Aitana Bonmatí, Chelsea, and the One Who Got Away

Aitana Bonmatí, Chelsea, and the One Who Got Away

Chelsea face their UEFA Women’s Champions League nemeses Barcelona on Thursday, with Aitana Bonmatí’s presence a reminder of the standard they still aspire to. For Chelsea, success in the UEFA Women’s Champions League has become an obsession, one which Barcelona have almost singlehandedly prevented them fulfilling in recent years. It was understandable, then, that in…

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Inside Spanish Football’s Most Innovative Project — Led by a Former NBA Number Cruncher

Inside Spanish Football’s Most Innovative Project — Led by a Former NBA Number Cruncher

Haralabos Voulgaris bought Spanish second division side Castellón after leaving the NBA and Dallas Mavericks. Now, he is slowly building a culture of data-driven decision-making. Haralabos Voulgaris has always existed on the margins of the sports world. He witnessed the NBA’s analytics revolution not at its vanguard, but just behind it. He built models, watched…

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