Ruud Gullit from his book 'How to Watch Soccer': "Like dominance, positional play is no guarantee that a team will win. The most important thing is to create opportunities and to score. ..."
".. Best chance of winning is to move forward as fast as possible with players who can weave btw the lines—between defense and midfield and btw midfield and attack—and make themselves available to take the ball while at the same time someone else moves in deep to open up .."
".. With today’s video systems and analytical software it is increasingly difficult for attacking teams to surprise their opponents. Every team’s attacking strategies have been studied thoroughly with video analysis. .."
".. A normal attack pattern—passing to the deepest player, who sends the ball to an approaching player who passes to a third player, who goes in deep—need not present a club at the highest level with any problems. .."
".. it’s easier to defend than to attack since you are tightly organized and the slightest contact with the ball can disrupt the whole attacking build-up. .."
".. An organized defense should be refined and perfected to the ultimate degree so that it functions even if the players aren’t the best. Only really talented individuals on the attacking side can get through a well-organized defense."
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