Niklas Metzger

25 | Coach SG Sonnenhof Großaspach U19 | UEFA B | Sportwissenschaft | The beautiful game ⚽️

[Martin Rafelt @MartinRafelt]

Paraguay deckt mit den Wingern die deutschen Halbraumspieler (Brown/Nmecha). Sehr unorthodox. Könnte man mit Rotationen um diese Position bespielen oder zB breitere Dreierkette, Kimmich andribbeln, direkte Verlagerung.

[Ryan Needs | Dead Ball @RyanNeeds9]

Mexico 🇲🇽 v South Africa 🇿🇦

Dead Ball: Throw-In 😵

✔ Create space through synchronised and dynamic movement.

✔ 9. Raul connects with thrower.

✔ 2 options to lay off 1) 26.Gutierrez or 2) 25.Alvarado

✔ Untracked thrower provides an overlap to cross.

[David @undervalu]

Who's on YOUR hidden manager list?

Mine has Pascal Reinhardt...
Age: 33
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach

→ Attack/defence balance ✓
→ Player development on no budget ✓
→ Results that back it up ✓
→ Clear pathway to a first team role ✓

I screen managers from less visible leagues using data & video.

Most clubs hire managers when they're already famous.

Smart directors find them before that.

[Niklas Metzger @NiklasMetzger4]

@power_ray Bodo

[Detective @FalseCB_]

Luis Enrique.

• Diamond build-up
• Overloading both phases
• Pinning defenders to create space
• Stretching opposition MF-line
• Increasing distance for opponent

[Jon Mackenzie @Jon_Mackenzie]

Just rewatching the City-Liverpool game and their second goal is a great example of something I've been talking about quite a lot recently: teams decompressing an opponent to then attack quickly into the space they provoke.

[Niklas Metzger @NiklasMetzger4]

@pauloanalise10 Can you share the link please, that would be really cool!
Thank you!

[SCOUTED @scoutedftbl]

Pivot, scan, see, pass. Textbook Adam Wharton.

[Roger Bonet "Ruxi" @Ruxiiii4]

This clip captures Bodø/Glimt’s success perfectly.

Variance between short build-up and direct play by overloading the “second-ball zone”.

Hauge (LW) with a free role, AMs running in behind, Berg (DM) joining the attack from behind.

✍️ @TH_GAME_CHANGER

[Jamie Hamilton @stirling_j]

There's so much theorising these days about how to beat lower defensive blocks.
More crosses, better set pieces, precision long-shots, bait the pressure out...
But why not just get better at playing attacking football?

[Keith Downie @SkySports_Keith]

🚨 🇸🇪 Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg, ahead of tonight’s table-topping clash with Coventry:

🗣️ “(Starting out) I was in the lowest division in Sweden. I was working as a kindergarten teacher and training with the players in the evening trying to get them fit. 
🗣️ “It’s been a long journey — 15 years — but I had no playing background. I dreamed of being a player in the Champions League but knew I wasn't good enough. So it was all about trying to make a living being a football coach.
🗣️ “I’ve lived every step of it but I also doubted myself a lot of times on my journey … whether if it was worth being away from family, not going on holiday, having no time off…
🗣️ “There’s a lot of people that do that (at lower levels) and hopefully I can inspire more people … that you don’t have to have a playing background to become a manager — I’m proud of myself & my journey.” #UTB

[＊ @jaraaxz]

Best of Spalletti ball so far https://t.co/RsrFuIHLsg

[The Purist @ThePurist_]

"There are not really 'systems' anymore."

I do think that Luciano Spalletti is at the forefront of tactical thinking. Juventus are a blossoming example of how association is superseding abstract, structural organisation.

Check out my new video breaking them down! 👇📺

[Niklas Metzger @NiklasMetzger4]

@aksumfootball @MjallbyAIFs Well deserved, congratulations!

[Mind the Game @mindthegamepod]

The philosophy of the Warriors’ offense began with FC Barcelona’s Tiki-Taka principles.

@StephenCurry30 explains how Steve Kerr introduced the concept on Part 1 of his guest appearance, out now: https://t.co/HdIN9eJzNE

[Niklas Metzger @NiklasMetzger4]

@albinsheqiri @NKCelje @11RIERA11 very interesting analysis, good work!
thank you for the insights.

[Niklas Metzger @NiklasMetzger4]

@Ourfootballvids [email protected] Thank you!

[EBL @EBL2017]

Cesc Fàbregas might be football’s next elite manager.

Relentless pressing. Clear principles. Tactical detail you rarely see this early in coaching.

But his idea is not flawless — his defensive model still has cracks.

What sets him apart — and what he must refine 👇

THREAD! 🧠

[KinG £ @xKGx__]

🚨 Special camera from the Champions League final

Watch how Ousmane Dembele was pressing Watch the horror in Sommer's eyes.

Enrique said : Is there a player in the world who presses better than Ousmane Dembele?

What a beast that never stops running �

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

Will Still gives a fascinating insight into how his team Lens prepare for a matchday at their training ground 🧐