Spain's elimination from the World Cup by Chile not only spelt the end for one of the greatest national teams, but also threatened the demise of an entire footballing philosophy. The tiki taka might ...

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Spain’s run of 136 competitive games with more possession than their rival — going back 16 years to the 2008 European Championship final — has finally come to an end. Croatia had 53 per cent of the ...

When Spain won back-to-back European titles, the World Cup and Olympic gold, football fans everywhere were in wonder. The blur of red shirts slaloming round their opposition was a given. Pundits waxed ...

Perhaps the single greatest tactical revolution that helped Spain to dominate world football in the early part of this decade was tiki-taka. The short, sharp passing style was forged, along with many ...

November 29th, 2010,marked the utter humiliation and destruction of Florentino Pérez’s New Galacticos at the Camp Nou. It was the greatest defeat ever suffered by José Mourihno as a manager and marks ...

The "tiki-taka" brand of pass-heavy football has been largely associated with Pep Guardiola, from his dominant tenure at Barcelona and now with Bavarian giants Bayern Munich. But in the recently ...