Nelson Valdez

Bay­ern Munich moved into sec­ond after a well-deserved home vic­tory over Borus­sia Dort­mund. Dort­mund scored early when Nel­son Valdez slipped behind Demiche­lis and Tomas Hajnal’s pre­ci­sion pass turned the Argen­tine defender too quickly, result­ing in him falling and leav­ing Valdez through alone on the keeper. How­ever, Dort­mund spent too much time defend­ing both the lead […]

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I have just returned from my sum­mer hol­i­days, where I had a lovely respite from footie. How­ever, here we are with the sea­son two weeks deep and I am behind. But I am afforded the lux­ury of mak­ing my tac­ti­cal analy­sis on two games rather than one, which can be use­ful. I decided to spend […]

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1st Schalke What You Know: If baseball’s Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the off­spring. What You Don’t: All things both good and bad must end. What to Expect: Yes, Campe­ones! I say that, buck­ing all trends, and know­ing full well that Schalke could be lead­ing the […]

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