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  • Creating the England DNA

    • 57 min

    On episode five of Football Architects we look at how England changed their fortunes from tournament failures to final makers - and in the women's case, winners. Hear from the man who brought about th...

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  • Forging Croatia's Golden Generation

    • 43 min

    On episode three of Football Architects, we’re focusing on international football's great over-performers, Croatia. We’ll hear from Romeo Jozak, the former academy head and technical director of Dinam...

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  • How Belgium marched to world number one

    • 53 min

    On episode two of Football Architects, we’re focusing on the rise that took a stagnant Belgium to number one in FIFA’s world rankings. We’ll hear about how they established a footballing DNA, and crea...

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  • How Cruyff inspired Ajax's rebirth

    • 44 min

    Welcome to Football Architects - a summer series for The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast.  Over the next five weeks, we’ll tell the stories of esteemed footballing nations and clubs, speaking to the unsun...

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About The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast

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Hosted by Michael Bailey, revered football tactics writer Michael Cox is joined by more of The Athletic's brightest tactics and data analytics writers to break down the tactical and technical details behind the biggest footballing stories each week - assessing the latest trends, systems, players, managers and all manner of statistics in order to give you a deeper understanding of the game.

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