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Underestimated No More: How Asian Football Shocked the World

The Asian Countries journey in the World Football Championship has been positively increased nowadays. Several Asian nations proved themselves by defeating other great football countries. Asia might be perceived as a less-talented continent since the West is the continent where football was born. The previous World Cup which held in Qatar, changed the perspective of many football fans. Many unexpected events that the Asian team did. Saudi Arabia with their 2-1 result against Argentina—which they're the champion in that edition. Japan unexpectedly beat Germany and Spain, which puts them on the top of the table. Several nations have shown their existence in global tournaments, making Asia a continent that should not be underestimated.  Japan Football fans already know how monster The Samurai Blue is in Asia. Japan is the country that has developed its football a lot, proved by how they produced a lot of talented players. Their local league became the best league in Asia, which suppor...

Ruben Amorim: The Red Devil's New Hope

Manchester United was in need of a head coach after the Dutch gaffer, Erik Ten Hag, was sacked. The new management, INEOS, has been considering several coaches before finally choosing former Sporting’s Coach, Ruben Amorim. A lot of Manchester United fans were happy after Eric was sacked—losing four games in the first 11 matches and ranked 14 for the first time in Manchester United history. In contrast, Ruben Amorim achieved three league titles since his arrival in Sporting. Of course, it will be good news for Manchester United fans, who feel dissatisfied with Erik Ten Hag’s coaching.  Ruben Amorim's arrival might give Manchester United a fresh approach since he has 3 center back combinations and 2 offensive wingbacks. It is quite new for Manchester United which previously used 4-2-3-1 formation including double pivot combination. However, will Ruben Amorim imply his philosophy? Can the players follow his tactic since there will be a huge change of gameplay? Since the departure of ...

Barcelona and its La Masia: Creating Star Players, rather than Buying Them

La Masia is the football academy of a club from Catalan, Barcelona. La Masia has produced a lot of talented players, including Lionel Messi, who nowadays is considered the best player in the world. La Masia is genuinely successful in shaping players. Every player who has been joining La Masia will have something different that differs them from the player from other professional football club academies. It is proven that there are a lot of La Masia’s graduates—although it is not in big teams—that always have value which makes them be the first choice of coaches.  La Masia is the producer of prime Barcelona players. Lionel Messi, AndrĂ©s Iniesta, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Carles Puyol, and Pique are the examples. These players were able to achieve sextuples for Barcelona back in 2009. Even their coach at that time, Pep Guardiola, is one of the La Masia products. La Masia is genuinely special in that it can make its player have special characteristics which "spices" them.  In the p...

Why Manchester United, and What Happened?

A 9-year-old kid, who really loves football, was watching football news in the morning before he went to school. Almost every day, the news is mostly about the team using red-white kits, from one of the cities in England, Manchester. The team led by the legendary coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, reached its peak of performance by going on to win 2 incredible Champions League titles, 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups, 4 League Cups and 1 European Cup Winners’ Cup. Those achievements made Sir Alex Ferguson become the greatest Manchester United manager ever. Yet, the team is now adrift in the middle of the sea, hit by waves of victory and defeat. The inconsistency is sourced from complex problems, which the team hasn't found the way to fix. Several managers have taken the challenge of managing the red devil, nevertheless they have been knocked out by the devil itself. David Moyes, who was predicted to be Ferguson's successor, instead became Manchester United's worst coach. Louis va...