Pep Guardiola has become synonymous with the idea over the last decade, but what is the story behind the tactical phenomenon? Perhaps the single greatest tactical revolution that helped Spain to ...

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 ...

I have an irrational hatred of the phrase ‘tiki taka’, and I’m not afraid to admit it. There's something about it that makes my skin crawl. A term made famous within the last ten years has somehow ...

The Spanish national football team has employed the "tiki-taka" style of short, quick passes with great success under managers Luis Aragones and Vicente del Bosque over the past seven years. Spain has ...

The mastering of the midfield has been a fascination for managers past and present, the centre-piece of a successful side and the area where domination is so often translated into tangible results.

All great teams eventually meet their nemesis. The all-conquering 1961-62 Yankees, which included Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra, turned into the 1965-67 Yankees, which failed to win ...

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In the visual, the members of the group reminisce on a former love in individual scenes, eventually getting together to throw a party. “Tiki taka, tiki taka, tiki taka / You go back and forth,” they ...

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 ...