H_Reports_·Oct 27Tottenham win at Stamford Bridge: My take on a harrowing game for Xabi AlonsoThere are bad defeats, and then there are performances that leave you questioning almost everything about a team. Chelsea’s defeat to…
Fahd Ahmed·Oct 26Derby Defeat: Three tactical lessons from Chelsea’s loss against SpursSpurs were victorious against Chelsea for the first time in eight years at Stamford Bridge. Roberto De Zerbi’s team was comfortably the…
Ezekiel Young·Sep 28Chelsea’s Defensive Crisis: Alonso’s System, Missing Pieces, or Individual Errors?Twelve goals conceded in five Premier League games have left Chelsea with the Premier League's worst defensive record. Is Xabi Alonso’s…
Kwaku Osafo·Sep 27Xabi Alonso has picked his poison. But Maresca disagrees“If the freedom for you is that you can move everywhere, that is not freedom. It’s chaos.”
Fahd Ahmed·Sep 3Xabi Alonso’s Off-Ball Control Tactical System: Risks and rewards during early implementation…Over the past few Premier League seasons, the pre-eminent tactical paradigm of controlling the game through possession superiority has…
Fahd Ahmed·Aug 28How Cole Palmer’s positional freedom, awareness, and vision created tensions for Fulham’s defenceIn pre-season, it was clear that Xabi Alonso’s system during possession phases emphasised central positional fluidity. It suited Chelsea’s…
hritikshukla·Jan 19In Brain vs. Heart, The Brain Always Wins: A Statistical Case for Nagelsmann over Alonso (2026)It’s Jan 2026. The Arne Slot experiment has failed because we tried to replace Klopp’s heavy metal with a lullaby. We are sitting on a…
InBeyond the ScoreboardbyMohammed Thameem·Jan 17The Bernabeu Makes Feelings Known as Madrid Stutters Past LevanteGoals from Mbappe and Ascensio propel the team within one point of Barcelona at the top of the tableA response icon1A response icon1
Efny Johan·Jan 15XABI ALONSO DIDN’T FAIL, REAL MADRID REJECTED HIMAnother year, another managerial casualty at Real Madrid. Football fans know that the Real Madrid job is a poison chalice, and not everyone…
futbolheritage·Jan 14Xabi Alonso vs. Florentino’s Bratswarning: this is an anti-alvaro arbeloa space.
