Joel ParkerCan Simeone Restore the Wall?In the past decade, every Champions League regular has wanted to avoid one team in the competition.5 min read·Oct 23, 2020----
Joel ParkerMatch Analysis: Lyon 0–0 BarcelonaNumbers in football can be very misleading, the score-line in the title looks like this is a game not really worth talking about…6 min read·Feb 20, 2019--1--1
Joel ParkerFootball Classics Revisited — How Simeone’s super defence conquered Bielsa Ball (Atletico Madrid…Argentine managers are something of a luxury in European Football. Since Helenio Herrera’s super teams of the 1950s and 60s (most notably…7 min read·Jan 31, 2019--1--1
Joel ParkerFK Krasnodar: From Russia with LoveSince the break-up of the Soviet Union and the foundation of the Russian Premier League in the early ’90s, football in the world’s biggest…8 min read·Jan 4, 2019----
Joel ParkerFootball Classics Revisited — How Mourinho’s super-organisation made one of Inter’s Greatest…Meetings between Spanish and Italian clubs are a regular occurrence in European football. Not only are games between them are very…7 min read·Dec 7, 2018--1--1
Joel ParkerFootball Classics Revisited — How Guardiola’s Barca picked apart Mourinho’s Madrid (Real Madrid…In the 2010/11 season, Real Madrid and Barcelona drew each other in the semi-finals of the Champions League for the third time in the…7 min read·Nov 21, 2018----