QPR have parted company with first-team coach Luigi De Canio by mutual consent.The Italian took charge at Loftus Road at the end of October with the club languishing in the bottom three in the Coca-Cola Championship...
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SoccerCoachingInternational talked with Liverpool FC coach Rafael Benitez, who claims he is not doing anything in particular to substantiate the success of the club, both in the Premiership as well as the Champions League. Our second article comes from the Brazilian Serie A, where Adilson Batista is in charge of Cruzeiro and talked to us about tactical understanding and bringing the club back to the level they need to be at. In Portugal and Germany we visited the academies of Belenenses and Schalke 04 to take a look at their youth programs and what they are doing to get their youth players ready for the first team. back in the Netherlands we visited Lambert Jager who coaches the goalkeepers at Ere-divisie club Vitesse Arnhem. Back upon popular request is Christian Lavers with part 1
of his series on Midfield Organization in a 4-4-2 and new to our writing staff is Andrew Blight, who coaches the Newcastle United U15s and tackles the subject of counter attacking.