“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” – Albert Einstein A perfect quote to begin with – featuring a level of ambiguity similar to the topic that’s come to my mind today. How else can you address the eternal cycle of…
The first leg of the El Clasico is finally upon us. And hence the continuation amid a plethora of inevitable discussion on who among Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, will be the best. With less than a few days to go to one of the most awaited European…
Football and Big Data are on the verge of setting free, if not already — a trend that will multiply as established clubs increasingly chase tie up with tech firms. As it stands currently, the abundance of data allows us to know if the distance covered by players…
Photo Credit: Al Sadd FC When Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez was unveiled as an Al-Sadd player a few months ago, he was stepping into the unknown. All his life, the midfield genius had played for Barcelona. Catalan-born and bred, Xavi will have felt a tinge of awkwardness pulling…
Qatar has come under a lot of criticism in Western media for it’s ‘poaching’ attitude towards young Africans aspiring to be professional footballers. But if you ask 20-year-old Diawandou Diagne Niang if Qatar’s initiative via the recognised Aspire Academy involves deceit, he would advocate otherwise. In 2008, aged…
“The success of defensive rigidity and rapid counter-attacks against possession football hints at another tactical evolution,” was the opening statement in a recent piece in the Guardian. You hear a lot of people, among them, quite a few fans of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, move away from their…
Few months from today, Manchester City will take a leap into the unknown. Into one of the most intense fixtures in the clubs history, facing Barcelona in the Champions League round of 16, with an attempt at proving their credentials as a genuine European force and the fact…
Yes, Messi could possibly be the greatest player in today’s game but he is not mortal, or at least we would like to think that way. The search for the next greatest player or the next Messi has hit the globe since the legendary Argentinean dazzled us in…