"Welcome to Australia" by Gerard Nus

Without any doubts, this blog should be dedicated to Australia and Melbourne Heart FC, where I’m fortunate to work as assistant coach for John Aloisi.

“It’s so hard to be a football coach” by Andrea Orlandi (Brighton & Hove Albion FC player)

Dear Gerard,

Because of the friendship that we share and the fact that I love your idea of ​​creating a web page, I’d be delighted to write a few lines sharing my thoughts on what it is to be a football coach and what this means for a professional footballer such as myself. My perspective is that of someone with personal experience who understands just how difficult a job it is, even more so now since I started studying for my coaching badges in the UK two years ago.

An overview of African soccer by Ivan Piñol (Technical Director, Samuel Eto'o Fils development school, Gabon)

The following represents an overview of African football, specifically Gabonese soccer in terms of amateur, professional and development levels.

Why do South Korean teams dominate the Asian Champions League? by Tim Alper (Tim writes for South Korea’s leading football monthly, Best Eleven)

Since the Asian Champions League’s inception in 1967, albeit under a different moniker, South Korean clubs have made the final 16 times. The club which has won the most titles is Korean, and two Korean clubs have won the cup and then gone on successfully defended their titles - something which not even the mightiest of European clubs has managed in the Champions League.

Winds of change by Begoña Pérez (Spanish Correspondent and Sports Journalist)

Until recently, Stoke City was known as the ‘King of shooting’ - they played the most direct football in the Premier League and, although it was unattractive for spectators, it proved effective when it came to achieving their aims of avoiding relegation. 

Features of the Portuguese national team's methods by João Aroso (Portugal National Team Fitness Coach)

As a coach working for a national football team, I know that the context of the job is clearly distinguishable from that at your average football club. 

Notes about Womens’ Spanish Football by Alfonso Matamoros (Levante UD Ladies Manager)

In many countries men’s and women’s football are not recognised as equals, in some only men’s football exists, in others the female category exists on a small scale. There are countries where women’s foorball is steadily progressing, but only in a few does it receive real recognition and is followed by the media and fans. My own experience brings me to describe the model that exists in Spain: what is women’s football like there?