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It’s been a week of UEFA Champions League football and Luis Kircher has analysed Bayern Munich’s win against Galatasaray looking at how they overcame an impressive pressing approach from the Turkish side.

Jamie Steenberg has scouted Cathinka Tandberg, a promising 19 y/o on the verge of her Norway debut.

ICYMI yesterday, Fortaleza and LDU Quito go head-to-head in the Copa Sudamericano Final on Saturday and Rui Martins has a complete tactical breakdown of where the game will be won and lost.

Millwall recently parted company with Gary Rowett and Alexandra Hunt has a deep analysis of why the team has been so inconsistent so far this season.

One of the most incredible stories of the European season so far is that of Ajax – the Dutch giants are in the Eredivisie relegation zone and have sacked coach Maurice Steijn. Brandon Liss has a shortlist of three coaches they must consider to save their season.

Fintan O’Reilly has pulled these relevant pieces from the archives;

Emilie Haavi is a controversial omission from the latest Norway Women’s National Team squad — read about why she’s so impactful for Roma and could be for Norway in our 2022 scout report.

Meanwhile, Olivia Moultrie could make her USWNT debut this weekend — we highlighted her as the future of her national side in a 2021 scout report.

Bayer Leverkusen earned a comfortable 5-1 win over Qarabag in the UEFA Europa League last night; they also currently top the Bundesliga, winning seven and drawing one of their first eight games. We previewed how Xabi Alonso was primed to take the club to the next level this term back in the summer.

Rémy Cabella scored Lille’s late UEFA Europa League winner last night versus Slovan Bratislava; we touched on his starring role for Les Dogues in an analysis of Paulo Fonseca’s side.

And that’s it for today – we’ll be back on Monday with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.

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