HOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Player Focus Dimitar Berbatov Monaco 3 - 1 Arsenal Perhaps fortune does favor the brave, but the Champions League favors solidarity. One of the most recent latest editions have once again reminded us of this; that whatever the initial game plan is the most organized and cohesive team
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett La Liga February 7, 2015 Vicente Calderon Atletico Madrid 4 - 0 Real Madrid Real Madrid was humbled by their rival on the 22nd round of La Liga fixtures. With a defense reduced to a reserve squad due to the absences of Ramos and Pepe, Carlo Ancelotti's men
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett English Premier League January 1, 2015 White Hart Lane Tottenham 5 - 3 Chelsea Talk about a way to end the holiday season in the Premier League: Chelsea's Jose Mourinho sank defensively at White Hart Lane while facing a Tottenham side with very fresh legs. Mauricio Pochettino's men
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Bundesliga January 30, 2015 Volkswagen Arena Wolfsburg 4 - 1 Bayern Munich The 4-1 victory of Wolfsburg over Bayern Munich came from two sources: Wolfsburg’s sharp teeth and Bayern’s ability to bite itself. Bavarian losses are rare and they always warrant an explanation. This time the defeat was
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Champions League October 21, 2014 Camp Nou Barcelona 3 v 1 Ajax With over five decades of shared history between the two sides embedded with legendary figures such as Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels, Ajax and Barcelona are two teams that have gone on opposite trajectories over
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Bundesliga December 19, 2014 Coface Arena Mainz 05 1 v 2 Bayern Munich Bayern Munich may well have put out their weakest showing to date against Mainz. They were uninspiring when on the attack and at times lacking coverage defensively. Let us see if we can single
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Champions League December 10, 2014 Nou Camp Barcelona 3 v 1 Paris St Germain So, are there any more undefeated teams in Europe? Nope, especially after the first half hour of this match, where PSG fell against FC Barcelona. A goal from Neymar before the break unraveled PSG and
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett EPL November 22, 2014 Goodison Park Everton 2 v 1 West Ham United Everton put in a great performance as they defeated a very in-form West Ham side. On his 400th appearance, Leon Osman slid home the winner in a 2-1 victory over The Hammers. Everton took the
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Bundesliga November 29, 2014 Olympiastadion Berlin Berlin 1 v 0 Bayern Munich This was not the match of the year, but Bayern once again made their case as an efficient vertical attacking side. When they took to the pitch Hertha Berlin knew that their defense was weak, especially
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett English Premier League October 5, 2014 Stamford Bridge Chelsea 2 v 0 Arsenal By the time this match came around, Chelsea had already begun their championship run at high speed, 19 points from a possible 21 and already five steps ahead of trailing Manchester City. Arsenal, on-the-other-hand, were
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Bundesliga November 8, 2014 Commerzbank-Arena; Frankfurt Bayern Munich 4 v 0 Frankfurt Bayern Munich went for the jugular when they faced Frankfurt. Frankfurt tried to keep up the pace with aggressive pressing, but the Eagles had their wings sliced off, as they were caught ball watching excessively often and
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Legue 1 October 26, 2014 Municipal de Gerland; Lyon Lyon 1 v 0 Marseille With a goal from Gourcuff midway through the second half, Olympique Lyonnais ended their run of eight consecutive defeats at the hands of Olympique Marseille. Here is what I thought were the key tactical aspects
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Serie A League Game September 20, 2014 San Siro Stadium, Milan Juventus 1 v 0 AC Milan After two wins in as many days, the "new" AC Milan failed to pass their first real test of the season at home against Juventus. Facing the Italian triple champions,
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett UEFA Champions League September 16, 2014 Signal Iduna Park Dortmund 2 v 0 Arsenal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan had enough chances, but Borussia Dortmund could not turn their superiority into more goals. Nevertheless, Dortmund kicked off their Champions League campaign with a resounding 2-0 win over Arsenal in
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett UEFA Champions League September 17, 2014 Amsterdam Arena Ajax 1 v 1 PSG Everything started well from the opening whistle with a fast score from Cavani in the 14th minute. However, as was the case in their most recent Ligue 1 road trips, PSG could do nothing
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett English Premier League 13 September, 2014 Aston Villa 1v0 Liverpool Liverpool paid the price for a lack of a cutting edge against a hungry, high flying Aston Villa team now firmly finding their feet under Paul Lambert and Roy Keane with a near-flawless start to the season. Aston
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett German Bundesliga 6 September, 2014 Bayern Munich 1 v 1 FC Schalke Ranging from quite impressive all the way to plain poor, Schalke forced Bayern into quite the “transition” over the duration of the match of which they finished level in Gelsenkirchen. What happened to cause such a drastic
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett English Premier League 25 August, 2014 Man City 3 v 1 Liverpool Manchester City made their first big statement of the new season with a punishing display against a Liverpool side who were gutsy but failed to take their chances, ultimately suffering from individual errors; a common theme
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett German Bundesliga Saturday, 30 August, 2014 Bayern Munich 3 v 0 Hamburg The former Barcelona manager had a couple of surprises up his sleeve for his first outing with his new charges against Hamburg. Even if the formation seen was usual for a Pep Guardiola team, how
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett Barclays Premier League Sunday, 10 August, 2014 Everton 2 v 2 Leicester It has been a long summer, but finally the Premier League is back! It was a fantastic opening weekend and one of the matches was Leicester City vs Everton where both clubs entertained in a 2-2 draw.
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett 2014 Community Shield Sunday, 10 August, 2014 Arsenal 3 v 0 Man City To some, it is nothing more than just an over-hyped friendly. To others, it is the first official match of the season. Regardless of which camp you fall into, the Community Shield is an occasion
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett FIFA 2014 World Cup, Brazil Sunday, 26 June, 2014 Germany 1 v 0 USA It was on the last day of the group phase when one of the most exciting groups; Group G, was drawing to an exciting close. Each of the four teams in the group were
Continue readingHOW THE MATCH WAS WON by Keith Scarlett FIFA 2014 World Cup, Brazil Sunday, 13 July, 2014 Germany 1 v 0 France The biggest match in world football had the attention of almost everybody on the planet and the two best sides in the tournament faced each other on in a clash of titans. The
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These activities help to begin bringing out the competitiveness of all the players and their drive to win.
Four 5 X 5 boxes are set up with balls piled up in between the 4 boxes.
The team is split into 2 groups. In each box there are 3 on offense and 1 who will be on defense. Each group has 2
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