NICK YOUNG on how England’s finally smelling the coffee when it comes to tactics

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ONE of the great things about football is its simultaneous simplicity and complexity; a basic street game that can be played with just about anything spherical (and, I dunno, perhaps a couple of jumpers for goalposts?) and, at the top level, a tactical chess match contested between two grandmasters, except with unrulier spectators and grotesquely overpaid pieces.
Football tactics are constantly evolving thanks to pioneering managers such as Arthur Rowe (push-and-run), Rinus Michels (tot...