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 […]
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 […]
Quality up front for RB Salzburg
(Figure 1.1) Okafor playing extremely effective here; laying the ball off in the direction he is facing since they are still at the half way line. Even if he is able to turn facing goal he has a long way before he gets to goal. In this situation it is often more effective to give […]
How Gabriel Jesus is already helping Arsenal
Gabriel Jesus is one of the noteworthy signings of this transfer window and he is already showing his potential and more specifically, how he can fit into Arsenals tactics. Today’s analysis looks at how he helps his team get out of tight situations at the back during build up phases. In their recent game vs. […]
Play in-between-the-lines like Martin Ødegaard!
The concept of playing in between the lines has become in a sense, the core of defending tactics. This is because defending teams are defending more compact and more organised than ever which also means that there are often patterns that can be recognised. Whenever a team defends in blocks for example, there will be […]
Barcelona’s Inverted FB
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Playing the Possession Game like Manchester City
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Breaking Lines with the Wall-Pass
Another theory session! In todays blog post the wall pass. This is a strategy that can be used on all parts of the pitch to get out of tight situations or an opposition press. It is important to see and recognise how the opposition line up, even while you are playing so that you can […]