Author
Mads Vintergaard
Football columnist
Covers European club football from Copenhagen.
he/him · Copenhagen
- European club football
- Tactical columns
- Club identity
- Serie A and Premier League
Mads Vintergaard is a football columnist based in Copenhagen who writes about tactics, club identity, and the gap between how teams play and how they are talked about. He began writing online in the early 2010s and built a readership with long-form match essays before moving into regular column work.
His pieces appear across European club football, with recurring attention to Serie A, the Premier League, and the Champions League knockout rounds. He also writes occasional longer essays on recruitment, manager tenure, and how clubs define themselves in the transfer market.
Vintergaard joined Upon Review to cover match analysis and opinion across the European calendar.
Articles
- Canada - Bosnia & Herzegovina
Canada Had the Ball. Bosnia Had 71 Clearances. Neither Is the Whole Story.
The possession table flatters Canada. The clearance column flatters Bosnia. The equalizer flatters everyone. What the football actually proved is narrower, stranger, and more interesting than the draw.
ByMads Vintergaard
- South Korea - Czechia
South Korea Won. The Possession Table Is Lying to You.
62% possession, 542 passes, 1.84 xG — and still conceded first from a throw-in. What actually decided this match was a compact Czech block, a left-side asymmetry, and a substitute nobody asked for.
ByMads Vintergaard
