Q: “What would be the first thing you'd if you'd arrive mid-season?
A. Iraola: “It's never happened to me, but I'd prioritize tactical sessions and working on off the ball movements.”
The importance of a team's work off the ball, early on, is one of the most important.
A. Iraola: “It's never happened to me, but I'd prioritize tactical sessions and working on off the ball movements.”
The importance of a team's work off the ball, early on, is one of the most important.
“The knowledge of what we need to do, the function off the ball of each player, and build from there on. Because mechanisms need more time on the ball. It's always said that teams without much ball possession are reactive, and I don't agree with it.”
“One can be very proactive without the ball. Where you want the rival to play, which players you want to receive [the ball]...there's a lot of things that can be done.”
What if football's stereotypes on what pro/reactivity are logical fallacies? Refresh the definition.
What if football's stereotypes on what pro/reactivity are logical fallacies? Refresh the definition.
“Indeed, as a footballer you have more positive references that give you more tools and you can take something from each [manager] to create your own game model. The more managers you've been under, the more experience you get: The better.”
Q: “How would you define yourself as a coach?”
A: “I want players to know what to do at all times. Without the ball, it's easier, but w/ it, they'll have more freedom. It may happens that a player feels pressured in a situation, and that another of a greater level feels less...
A: “I want players to know what to do at all times. Without the ball, it's easier, but w/ it, they'll have more freedom. It may happens that a player feels pressured in a situation, and that another of a greater level feels less...
“And you have to help them, because my work as a coach is to tell players what they can do in any scenario, and from there on they[the players] decide.”
Iraolaismo is all about guiding the players towards a better future, out of self-determination. Giving the right tools.
Iraolaismo is all about guiding the players towards a better future, out of self-determination. Giving the right tools.
“Rose's Gladbach was one of my favorite teams. I really love German football because I love what I'm watching as a spectator. That's it's not about a “I attack for two minutes and afterwards it's my turn.”
German football is underrated, specifically of the last years.
German football is underrated, specifically of the last years.
“Every time the players needs to do more and more, with more functions because everyone attacks and defends. That's why I'm fixated in a football where the footballer does everything. That attackers press like defenders, that centre-back drive w the ball, until the last line.”
Q: How does one notice if a team is working or not?
A: “Take the example of Real Sociedad. When they're playing against a line of five, that they're playing in a rhombus, they play a 4-3-3 that still allows them to find space between the centre-backs and the full-backs.”
A: “Take the example of Real Sociedad. When they're playing against a line of five, that they're playing in a rhombus, they play a 4-3-3 that still allows them to find space between the centre-backs and the full-backs.”
“If you adjust it by thinking, ‘that's about it’, it's only the part about something much bigger, because they take advantage of you leaving it as it is. As a spectator, these are the things that you don't see, but within have much more importance than it might seem.”
Q: “Is your Rayo on the way to accomplish things”?
A: “At the end of the days we've already been 3 working with Rayo for three years, and you can finally start going deeper with the details. We all have an answer in the D-Day, but the adjustments are the most important.”
A: “At the end of the days we've already been 3 working with Rayo for three years, and you can finally start going deeper with the details. We all have an answer in the D-Day, but the adjustments are the most important.”
Q: “Your team has achieved great results against big teams. How does one manage to press against such high quality?”
“The big teams give you opportunities that others don't. If you go man to man against everyone, they'll play long and you won't get the ball.”
“The big teams give you opportunities that others don't. If you go man to man against everyone, they'll play long and you won't get the ball.”
“That's not the best pressing. It's however better to let them start in a way where they'll feel uncomfortable and steal the ball there. If you press too high, you won't get the ball close to the goal. You have to set traps, and start pressing when they've started [building up].
Q: “What would you ask the next guess”?
A: “What I don't see often talked about is how to defend with 10. I'd like them to discuss it. Most teams shape up in a 4-4-1 but I don't think that's the best way; I think there's better ways to manage the players.”
A: “What I don't see often talked about is how to defend with 10. I'd like them to discuss it. Most teams shape up in a 4-4-1 but I don't think that's the best way; I think there's better ways to manage the players.”
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