Browsing: Rodri

Forget the noise around Cristiano Ronaldo and Lamine Yamal for a second. When Spain and Portugal walk into Dallas Stadium…

The danger begins in the exhale after Spain lose the ball. The pass skids loose. A boot scrapes turf. Vinicius…

Rodri’s VAR nightmares now feel less like one midfielder’s complaint and more like a warning label for the modern World…

Spain’s back line nightmares this summer begin the second a loose pass turns possession into panic. Luis de la Fuente’s…

Rodri’s best work in Spain’s VAR decisions battle against Germany begins before the whistle, before the replay, before the referee…

Rodri’s goalkeeping begins nowhere near the goal, which sounds ridiculous until the ball turns over and the whole stadium inhales…

Argentina’s goalkeeping structure gives Rodri his first target before Emiliano Martínez even strikes the ball. The stadium tightens. The centre-backs…

Rodri’s high press makes France the team Spain must beat because it attacks the one thing Didier Deschamps’ side still…

The Six Space Trap starts with a simple truth: the modern football pitch has shrunk. Pressing lines jump sooner. Fullbacks…

Why Big Matches Keep Belonging to Midfielders Who Receive on the Half Turn starts in the tightest square on the…