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Brighton encourage the opposition to press like no other team. The aim for them is to get one of their midfielders on the ball and facing the opposition’s goal. Fulham are defen...
Michael Carrick’s modernised 4-2-3-1 has helped Middlesbrough win 12 & draw 1 of their last 16 Championship matches. The movement patterns are similar to top sides across Europe w...
Milan are a smart team so this intrigues me every time I watch them play. Most teams want to keep their defensive line as a high as possible. A few teams do this now ⤵️ https://t...
Here is a step by step guide illustrating one way of disrupting a 4-4-2 defensive shape. Brighton’s CBs have the ball. Palace are screening Brighton’s 2 DMs (& blocking off the...
Pep has obviously used the 3-Box-3 many times before but there were shades of Xavi’s current Barca set up about today’s positional play. Bernardo Silva often dropped towards the L...
Pressing triggers are often mentioned but there are also passing triggers. Brighton use the press to initiate their attacks. The CBs wait on the ball. As Ayew presses, freeing...
De Zerbi changed his build up shape against Bournemouth (who played the same shape as Leicester City - out of possession). 3-Box-3 vs Bournemouth (pic 1) 4-Box-2 (no CF) vs Leice...
I get lots of DMs/messages asking how to analyse a match so I am going to attempt to explain my process in the thread below. I’ll be typing it as I go so bare with me… I have chos...
It has been very easy to mock Chelsea’s new owners as they have made some very bold decisions since taking over the club. They have been extremely active in the transfer market a...
Xavi & Barcelona continue to experiment with the 3-2-2-3 (3-box-3/3-2-5) build up structure & it is becoming the most popular shape for possession based teams. Most teams defend i...
Let’s take a look at Lionel Scaloni’s tactical plan heading into the World Cup final against France. Argentina’s defensive shape was interesting, especially the selection of Angel...
A quick shout out to Neymar. An often misunderstood superstar who - throughout the years - has been the FWD to sacrifice a % of his attacking contribution for the benefit of the...