TFA Today: Can Cervera repeat his Cadiz magic at Oviedo? How did Flamengo win the Copa L? And more...
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It has been a long time since Real Oviedo played in La Liga and over a decade since they produced the likes of Michu, Cazorla and Mata. They recently appointed Alvaro Cervera, the coach who took Cadiz from Segunda B to the top flight - so we sent Bryant Marquez on a scouting mission to see whether he is the man to finally restore Oviedo to the top table. You can read his report here
It was an all-Brazilian affair (again) in the Copa Libertadores and that can only mean one thing - Caio Miguel Pontes is on hand to break the game down tactically and explain how Clube de Regatas do Flamengo conquered Club Athletico Paranaense
Rishickesh Ramesh has been covering Scandinavia for TFA for some time but he is off to pastures new - he leaves us with his final scout report, a look at Joel Mugisha - FK BOD?/GLIMT 's talented winger
If you missed last week's podcast with Ricky Clarke you can listen to it here
If you want all the data insights, visuals and stats from Saturday's biggest matches you can grab them here
Then, we asked Adam Scully to dive into our archives and find us something relevant...
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Arnaud Kalimuendo scored for Rennes last night in a 3-0 victory - we recently wrote a scout report on the young centre-forward from France
Salernitana pulled off a shock upset by beating Lazio 3-1 in Rome - read about the tactics that Davide Nicola has used with the Italian minnows
Torino also pulled off a shock upset by beating champions AC Milan - you can read about why Ivan Juric's side play some of the most intriguing football in Serie A
Casa Pia moved into fourth with another win yesterday in Portugal's top-flight - we recently looked at the tactics used by the newly-promoted side to help them punch above their weight
Enjoy!