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When the rumours about a transfer of Luis Díaz to FC Bayern started in the summer, a lot of bad memories came up for the fans of the club from Bavaria.

The last time the club spent a huge transfer fee on a winger from Liverpool, things quickly went awry when Sadio Mané became one of the biggest flop signings in the history of the Bundesliga.

Disappointing performances and huge locker room problems caused the transfer to be a big headache for the club back at the time, but they got bailed out by the Saudi league and a decent transfer fee and decided to move on from Mané after just one season.

Now, Bayern Munich seem to be making the same mistake again by signing a nearly 30-year-old winger from Liverpool, but things have turned out completely different so far.

Díaz is having a stellar season so far under Vincent Kompany tactics and is a very good fit in a strong attack alongside Michael Olise and Harry Kane, enabling the team to be incredibly dangerous in the Bundesliga as well as in the UEFA Champions League.

With 11 goals and five assists in 17 games so far this season, Díaz doesn’t just play well; his end product is already at an elite level as well.

The only bad thing was him getting sent off against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, but in the grand scheme of things, Díaz is everything FC Bayern and Kompany wished for in the summer.

In this Luis Díaz player analysis, we will examine how Kompany utilises Luis Díaz within his tactical scheme, what Díaz brings to FC Bayern, and how the combination of these factors has led to an incredible start to the season for both the winger and the club.

With the current international break, we can already extract some conclusions from these first months of competition in the European leagues.

In La Liga, the verdict seems unanimous: one of the major surprises of the season is Elche CF under Eder Sarabia.

Recently promoted after finishing as runners-up in the Segunda División, the team from Elche has put together a strong enough start to remain, for now, at a safe distance from the relegation zone.

With three wins, six draws and only three losses in 12 matches, they sit mid-table and can even afford to glance at the European spots.

Beyond the numbers, the team of the former assistant to Quique Setién has drawn praise for a game model that is both brave and recognisable.

Clean build-up from the back, patient and combinative circulation, plus a fierce high press, have turned them into one of the most stimulating teams to watch on the peninsula.

“Everything starts from bravery, from the essence of football when we were kids. In the schoolyard or in an open field, we didn’t play to waste time or to sit deep,” Sarabia recently recalled.

This statement fits perfectly with the identity that Elche displays week after week.

Although recent results haven’t fully sustained the early momentum, the level of play hasn’t dropped at all.

The return from the break will bring a test of the highest calibre: hosting none other than Real Madrid, an ideal scenario to measure the true ceiling of the team.

In this context, our Elche tactical analysis aims to dissect some of Elche’s on-ball behaviours to understand why Elche has earned a prominent place in La Liga’s tactical conversation.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) were one of the smaller nations heading into the U17 FIFA World Cup hosted in Qatar.

We are still in the midst of the tournament, with the group stage having only just finished, but the UAE has already been eliminated.

However, this doesn’t mean they were poor, and multiple factors meant that heading into the tournament, the UAE had very little chance of progressing.

The difference in the level of the senior leagues, the facilities, and many other things meant that the UAE were one of 14 nations heading into the tournament without any recognised players with a market value according to Transfermarkt.

From the three group games, the UAE quickly emerged as a side with a significant set-piece threat, and clearly took time to prepare in this aspect.

In this tournament, they managed to earn 10 corner kicks, scoring one goal and having one goal disallowed by VAR, while also creating one big chance and another leading to a potential penalty check.

40% of their corner kicks led to a really dangerous outcome, while the ratio of one in every ten corner kicks being converted is almost on par with the likes of Arsenal (9.38) in the Premier League, showing the high level that the UAE achieved from corner kicks.

This tournament, they have created around 0.6 xG from corners, with a clear goalscoring chance being wiped out by VAR due to an unnecessary handball, which otherwise could’ve seen them top this list, even with just 10 corner kicks.

This tactical analysis will examine the UAE’s attacking corner routine, with the side preferring to perfect one routine with the aim of causing maximum danger.

The analysis will explore how the UAE used a routine targeting the back post to cause Croatia and Costa Rica numerous problems.

This set-piece analysis will dissect the UAE’s approach to having a back-post starting position and the use of different blocks to carve space around the back-post area.

Troy Parrott’s hat trick against Hungary helped Ireland seal a World Cup playoff spot.

Dive back to our 2019/2020 scout report on the player and what caught our attention from his profile years ago.

Norway are heading to their first World Cup since 1998.

Dive into our Norway Rising Stars analysis to read about the next gen of players being built for the national team level.

Cristiano Ronaldo is set for his 6th World Cup appearance.

Dive back to our 2018/2019 scout report from his Juventus days.

Can he finally get his hands on that trophy?