The StreetPlaySoccer Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Street Play Soccer podcast reports on key soccer games that everyone is talking about. My name is Pete deMac and I‘m the creator and writer of the show. Look, soccer is changing right in front of our eyes with younger and faster players emerging and taking over the game. This means that new perspectives and insights on these games and these players are needed more than ever before. Hear me out on the chance that I may add a new perspective to your understanding of the games I talk about.
Manchester United played a solid game against a tough Aston Villa team, and showed they do have style, and NO, they are not boring. What? Did every Man U. hating pundit get the same talking points FAX? Man U. are in desperate need for a more balanced offense with a servicable right winger though. There is too much going to the left side and the current right winger crop are a work in progress.
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Everyone is attacking Manchester United: former players, fans, and critics. Hold on, people. The Spurs are a tough matchup. Take the loss and move on Manchester United. No need to fire Ten Hag, Sir Jim.
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Manchester City has been "Pep Guardiolized": Its all about physicality. But everyone wants to talk about tactics. Man. City are good because they play with overwhelming physicality. Not tactics. They play to take your heart out. Chelsea was the latest victim, first game on the 2024 Premiere League season.
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Manchester United cannot function without Bruno Fernandes in the center of the field. Want to know why Manchester United lost? Bruno Fernandes was nowhere to be seen in the center of the field.
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Raheem Sterling played outstanding. He is a left winger with a dominant right foot and can shoot with the left foot. But wait, Enzo made it happen. Why do I say this? Enzo played like a midfielder which is why the coach Pochettino is working magic to build a balanced team.
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Manchester United is a one-trick pony show. It's go left to Rashford and if stopped, keep trying anyway. Then replace Rashford and try with Granacho. No midfield soccer, no give-and-go, and no short one-touch play.
Take a listen to why Man U cannot score goals.
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Snap of the fingers and the billion dollars the Chelsea Football Club spent on players is supposed to get an instant copy of Manchester City. That's what everyone is expecting? Admit it. Did Messi, Neymar, Mbappe & Sergio Ramos get you the CL?
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The USA soccer team played their hearts out but they walked into a tactical trap set by the Netherlands soccer team. Too much vertical soccer is not the be all of how to play soccer.
Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
The Streetplay soccer podcast is written and produced by Peter deMac.
My fantasy soccer world has been destroyed. Soccer is escapism and I don't want to hear about the problems of these heroes that play in my fantasy realm.
Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
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Game one loss for Manchester United in its 2022/2023 season debut and all the talk is blame, blame, blame the players especially Scott McTominay and Frederico de Paula Santos, known commonly as Fred. What about the coach Ten Hag? What is his share of the blame for this game?
Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
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Many mixed emotions with Manchester United & Cristiano's last home game for the 2022 season. Cristiano walks off after scoring 18 goals for the season. Isn't the Premier League the best league in the world? In this episode, I'll unpack what Cristiano has meant to the game of soccer.
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Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
Episode 13 of the Street Play soccer podcast. I'm your host Peter deMac.
Italy forgot its toughness of the Italy of old and chose to play the new kind of soccer: you know, the pass, soft soccer that looks good in the stat. sheet with time of possession and all that, but does nothing for you in a do or die game.
Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
I saw it. The Twitter world saw it. Cristiano got Tom Brady out of retirement with his three goal performance against Tottenham. Tom Brady inspired Cristiano to score his hat trick. no? So much to the game with the coach tension, the critics and the crazy meeting between Tom Brady and Cristiano.
Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
Episode 11. The PSG vs Real Madrid game.
PSG is soft because they practice soft and which means they play soft. You saw it too. Don’t go telling me you didn’t or that it didn’t matter for those that did. Want me to name names? Ok I will.
Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
I get into how Man U lost to an underwhelming Wolverhampton side. The 4x2x2x2 player formation of the new Manchester United coach Ralf Rangnick opened up the field to such an extent that it hurt more than it helped.
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Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
Flamengo, the soccer giant of Brazil has a hired yet another foreign coach in the name of the Portuguese, Paulo Sousa. The fate of Brazilian born coaches looks like has been sealed; they are not being viewed as tactically astute as the foreign coaches. Remember when Brazilian coaches were the rock stars of world soccer?
In episode 9, I get into the soap opera that led to the Paulo Sousa hire.
Was it me or did Man U play like mad men against Chelsea? Where was this effort versus Watford? Were the Man U players playing like they were trying out for the new interim coach Rangnick? And what about Chelsea? They played one dimensional with no interest in doing what they needed to do which was go wide to the wings.
Music: "Shadow Warriors" by Coma Svensson; and "Wolves With Fangs of Steel" (Instrumental Version) by Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
Episode 7
For the Latin American Copa Libertadores 2021 final, it just so happens that this time around the game was played between two Brazilian teams, Palmeiras and Flamengo and who are rivals in the Brazilian league itself.
Music by Shadow Warriors - Coma Svensson & Wolves With Fangs of Steel (Instrumental Version) - Dissidence Courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
In episode 6, I get into the Manchester City vs. PSG champions league game. I saw a Man City bullying an all-star playground team whose best tactics was counter attacking. PSG need some humility. You have to earn it. And for Man City, wouldn't Cristiano fit on the left side of the team like a glove. I'm the writer and creator of the show, Peter de Mac. Music by ES_Wolves With Fangs of Steel (Instrumental Version) - Dissidence, courtesy of Epidemicsound.com
Manchester United players dont have responsibility. They could not handle the pressure thrown at them. An improbable game with weird turn of events. Watford played great and did what all teams know how to beat Man United: Pressure them. But what to do if you are United? I say shore up the midfield because you have to play with what you have until the end of the season. I'm talking about giving up the three forward scheme and shore up the midfield.
The game was played. I'm talking about Canada vs. Mexico for the world cup qualifier, in the iced astro turfed field. Two things are evident. Canada is for real and Mexico needs to make some changes. Interesting to see the talk, the day after and even two days after. In this episode I persist in making the case that Mexico's midfield needs some work.
The Portugal vs Serbia game was a tale of a big name team versus a tactical genius game plan team. Why does Portugal play a 4x3x3 when their midfield is crying for help all game long? All the talk is about the Portuguese coach playing defensive soccer. Lets see 3 forwards and then they play Sanches who is like a forward anyway. So that's 4 forwards and the midfield, a paltry 2.
I'm a big fan of the midfield game and I dont get why coaches insist on playing 4x3x3 that favors a front 3. Soccer has changed and the US team is right at the forefront of the changes. Mexico on the other hand is talented but they insist on playing 3 forwards and leaving the midfield undermanned. Was this the right strategy?
The game Man U. versus Liverpool lingered for a bit and I wanted to upload some initial thoughts of what I thought of the game. What does Manchester United need? Why its simple, and its more of a midfield. Of course the Man U. coach made the adjustments later that I called for in my post. This was our first post of Street Play.