Catenaccio and the Italian Defensive Tradition
Catenaccio is often caricatured as pure negativity. Its history is more interesting: a precise set of ideas about marking, cover and counter-attack.
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From Michels to Guardiola: The Lineage of Positional Play
A thread of ideas runs from Ajax in the 1960s through Cruyff's Barcelona to Guardiola's teams. Tracing it shows how football philosophies are passed on and changed.