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Bayern München Tactical Analysis - Image and video 🔴

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Escadinhas, diagonality, short quick passes, constant movements from the floaters and occupation of the spaces generated by those movements. Love it.

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Germany is playing some fluid and rotational football, with a lot of good combinations inside Curaçao��s low block (Germany goal for example)

They have a clear structure on the outside, while players inside combine with each other and moving freely (anchors and floaters)

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CU RA ÇAO

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@CapitanAndresGR It's TIME! ( idk how Igor got picked over JP )

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@maurisaldana Impossible, FIFA makes a lot of money from that

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Just like other positions, fullback profiles are changing..

Theres no need for pacey, short, good offensive presence anymore. Now they value center-backs and midfielders in that position, who can drift into inside positions ( inverted FB ), tall and have good physical attributes

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Bouaddi has physical tools similar to Rice but he’s not a special passer nor a good box crasher.

If you play him at RB, you get all his defensive quality, the silky turning, the engine, suddenly his passing becomes special and his size makes a difference in the area.

[Jed Davies @TPiMBW]

“There is always a free man. Always. You know why? Because there is always the solution to give the ball to the goalkeeper. When the match begins, we are eleven against eleven, but when you have the ball, there are ten of you that want to take it, not eleven.”
— Xavi Hernández - Page 81, 'ball (2026) available from https://t.co/vfNWk4uJel or Amazon

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Beautiful interaction here

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Vincent Wagner is continuing the work left behind by Horst Steffen and is very close to taking Elversberg to the Bundesliga for the first time

What makes this team so special is without doubt their associative play

Quick notes ...

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They overload the ball side, making a large number of players available in that zone, with the opposite winger constantly moving away from his natural position towards the ball side.

Players tend to position themselves diagonally in relation to the ball carrier

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This was really really painful to watch

[JOGO FUNCIONAL @JOGOFUNCIONAL1]

Pochettino explains skill acquisition in 74 seconds

“I didn’t learn the game from coaches, I learned it from playing with friends in the street”

“There I developed my technical capacity & my emotional intelligence ”

This has been lost in the new generation of footballer

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That counter-movement, that pass ... don't know who did that but it was perfect

[Edward Stratmann @EdwardStratmann]

Hellberg’s Boro's opener against Wrexham was superb. From build-up to the back of the net in seconds. Always a joy to watch.

[Thomas Somoza @ThomiSomoza]

Corinthians. Fernando Diniz. Fluidez e intercambio de ubicaciones, pases diagonales para romper, paciencia para mover, toques cortos y futbolistas cerca de la pelota.

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Atlético Madrid 2015-16 - Defensive principles - Tactical analysis

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Atlético also has an interesting approach to defending set pieces, especially corners:

In this example, we see an 11v5 situation inside the six-yard box.

Atlético defend corners with the entire team, particularly in high-risk matches or when facing strong aerial threats.