Norwich: the best attack in Championship?

 

Photo Source: @NorwichCityFC Twitter account

13 goal in 4 matches is the score collected so far by Norwich: the Canaries, after the managerial change from Smith to Wagner, seem have changed their approach, moving from a conservative one to a more proactive behaviour, which is taking some dividends, considering that they are the best attack in the league and they earned 10 points in 4 matches, getting the second place behind Leicester.

I try to figure out which are the solutions adopted by David Wagner in order to unlock the firepower available upfront. 

How Japan and Sweden approached their Quarter-Final clash

Source: @svenskfotboll

Fifa Women World Cup reached the quarter-final stage and one of the more interesting clash was between the Japanese team, who dominated its group also thanks to a 4-0 win over Spain, and the Swedish team who eliminated from the competition the US team after a dramatic sequence of penalties.

Both team are recognized as having a clear identity on the pitch while also able to be very pragmatic during each match by accepting both scenario in which they are deemed to play the ball or leave the control of the play to the opponents.

The clash ended with Sweden winning 2-1 thanks to a better interpretation of the match for about 70 minutes, the last third of the match was quite dominated by Japanese team helped by a physical (and mental?) drop of Sweden team. However it was not enough to change the outcome, with yellow-black girls reaching the semifinals.

This article wants to describe the main pattern of both teams.

Positional Play, Progression Boxes, Fluidity: Enzo Maresca at Leicester

Photo: Twitter account Leicester

My first post in this blog in English is dedicated to the first official game played in Championship by Leicester who appointed Enzo Maresca to try to get the Foxes back in Premier League.

I analyzed some patterns which was implemented by the former assistant of Pep Guardiola at City last year, a collaboration fully visible in the Leicester's structure during the match.