Laurent Dubois's Blog, page 8

Time for Away Goals to Go?

Arsenal crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday after a 2-1 loss in extra time to Olympiakos. The Greek side overcame a 1-0 deficit from the first leg to prevail on a 119th minute goal to seal their passage to the Round of 16. The loss echoed a theme of the Gunners’ travails in… Read More »

The Impending Future for Man City Can Wait…They Have a Trophy to Win

            Pep Guardiola. One of the most iconic football managers as he found success at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now he has brought his magic to the English Premier League with Manchester City. Pep made the switch to Man City in 2016 and it didn’t take long for him to… Read More »

El futbol y coronavirus en los países más afectadas

Desde los primeros casos aparecieron en los últimos días de 2019 en provincia Hubei, China, más que 85.000 personas han cogido la enfermedad en todo el mundo [1]. El coronavirus, también conocido por COVID-19, ha impulsado cuarentenas de ciudades y regiones y cancelaciones de conferencias y eventos culturales. Con el disminuye del virus, el mundo… Read More »

To Be Invincible or Not?

  In 2004, Arsenal Football Club had done the unimaginable.  An entire Premier League season went on with the Gunners failing to lose a match.  The team was presented with the only golden trophy ever made, and the names of Arsène Wenger and his players have remained in the history books ever since.   Of… Read More »

MLS as a Retirement League: Maybe it had to be

The MLS is often viewed as “retirement league”, but to achieve success, that might have been a necessity.   The popularity of the MLS in the United States is growing, but it is still a very underdeveloped league compared to other leagues around the world. This stems largely from the country’s lack of a history… Read More »

La découverte d’une équipe à soutenir

Selon mon passeport, je viens d’une ville dans le nord de l’Espagne qui s’appelle Oviedo. Mais je ne savais pas jusqu’il y a quelques semaines qu’il y existe une équipe de football professionnelle. Je n’ai pas grandi à Oviedo. J’ai obtenu ce passeport à l’âge de 17 ou 18 ans, juste avant de commencer à… Read More »

English Premier League: State of the Table

Is there a race for the title? A race to escape relegation? As we approach the start of the 28th game week in the English Premier League, I thought it would be interesting to have a look at the state of the table going into the last 11 weeks of the 19/20 football season, and… Read More »

Jimmy Butler, Joel Embiid, y el Fútbol

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Uso de la Teoría de Juegos Para Entender los Penales

El fútbol es uno de los únicos deportes comunes que pueden depender tanto de un gol marcado debido a los bajos resultados de los partidos. Por lo tanto, un penal, una patada libre entre un jugador y el portero, puede poner el resultado de un partido o de un Mundial entero en las espaldas de… Read More »

The African Cup of Nations and the Eurocentricity of Football

One month ago the Cameroon Football Association confirmed that the 2021 African Cup of Nations will be held in January instead of July because the rainy weather conditions during the summer months are not conducive for playing.[i]The announcement produced severe backlash from media outlets globally who argued that this rescheduling would be disruptive to the… Read More »