For over two months, Barcelona have taken pride in catching their opponents offside countless times in each match. Hansi Flick’s strategy of deploying a high backline was always going to be a risky ...

Hansi Flick stuck to his bold strategy of playing with a high defensive line for his visit to the Santiago Bernabéu. It’s his ...

Weird and wonderful things are happening at Barcelona this season. Their games have brought more goals than any other team in Europe’s top five leagues. They have trapped more opponents offside than ...

Ironic cheers faded to a nervous silence as it dawned on the Etihad that the offside call to disallow Brennan Johnson’s opening goal was so tight the VAR already had the protractor out. The only ...

Having previously worked as an assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Enzo Maresca is often considered a coaching disciple of the Spaniard — like Mikel Arteta, his opposite number in Chelsea’s ...

Mbappe put his feet on the gas pedal and darted inside the box through the right flank to find himself in a one-on-one situation with Inaki Pena. The French star kept his calm and dinked the ball over ...

Soccer, otherwise known as football, is a relatively simple sport. Eleven players play on each team who, aside from the goalkeeper, can't touch the ball with their hands and must put the ball in the ...