Losses are hard to handle, specially when you are leading or are in a commanding position to get a point or three and end up with none. Situations like this are bound to make any manager lose their temper. But good for them, they have a solid mental fortitude and some training to remain as …
Unai Emery is back in the Premier League! The experienced manager will be taking over the helm at Aston Villa after ex-manager Steven Gerrard was given the sack after only 11 months in charge. The 50-year-old first managed in the PL when he took over from Arsene Wenger in 2018, agreeing to a two-year deal. …
With pre-season almost coming to a close in a few days’ time, it looks like football fans across the globe have had a fine time thanks to the various European clubs on tour during this time. The likes of Liverpool, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Barcelona have all been on pre-season tours in various countries …
It was their solid defence that aided Villarreal in knocking out German giants Bayern Munich out of the Champions League to script a shock elimination for the ages. When Bayern were expected to walk out of the first leg in Spain as comfortable victors, Unai Emery’s men managed to keep a clean sheet at the …
Unai Emery is usually one for politeness and hearty greetings, as known from his time managing Arsenal in England where he was most known for his “good ebening” wishes while addressing the media before games. But Emery went against his characteristic morals when he left Marcelo Bielsa hanging before a pre-season outing. Emery’s Villarreal were …
Former PSG manager Unai Emery’s return to Marseille got seriously ugly as the Spaniard was shown a red card and almost came to blows with opposition manager Jorge Sampaoli. The Villarreal boss received a hostile reception at the Velodrome as expected and seemingly lost the plot after Juan Foyth was handed his second yellow card …
Newly promoted La Liga side Huesca carved open Villarreal with some quick off the ball movement and slick passing, as they earned a 1-1 draw in this weekend’s opening league fixture at the Estadio de la Cerámica. Pablo Maffeo added the finishing touch to an extraordinary end-to-end routine consisting of seven deadly passes, as Villarreal …
If you ask footballers if they’ve got any pre-match rituals or any superstitions that they heed to, it’s a good chance that a fair share of them will answer yes. Most of these are born out of habit, some out of chance, and the rest have more of a personal reason behind it. Be it …