Michael Cox
Football Writer at The Athletic
Host and Writer at The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast
Journalist at Freelance
@TheAthleticFC. Also author of Zonal Marking (https://t.co/fS2lRhH2ml) & The Mixer (https://t.co/YH1iKbjnDL).
Articles
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Michael Cox
This is the fourth in a series on The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men's World Cup. Previous articles have looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and then again in 1938. In 1950, Uruguay were crowned champions again to make it 2-2 between the two countries.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Michael Cox
There is a danger, when it comes to Paris Saint-Germain, of going overboard on their status as plucky outsiders and untested youngsters, in this increasingly impressive post-Kylian Mbappe era. This is, after all, a club of staggering wealth who have dominated their domestic league to a downright tedious level over the past decade, who are capable of signing star players from Napoli, Milan and their final opponents Inter, amongst others. This is, more or less, the level they should be at.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Michael Cox
It feels like there's a wave of negativity across English football at the moment, not merely concerning the soul of the game - an evergreen concern - but more about the quality and style of what we're watching. This is despite the Premier League being almost unquestionably the world's best league, certainly when judged on the average standard of team, if not necessarily on those at the top of the division.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Michael Cox
This is the third in a series on The Athletic looking back at the winners of each World Cup, from Uruguay in 1930 through to Argentina in 2022. Italy had won the World Cup in 1934. Four years later, they retained the trophy. IntroductionIs 1938 the least fabled World Cup? 1930 was notable as the first edition, 1934 is often cited because of the influence of Benito Mussolini, while the ones in 1950, 1954 and 1958 have all gone down in history for different reasons.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Nnamdi Onyeagwara |Michael Cox
Lyon defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the first leg of their Women's Champions League semi-final at the Emirates. Melchie Dumornay's 82nd-minute winner gives the French side the advantage of next week's second leg in Lyon. Mariona Caldentey had equalised for Arsenal from the penalty spot just four minutes before Dumornay's drilled strike, after Kadidiatou Diani's 17th-minute goal gave Joseph Montemurro's side the lead.
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