"What he’s done makes him the most important person in the history of football; one man changing two different clubs as both a player and coach. Cruyff will never die. Never.". 90 minutes with Pep Guardiola - Part 4 of 4.

RT @CanoFootball: In Euro 2020, with 291 balls recovered, nobody pressed better than Italy or regained possession more effectively in trans….

Rodri off at HT. The style and approach remained unmistakable. Regardless of individuals, personalities and characters on the pitch, the football identity is the most important player.

Spain national team held a 1v1 tournament. The final was between Alvaro Morata and Lamine Yamal:.

“You communicate through your intention. If your teammates see your body language, they’ll understand…”

“When you attack good, you defend well & when we defend well we attack better. You can’t separate them or only talk about different things like “Just attack” or “Just defend”. Over the past 20 years, the teams who have scored the most have conceded the least.” . - Pep Guardiola.

There’s more Football IQ in Rodri’s head than the rest of the competition put together. Generational player.

Very, very good interview with Rodri and @sidlowe . He discusses Spain’s rhythm, intentions and much more….

RT @CanoFootball: As coaches, analysts and fans we can use words and numbers to describe systems, styles and structures…. But football will….

While football is played by humans, not magnets on a tactics board, it depends on emotions, relationships & connections that constantly adapt. Synergies between 2 humans can be affected by a 3rd human. Tactics are the players & can’t be given a label or put in a box on a shelf.

Love this ❤️.

100% crosses completed.66 touches.8 duels won.4/5 dribbles completed.3 chances created.3 shots.1 assist.1 goal. Dani Olmo. Performance of the tournament.

As coaches, analysts and fans we can use words and numbers to describe systems, styles and structures…. But football will always belong to the players. What do they see? How do they feel? How do they connect socially?. These aspects are what dictate how a team plays.

But yes, that's why I'm telling you, all the midfielders had very good feet or have very good feet and we find a little bit of what Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets were at the time, today we find in the Argentina team.". 5/5.

Although it's true that nowadays there are no more ‘Enganches’, the midfielders are more interior players (number 8’s). 4/5.

I think that the ‘Enganche’ is generally a different player who rarely loses the ball, and we started to barely lose the ball in the middle, having a lot of possession, and through the long periods of possession we became stronger. 3/5.

Because you can have an idea but then you have to have the players too, right? And we found some brilliant ‘Enganche’s’ (number 10’s). Most of them were at one time or another an ‘Enganche’ and it's very noticeable when you have a lot of possession. 2/5.

Q: “When did it start to feel natural to play all together close to the ball, passing 4 or 5 metres, more functional than positional, if you like?". A: “Well, I think that in the game against Brazil we felt we had played a great game. 1/5.