Team-level analysis examining tactical structures, game models, and collective behaviors.
Content focuses on how teams function across different phases of play, emphasizing positional relationships and systemic patterns rather than match results or episodic narratives.
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Alberto Gilardino > Oscar Hiljemark Structural Premise Pisa enters the 2025–26 Serie A season with continuity in ambition but recalibration in approach: after promotion under Pippo Inzaghi’s direct style, Alberto Gilardino has arrived with the goal of establishing a hybrid identity between controlled play and vertical progression, adapting tactical principles to … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Paolo Zanetti (Paolo Sammarco ad interim) Structural Premise Hellas Verona’s identity in 2025–26 is a reactive, low-block counter-progression profile rather than a controlled build-up model. Statistically, they were among the teams with the lowest median line and highest PPDA (least aggressive press) in the previous Serie A season, reflecting a priority … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Maurizio Sarri Structural Premise Lazio enters 2025–26 under Maurizio Sarri after a season under a contrasting, more aggressive coach. Sarri’s task is embedding a possession-oriented, structured build-up philosophy into a squad largely unchanged due to market constraints, while reconciling this approach with defensive coherence. System Logic In Possession — Controlled Build-Up … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco Structural Premise Lecce’s 2025–26 season under Eusebio Di Francesco represents an attempt to shift from survival-oriented reactivity toward a more proactive positional identity, without losing the defensive pragmatism required by their squad profile.The central structural question is whether Di Francesco can layer controlled attacking principles onto a team … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Davide Nicola Structural Premise Cremonese’s structural identity in 2025–26 is rooted in the classic promoted-team paradigm: defensive balance, transitional discipline, and opportunistic progression rather than territorial dominance. After securing promotion via the play-offs, the club has embraced Davide Nicola’s pragmatic philosophy, aiming to navigate Serie A survival through compact organisation and … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Kosta Runjaic Structural Premise After a 12th-place finish in 2024–25 under Runjaic, Udinese’s 2025–26 identity is shaped by a hybrid approach that prioritises situational aggression, disciplined structure, and aerial/physical progression options, rather than pure possession control. The foundational question is how Udinese can sustain and refine their structural balance despite key … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Domenico Pisacane Structural Premise Cagliari’s planned 2025–26 identity reflects the pragmatic realities of a newly promoted side seeking Serie A survival. Under Pisacane, the structural framework emphasises compact organisation, reactive progression triggers, and controlled forward ventures rather than sustained possession dominance. The core structural question for this season is how Cagliari … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Carlos Cuesta — appointed with the task of establishing a competitive and coherent identity for a newly promoted side Structural Premise Parma’s identity for the 2025–26 Serie A season revolves around integrating a stable defensive framework with dynamic forward progression moments. Under Carlos Cuesta, the structural focus is on building a … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini Structural Premise Gian Piero Gasperini’s arrival marks a pivot from average possession maintenance toward an aggressive, high-intensity, vertical model rooted in man-oriented pressure and forward triggers. The structural question for Roma this season is whether Gasperini can embed his complex positional principles and pressing triggers quickly enough to … Read more
Competition: Serie AHead Coach: Marco Baroni — first season in charge Structural Premise Under Marco Baroni, Torino is transitioning toward a more aggressive, vertical posture from a historical baseline of mid-block and transitional play. The structural question confronting Torino is whether Baroni can embed system coherence and vertical penetration patterns into a squad previously characterised … Read more
