After Tottenham's Champions League collapse on Tuesday, the appointment of Igor Tudor and the tactics employed increasingly ...

BBC football tactics correspondent Umir Irfan looks at how Tottenham interim manager Igor Tudor's tactical principles could be the reason behind their poor run of form.

When the rules of Association Football were first codified in the 19th century, minimal strategy was involved. Over half the players on any team were forwards, and games were high-scoring affairs ...

In the realm of football tactics, there exists a delicate balance between defensive solidity and negative play. Coaches and teams often face the dilemma of whether to adopt an approach that ...

English football has entered a distinctive tactical evolution, one increasingly shaped by concepts borrowed from American football. Managers are no longer focusing solely on open play; instead, they ...

Hosted by Michael Bailey, revered football tactics writer Michael Cox is joined by more of The Athletic's brightest tactics and data analytics writers to break down the tactical and technical details ...

Italian football has long been synonymous with tactical mastery, and Serie A remains a proving ground for the world’s most innovative strategies. As the 2024-25 season unfolds, fans and analysts alike ...

A coach in America’s top women’s league has admitted to using ChatGPT to determine her team’s tactics. Laura Harvey, the head coach at Seattle Reign, said she asked the AI chatbot questions about ...

Allen is the Cavs’ safety valve on offense, often the player who gets the ball when everything else breaks down. His role on a football field would mirror that of an elite tight end — think Rob ...

While football continues to evolve, one trend has stood out in recent years: the rise of the back three in modern football. As tactical demands shift, this formation has helped elite teams stay ...

Italian football now exists in its own slow-motion bubble Marco Luzzani/ Unusually, this weekend, the main talking point in English sport was not football. Despite Port Vale’s hugely impressive win ...