Weird and wonderful things are happening at Barcelona this season. Their games have brought more goals than any other team in Europe’s top five leagues. They have trapped more opponents offside than ...

Since Hansi Flick’s appointment as Barcelona manager, the team has undergone a notable defensive transformation. Flick’s approach has been particularly evident with the emergence of Pau Cubarsi and ...

If last season all of the talk about the risk of a high offside line was proven emphatically wrong by Hansi Flick’s Barcelona, all the criticism from talking heads has been vindicated this year. The ...

One hundred years ago today, at a meeting at 22 Rue de Londres, Paris, association football — soccer — changed forever. The International Football Association Board voted that Law 11 of the game, the ...

The ‘daylight’ rule means attackers are onside if any playable body part is level with the last defender Offside would only be given where there is a clear gap between attacker and defender The ...

On the pitch, timing is everything – but for the modern football club owner, the most decisive whistle could be the one blown on the 1 March. This article explores the growing tension between global ...

Soccer, otherwise known as football, is a relatively simple sport. Eleven players play on each team who, aside from the goalkeeper, can't touch the ball with their hands and must put the ball in the ...