kick, and the weirdly similar careers of Karius and Bale since then 👇🧵
metro.co.uk/2022/05/28/why…
We took a look at the errors, the overhead kick, and the weirdly similar careers of Karius and Bale since then 👇🧵
metro.co.uk/2022/05/28/why…
In Kyiv, Gareth Bale swivelled rearward, propelled his left leg at a right-angle towards the heavens, and hit a shot into the top corner so unerring, so perfectly timed, so wrought with wrath, that it could have burnt a searing hole through a literal iron curtain ⚽ 
As football analysis and punditry have evolved in the information age, elite-level players are increasingly judged on their data, the numbers they produce both in front of goal and in their season-long all-around play, rather than on their moments of brilliance 📈
Liverpool and Carlo Ancelotti share plenty of history, and they will meet again in club football’s biggest game on Saturday night for the #UCL final 🔴⚪ #LFC #RMCF
We’ve explored the shared destiny of the club and the manager 👇🧵
metro.co.uk/2022/05/27/rea…
We’ve explored the shared destiny of the club and the manager 👇🧵
metro.co.uk/2022/05/27/rea…
Ancelotti was always supposed to end up living in Liverpool. Once he did, he found that he loved the coastline 🏖️
‘There’s a beautiful beach,' he said. ‘You can walk all the way to Formby on the coastal path. There are the Gormley statues, 100 of them. I really like it.'
‘There’s a beautiful beach,' he said. ‘You can walk all the way to Formby on the coastal path. There are the Gormley statues, 100 of them. I really like it.'
Since the final he lost with AC Milan in Istanbul when Liverpool came from 3-0 down to win on penalties, Ancelotti's fate had been to end up in Liverpool 🔴
That night his and the Reds' respective destinies became one, bound by the twisted metaphysics of football.
That night his and the Reds' respective destinies became one, bound by the twisted metaphysics of football.
Liverpool and Real Madrid will start the #UCL final with systems which look similar on paper, but which hide so much more beneath the surface 🔴⚪ #LFC #RMCF
We’ve analysed both sides' setups, to find out where the match could be won and lost 👇🧵
metro.co.uk/2022/05/26/liv…
We’ve analysed both sides' setups, to find out where the match could be won and lost 👇🧵
metro.co.uk/2022/05/26/liv…
Both will ostensibly look the same, bar the colour of their kits — 22 men, each 11 arranged in a 4-3-3 in front of their respective goalkeeper.
But the differences between those 4-3-3s mean both sides are going to have plenty of opportunity to exploit one another's weaknesses ⚽
But the differences between those 4-3-3s mean both sides are going to have plenty of opportunity to exploit one another's weaknesses ⚽
For Real, the key to their hybrid 4-3-3/4-4-2 is Federico Valverde 🇺🇾
He is asked to give width on the right wing when his team are in possession, while dropping deeper and narrower in defensive transitions to become an extra midfielder when Liverpool are have the ball.
He is asked to give width on the right wing when his team are in possession, while dropping deeper and narrower in defensive transitions to become an extra midfielder when Liverpool are have the ball.
🆕 Fresh analysis! 🙌 With La Liga returning, our professional coaches assess the abilities of Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde 👇
coachesvoice.com/la-liga-federi…
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Valverde favours three different means of playing out of pressure. Fast, threaded passes towards a more advanced teammate; using a burst of pace to carry the ball between opponents; moving without the ball to behind his opponent and then attempting to receive it beyond them #RMCF
If he is convincing playing the ball with both feet, Valverde’s right foot is clearly his strongest. When he plays on the right in a 4-4-2 he often attempts to advance around the outside of his opposing defenders and to deliver crosses into the penalty area #RMCF
