team strategy
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[1/8] The process that Enzo Maresca is going through with his Chelsea continues in a convincing manner, the team to date strongly recognizing itself in what is the proposed philoso...
Kaizer Chiefs [vs Marumo Gallants]: Analysis ▪︎ Improved team structure✅️ ▪︎ Great fighting spirit✅️ ▪︎ Out Of Possession[OOP] principles✅️ ▪︎ Aggressive counter-pressing✅️ ▪︎ The...
Questions to consider in utilizing a "lone-6": As a team, do you want your lone-6 to receive vertical passes in build-up? Are vertical passes to an isolated player under pressure...
Pedri and Lamine are Spain's two of the best players and they need be involved more than this. Albeit it was Northern Ireland, better opposition teams will look to isolate them, th...
8 advantages of teams playing in the half spaces. https://t.co/c83fKZiZdj
🔵⚪️ Real Sociedad, in build-up, makes the difference with the structure in midfield. Zubimendi moving around the press, Merino and Brais Mendez ready to receive his diagonal passes...
Left Winger. Spurs’ missing piece of the puzzle. 🧩 (A thread 🧵) https://t.co/Av9l5yWr2y
Pep Guardiola sees Phil Foden's versatility as a potent weapon for Manchester City this season. However, transitioning him permanently into midfield might not be an immediate move,...
THE MOST IMPORTANT SPACE IN FOOTBALL Being able to exploit this space requires two things: 1) Attract the midfield line out 2) Move the backline back Let me show you how Barça...
Understanding the game is the key for a midfielder. Rodri: “It's important to adapt to the style of play, and the team needs to maximize our effectiveness both in building up and...
- Who scores the goals? Rashford - Great. So we play him CF? Well he might actually be more of a threat from the left - Ok, so we need to buy a CF? Yes. - Who creates the chances...
When profiling players & deciding which role they should play, you have to consider where they would be best for the team, not where they’d shine the most individually. Even if De...
Setbacks bring all your issues back into sharp relief. Last season, we were on an immense run when injuries to our thin starting XI made us lose CL places by a hair to our rivals...
Caicedo is special - very special - but unless we are done with developing Sambi, there is honestly no need for both Rice and him. If we wanted to give Mikel some luxury, make it...
Lots of ‘pressing’ practices have 2/3 players chase the ball in a small area against 5/6 stationary opponents who have to get a number of passes then switch play to another box for...
Gabriel Sans: Xavi had privately and publicly expressed the need to improve the connection with Robert Lewandowski, who serves as Barça's main attacking threat. The lack of coordin...
Xavi on the importance of having a fourth midfielder on a team: "I think we feel comfortable with any system. We've played great games with two wingers. What changes is the name....
Liverpool’s style is one that requires top technical quality, balance and physicality to work. When one of the vital cogs are out, the whole system collapses. They did well with Ox...
Joao Felix to United doesn't make much sense. Eriksen plays a conservative role which is more so suited to a second-phase profile (hence the interest in Frenkie) and Bruno is the m...
Zubimendi - The key to unlock Frenkie? 🤔 https://t.co/HJmAiECzLs
Lots of talk about Mbappe and how to stop him etc ahead of England vs France. Very often people forget the idea that if you focus so much on the threats of one player with double t...
How Barca should choose between Jordi Alba & Balde for certain games! ✅ https://t.co/q3OvQKhcCg
Bernardo Silva explained what was said in this Guardiola team talk “We knew that they could do man to man but we weren’t expecting it to be honest and then after five minutes we r...
Conte is using Tottenham the right way. They don't have especially creative passers anywhere apart from their frontline. In terms of technical prowess, their squad is not Top 10...