It's quite clear there is a backlash towards tiki-taka, the label that's been put on the style of play perpetrated by Barcelona and Spain. Fashions come and go, and of course this fashion was ...

Tiki-taka, then, is not just passing the ball quickly between players, it is about interchanging positions and intelligent movement that can create space and passing lanes for others to exploit.

The "tiki-taka" brand of pass-heavy football has been largely associated with Pep Guardiola, from his dominant tenure at Barcelona and now with Bavarian giants Bayern Munich.

Max Allegri blames players for ‘not understanding’ how to approach Cagliari in 2-2 draw, as they tried tiki-taka techniques rather than ‘get hands dirty' ...

Tiki-Taka is all about controlling the football, creating open space and getting your opponent out of position. Between 2008 and 2012, Barcelona dominated possession in more than 200 consecutive ...

Some said that the age of ‘tiki-taka’ was finally over. That term became closely associated with Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona team from 2008-2012 and Spain after the Euro 2008 win under coach ...

The traditional “tiki-taka” ball-possession style allowed Spain to keep the ball during most of the match Tuesday, but not to get the goals it needed to keep its World Cup campaign alive, and ...

The traditional “tiki-taka” ball-possession style allowed Spain to keep the ball during most of the match Tuesday, but not to get the goals it needed to keep its World Cup campaign alive, and ...

Only when Xavi left in 2015 did Barcelona start to drift away from their tiki-taka ideals, with Ernesto Valverde’s appointment as coach in the summer of 2017 signalling a more radical shift away ...