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The unrivalled authority on the game of soccer around the world, World Soccer calls upon journalists from the globe's great soccer capitals. The best writers, analytical features and the ability to deliver the inside-track on domestic and world football have made World Soccer an institution. With stunning images and a website delivering up-to-the-minute global results and authoritative insights into the players, politics and power-struggles, the brand constantly looks behind the score-lines. Its insightful writing reaches to the heart of the triumphs, scandals and controversies that constantly emerge in the greatest international sport of them all.

IN THIS ISSUE…

In Pictures • The global game caught on camera

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Tuchel the right fit for England

Tuchel’s right-hand man

The evolution of “national” teams • International football is not the clash of nations that it was originally intended to be

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Tuchel’s Chelsea era offers hope • The German’s other spell in England suggests he will be a success with the national team

On the RADAR • Spotlight on the players and coaches making waves

OBITUARIES

12 MOVES you might have missed… • TRANSFERS ★ LOANS ★ SACKINGS ★ HIRINGS ★ SWITCHES ★ RETIREMENTS

The month in numbers • The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month…

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY • How Thomas Tuchel’s two years in charge of Borussia Dortmund provided a blueprint for the rest of his coaching career: the football, the failures and the fall-outs

CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE

THE BATTLE OF THE BLACKAND WHITE STRIPES • The 2024 Copa Libertadores final once again pits two Brazilian sides against one another

THE ROAD TO THE FINAL

Resurgent Atletico ready for final step • Libertadores success would cap a meteoric rise for the Belo Horizonte side

Fallible favourites • Botafogo go to Buenos Aires as favourites for the crown – but their supporters have been hurt before

The boys club that made Hungarian history

One night in Shropshire

THE OTHER JOHAN • The late Johan Neeskens was almost as crucial to Total Football as his more celebrated team-mate and namesake, writes Keir Radnedge

From the archives • In August 1975, Neeskens explained his midfield role to World Soccer…

ARSENAL’S UNNATURAL NUMBER NINE • How Kai Havertz became one of the most effective strikers in the Premier League

the numbers game

CATANIA • The Sicilian club is at the start of a new journey under new Australian owners – and Serie A is the planned destination

Face to face

“It was a special thing to come to Serbia and connect with my roots” • The New Zealand international, signed by Nottingham Forest in the summer, discusses his time with FC Copenhagen, Red Star Belgrade and his current loan at Olympiacos

“I’ve tried to see the world as much as possible” • After a career stretching across 15 clubs, nine countries and three continents, the Norwegian striker sits down with World Soccer to discuss his nomadic career

“Vanuatu can be a big force” • Vanuatu’s Brazilian head coach discusses his background in futsal and dreaming of World Cup qualification

SOUTH AFRICA

Corinthians crowned queens of South America • Brazil’s dominance of the Copa Libertadores Femenina continues, while other continental championships continue across the globe

Round-up

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