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Lee Scott was appointed Chief Scout of Vélez Club de Fútbol in late 2022 and is well known to TFA regulars – Lee joined Adam for this week’s TFA podcast to speak about how to scout players in the modern game

There’s a juicy tactical battle lined up in Serie A this weekend when the Derbi della Capiatle takes place between Lazio and Roma – Luis Kircher previews how Sarri and Mourinho might approach the big game

Our French football expert, Fintan O’Reilly dives deep into the tactics of Paulo Fonseca’s Lille – looking at their structure, width and pressing

Pedro Goncalves scored a cracking goal for Sporting CP last night against Premier League leaders Arsenal in the UEL – read our scout report of the exciting Portuguese playmaker

Feyenoord trounced Shakhtar Donetsk 7-1 to progress to the quarters of the UEL – read our analysis of Arne Slot’s fluid possession-based tactics with the Dutch giants

Amine Adli scored for Bayer Leverkusen to wrap up a comfortable 2-0 over Ferencvaros to seal his team’s progression to the quarters of the UEL – read our scout report of the talented French midfielder

Fenerbahce beat Sevilla 1-0 yesterday in the UEL despite crashing out on aggregate – read our analysis of Jorge Jesus’ tactical philosophy which he has been using in Turkey

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