Don’t Make This Mistake When Playing With Offensive Fullbacks!
Many teams have their fullbacks push up during offensive phases of the game to create numerical advantages further up the pitch. (Figure 1.1) As a result of this offensive approach, these teams might face the challenge of their fullbacks not having enough time to retreat and get behind the ball during defensive transitions. (Figure 1.2)…
Long Ball Tactics: Manchester City
Unlocking the Secrets of Counter-Attacking Brilliance: The Dynamic Partnership of Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland Incorporating long balls into a team’s tactics is essential as it adds variation to short passes, enabling teams to exploit spaces, break through defensive lines, and surprise opponents with unexpected attacking opportunities. Seamless Communication: De Bruyne and Haaland’s partnership…
Why is the in-swinging-cross so effective?
Hakim Ziyech is a technical player with an extremely dangerous and accurate left foot. It is important to utilise strengths of players like this as much as possible. One way to do this is to keep them out wide and get the ball into their feet to allow them to play more crosses. Figure1: In…
Making Runs Between the CB and FB
One of the most difficult runs to defend for the opposition is the run in between the CB and FB. In today’s article we will discuss one of the most effective ways a CM can support their striker when playing the 433 formation. (Figure 1.1) Jesus makes a run into the center of the pitch…
How to Perform an Underlapping Run
Monaco defend in a classic 442 block as the ball is played out wide from PSV. The purpose of todays blog is to identify defending errors so that we can take advantage of them. The error that we will look for today is when the opposition lines of defence are able to stay compact, but…
Long ball at kick off like Real Madrid
Many teams begin the match with a long ball and then try to press the opposition deep in their own half. Real Madrid recently played an interesting variation of this and were almost successful against Juventus in the friendly match on July 31st. (Figure 1.1) The front three and Modric run forward immediately after kick…
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