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🚨 High pressing doesn't start in midfield. It starts with your forwards. ⚡ That's why clubs like 🔴 PSG, 🔴 Bayern and 🔵🔴 Barcelona invest in attackers who can press, force turnovers and win the ball closer to goal. One of Milan's greatest goals of the last 15 years... show more

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WHY Sandro Tonali Could Be The Engine Of Spurs’ Midfield… Sandro Tonali isn’t the traditional holding midfielder many Tottenham fans might expect. And that’s exactly why he’d be such an interesting fit for Roberto De Zerbi. Tonali thrives in high-intensity football. He’s constantly scanning, covering huge distances and looking to play forward rather than simply recycle possession. His athleticism and ability to break lines make him the type of midfielder who can inject tempo into every phase of the game. That’s why he feels less like a conventional number six and more like the engine of the midfield. Alongside someone like Mateus Fernandes, Spurs would have two technically gifted midfielders capable of progressing the ball through pressure and accelerating attacks from deep. There is a trade-off, though. Neither Tonali nor Fernandes is a specialist defensive anchor. Tonali can struggle aerially and isn’t at his best defending large spaces in one-versus-one situations, meaning Spurs would still need the right structure around them. If De Zerbi gets that balance right, the midfield could become one of the most exciting in the Premier League. And while a £100m fee sounds enormous, the Telstar Transfer Index shows it would still sit just below Gazza’s move when adjusted for football inflation. Spurs fans, would Tonali transform your midfield? 👀⚪ ⬇️ Full Video Below 📹 Samson Kalnińş Brough

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🔵 Chelsea Under Xabi Alonso | 4v4 + 3 The Alonso era at Chelsea is underway. Dimensions: 16(W) x 18(L) Yards A high intensity positional possession practice focused on combination play, structure and aggressive counter pressing during moments of transition. The team in possession combines with three neutral players and earns a point for every eight consecutive passes. Upon regaining the ball, the pressing team attacks one of four mini goals to reverse roles. Key coaching points: • Immediate reaction on transition • Nearest player presses the ball • Supporting players lock on • Protect central areas • Maintain compact distances • Regain possession quickly Save this one and follow us for more #ChelseaFC #XabiAlonso #CounterPressing #PositionalPlay #FootballCoaching #SoccerTraining

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139,158 views • 2 months ago

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🔥 PSG 5v5 TRANSITIONAL POSSESSION PRACTICE A fantastic possession setup designed to develop playing through pressure, fast attacking transitions and immediate counter pressing. ⚽ How It Works • Play takes place in a central 16 by 16 yard zone • The blue team aims to work the ball from one end of the practice to the other to score to score points • If the red team regain possession, they break out quickly • They can dribble through any of the four transition gates 🎯 Key Focus • Maintain good positional structure • Move the ball quickly through the central area • React immediately when possession changes • Secure the first pass into space in transition (if it's on) • Carry the ball forward with speed • Counter press aggressively after losing possession A great example from PSG of building clear attacking and transition principles into a possession practice. 📌 Save this one for your next session. Like and follow us to get more. #PSG #FootballCoaching #FootballTraining #PositionalPlay #TransitionPlay #CounterPressing #PlayerDevelopment

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Many mistake this style of play as just non-stop pressing and chaos. Yes, these two aspects are important but it is a much more deliberate and planned way of playing that is used to predict where the opposition will play the ball, where the ball can be dictated and what areas the opposition leave open for transitions when they attack. In 2019, I was introduced to Ernst Tanner former Academy Director of Red Bull Salzburg and current Philadelphia Union Sporting Director that has led the club to being one of the top clubs in MLS and arguably the best academies in North America the last few years. Both organisations are known for their pressing and fast transitions in addition to producing top players. He became a mentor to me and gave me insights and education on this style of play. He has changed the way I look at football. Every season we try to recruit players that can play this style that I will describe below and we do not waiver in the way we played. Every game since 2019 Alliance United FC have played either in a 1-4-2-2-2 or a 1-4-4-2 midfield diamond....every game. We have no secrets in how we play. We focus on defending, pressing, forcing teams into mistakes and transition football. It is important to understand that we do not care how much possession we have and we actually want the opposition to have the ball most of the time. Stats in football show that only when a team has the ball 70% or more in a match their is a correlation to winning. Anything less is not correlated to winning in a certain match. In addition, 80% of goals are scored under 5 passes or less and under 10 seconds when regaining possession. We follow the trend! So, here are some important points based on the video: a) Pressing higher up the pitch when possible. All 11 players are committed to the team intention (principles) and if anybody is not committed and does not contribute to this style of play, they do not play. There is no leeway on this. Either you are in 100% in or you are not. All it takes is one player to not commit and the plan will not work. If we do not win the ball on the high press, everyone is to drop behind the ball as fast as possible to restart the press closer to our goal. b) Based on the opponent's scouting we press certain players and decide if will press closer to the sideline and 'pin' the player to the sideline or we dictate the passes and dribbles centrally and 'surround' the player to win the ball in central positions. We also decide if we will sometimes drop lower for the opposition to advance so we can play behind them when winning the ball. This is done if we scout that the opposition centre-backs are slower than our two strikers. This means we will 'outrun' them in the space they leave behind. c) When winning the ball we want to exploit space behind their backline as the priority which means that a player(s) need to be passing options behind the backline and preferably centrally which is closer to the goal, players winning the ball has to look to play the ball to the player furthest up the pitch. Possession is not a priority but scoring goals as fast as possible is. d) When winning the ball we stay as central as possible with passes and dribbling. We use the width of the penalty area (44 yards) as the preferable dimension when transitioning. We want to stay within this width. The wider the team plays the ball, the more time the opposition has to block the middle. PLAY AS VERTICALLY AS POSSIBLE! The emphasis is to get the ball to the two strikers and play 1v1 against the CBs. e) We know that most youth players grow up playing against a 1-4-3-3 which means there is one central striker meaning the centre-backs one back press and one can cover. Against 2 strikers this is not possible and many centre-backs do not have the ability to play 1v1 with space behind them. They are not taught the cues to step and press or drop to protect space behind them. They are never taught at youth level. We exploit this deficiency. e) All 11 players must get up the pitch to close the spaces if we lose the ball from our attacking transition so the opposition cannot transition against us and we can counter-press. f) A goal is the best outcome based on the objective of attacking but at the minimum we want to get a shot on goal from a transition. This is a quick overview of a different way of playing football that Canada will see with the Men's National Team.

Pressing, transitions and goals in Canada! After the hiring of Jesse Marsch this week by Canada Soccer , there has been lots of talk about pressing and transitions in the football community. This is THE style of play that we have used for the last 5 years with Alliance United FC in @L1OMens and will give you some insight in how this can look. We went away from the 'possession' based 1-4-3-3 that everyone has been using as the 'best way' to develop players and win games. Many say this is the 'right way' of playing. However, we use the players' abilities and inabilities as the starting point and based on players produced in Canada, within our youth system, this is the way we think will get us the best results and help our players get to the next level. You need to understand youth development in our country to understand what is and what is not being taught to young players. This is not a negative outlook, it is just looking at the reality. Many mistake this style of play as just non-stop pressing and chaos. Yes, these two aspects are important but it is a much more deliberate and planned way of playing that is used to predict where the opposition will play the ball, where the ball can be dictated and what areas the opposition leave open for transitions when they attack. In 2019, I was introduced to Ernst Tanner former Academy Director of Red Bull Salzburg and current Philadelphia Union Sporting Director that has led the club to being one of the top clubs in MLS and arguably the best academies in North America the last few years. Both organisations are known for their pressing and fast transitions in addition to producing top players. He became a mentor to me and gave me insights and education on this style of play. He has changed the way I look at football. Every season we try to recruit players that can play this style that I will describe below and we do not waiver in the way we played. Every game since 2019 Alliance United FC have played either in a 1-4-2-2-2 or a 1-4-4-2 midfield diamond....every game. We have no secrets in how we play. We focus on defending, pressing, forcing teams into mistakes and transition football. It is important to understand that we do not care how much possession we have and we actually want the opposition to have the ball most of the time. Stats in football show that only when a team has the ball 70% or more in a match their is a correlation to winning. Anything less is not correlated to winning in a certain match. In addition, 80% of goals are scored under 5 passes or less and under 10 seconds when regaining possession. We follow the trend! So, here are some important points based on the video: a) Pressing higher up the pitch when possible. All 11 players are committed to the team intention (principles) and if anybody is not committed and does not contribute to this style of play, they do not play. There is no leeway on this. Either you are in 100% in or you are not. All it takes is one player to not commit and the plan will not work. If we do not win the ball on the high press, everyone is to drop behind the ball as fast as possible to restart the press closer to our goal. b) Based on the opponent's scouting we press certain players and decide if will press closer to the sideline and 'pin' the player to the sideline or we dictate the passes and dribbles centrally and 'surround' the player to win the ball in central positions. We also decide if we will sometimes drop lower for the opposition to advance so we can play behind them when winning the ball. This is done if we scout that the opposition centre-backs are slower than our two strikers. This means we will 'outrun' them in the space they leave behind. c) When winning the ball we want to exploit space behind their backline as the priority which means that a player(s) need to be passing options behind the backline and preferably centrally which is closer to the goal, players winning the ball has to look to play the ball to the player furthest up the pitch. Possession is not a priority but scoring goals as fast as possible is. d) When winning the ball we stay as central as possible with passes and dribbling. We use the width of the penalty area (44 yards) as the preferable dimension when transitioning. We want to stay within this width. The wider the team plays the ball, the more time the opposition has to block the middle. PLAY AS VERTICALLY AS POSSIBLE! The emphasis is to get the ball to the two strikers and play 1v1 against the CBs. e) We know that most youth players grow up playing against a 1-4-3-3 which means there is one central striker meaning the centre-backs one back press and one can cover. Against 2 strikers this is not possible and many centre-backs do not have the ability to play 1v1 with space behind them. They are not taught the cues to step and press or drop to protect space behind them. They are never taught at youth level. We exploit this deficiency. e) All 11 players must get up the pitch to close the spaces if we lose the ball from our attacking transition so the opposition cannot transition against us and we can counter-press. f) A goal is the best outcome based on the objective of attacking but at the minimum we want to get a shot on goal from a transition. This is a quick overview of a different way of playing football that Canada will see with the Men's National Team.

Ilya Orlov

14,134 views • 2 years ago

Sébastien Pocognoli: Style of Play A look into Scotland's New Manager's "Style of Play" from his time at USG & Monaco. Variety of formations but seems to favour a Back-3 with a very fluid midfield but principles of play remain the same & it's all about dominating with or without the ball: > Play Forward First > Break Lines Aggressively > Direct and Second Balls > High Numbers in the Attacking Line > Counter-Pressing > High-Block into High-Pressing (4-3-1-2) > Transition in Same High Numbers Now, dominating with the ball can mean different things, his side were very flexible and didn't "Overplay" in Possession and was happy to go quite direct: > 9th Highest Possession > 11th Accurate Passers > 4th Shots at Goal A very good Set-Play side during his time at USG, 15 of his 71 League Goals were from this. Main concerns of his "Style of Play" is how quickly his side can be transitioned against and be quite open building from their own defence: > Big Gaps Between CB to CF > Playing Direct to WB Resulting in Counters > High Opp. Numbers in Transition At Monaco, he had times where he did play a Back-4 and is clearly a flexible coach that can adapt to players & that is another exciting green flag for the new manager. Welcome to Scotland, Sebastian Pocognoli 🤝

Sébastien Pocognoli: Style of Play A look into Scotland's New Manager's "Style of Play" from his time at USG & Monaco. Variety of formations but seems to favour a Back-3 with a very fluid midfield but principles of play remain the same & it's all about dominating with or without the ball: > Play Forward First > Break Lines Aggressively > Direct and Second Balls > High Numbers in the Attacking Line > Counter-Pressing > High-Block into High-Pressing (4-3-1-2) > Transition in Same High Numbers Now, dominating with the ball can mean different things, his side were very flexible and didn't "Overplay" in Possession and was happy to go quite direct: > 9th Highest Possession > 11th Accurate Passers > 4th Shots at Goal A very good Set-Play side during his time at USG, 15 of his 71 League Goals were from this. Main concerns of his "Style of Play" is how quickly his side can be transitioned against and be quite open building from their own defence: > Big Gaps Between CB to CF > Playing Direct to WB Resulting in Counters > High Opp. Numbers in Transition At Monaco, he had times where he did play a Back-4 and is clearly a flexible coach that can adapt to players & that is another exciting green flag for the new manager. Welcome to Scotland, Sebastian Pocognoli 🤝

John Walker

20,660 views • 1 month ago

🚨Steve Holland on Manchester United’s summer midfield plans with Carlos Baleba, Mateus Fernandes, Sandro Tonali and Elliot Anderson all under consideration: 🗣️ “Manchester United’s priority is to build a midfield that can control games, win duels and still have the technical quality to play progressive football. The ideal midfielder for Manchester United today is someone who can defend large spaces, recover possession, progress the ball quickly and contribute in both phases of play. That’s why different profiles are being discussed. Sandro Tonali is attractive because he is already proven at the highest level. He brings leadership, intensity, tactical intelligence and experience in big matches. Carlos Baleba offers physical dominance, athleticism and defensive security. He has the profile to become one of the best ball-winning midfielders in Europe. Elliot Anderson is admired because of his energy, versatility and ability to carry the ball through midfield. He understands the pace of the Premier League and has shown he can influence games consistently. Mateus Fernandes is viewed differently. The club sees him as a player with huge potential, technical quality and room to develop, but also understands that he is not yet as proven as some of the other names being considered. The reason Tonali, Anderson and Baleba are receiving so much attention is because they fit the immediate need for reliability and physical presence in midfield. Manchester United want players who can compete now while also helping build the foundation for the future. The club likes Fernandes, but when comparing profiles, Tonali, Anderson and Baleba are seen as players who can impact the team immediately while still having their best years ahead of them.” {TNT Sports }

SethOfficial

213,638 views • 3 months ago

🚨🇮🇷 🇺🇸 The Iranian president is telling his people the truth no one expected: there's barely an economy left. Former U.S. intelligence official Stefano Ritondale says the Iranian president has begun framing the crisis as a war economy out of necessity, with manufacturing stalled, the internet largely down, and an estimated two million jobs lost directly and indirectly. He's one of the few in Tehran pressing for a quick deal. That's also why Stefano thinks Trump is in no rush. The economic gap between the two countries is wide enough that Washington sees time as working in its favor. Artorias Azi

🚨🇮🇷 🇺🇸 The Iranian president is telling his people the truth no one expected: there's barely an economy left. Former U.S. intelligence official Stefano Ritondale says the Iranian president has begun framing the crisis as a war economy out of necessity, with manufacturing stalled, the internet largely down, and an estimated two million jobs lost directly and indirectly. He's one of the few in Tehran pressing for a quick deal. That's also why Stefano thinks Trump is in no rush. The economic gap between the two countries is wide enough that Washington sees time as working in its favor. Artorias Azi

Mario Nawfal

90,989 views • 4 months ago

For high performance youth teams in a Positional Play game model, shortening the transition times is an important detail requiring consistent training and development of a pressing mentality valuing defensive work . Measuring the time to recover possession is one way to gauge progress. In this group stage match at National Cup XXIII, the teams are tied 1-1 with just minutes to go. A promising attack by my Valencia CF Academy M07 team stalls when a pass is made behind a teammate. 2 seconds after the pass, the opponent has possession. 1 second later, we regain possession. Time to recovery is 3 seconds. (That is very good!) 5 seconds later the game winning goal is scored. Total time elapsed from bad pass to goal is 8 seconds. Without the immediate, aggressive press, the goal is likely not scored. Develop a pressing mentality! ValenciaCFAcademy-Seattle Academia VCF 🦇

For high performance youth teams in a Positional Play game model, shortening the transition times is an important detail requiring consistent training and development of a pressing mentality valuing defensive work . Measuring the time to recover possession is one way to gauge progress. In this group stage match at National Cup XXIII, the teams are tied 1-1 with just minutes to go. A promising attack by my Valencia CF Academy M07 team stalls when a pass is made behind a teammate. 2 seconds after the pass, the opponent has possession. 1 second later, we regain possession. Time to recovery is 3 seconds. (That is very good!) 5 seconds later the game winning goal is scored. Total time elapsed from bad pass to goal is 8 seconds. Without the immediate, aggressive press, the goal is likely not scored. Develop a pressing mentality! ValenciaCFAcademy-Seattle Academia VCF 🦇

Joe Campos

12,612 views • 2 years ago

🔵🔴 FC BARCELONA EXCELLENT POSITIONAL RONDO from this week. Area size: two 9 × 9 yard zones ⚽ How It Works • Two neutrals always support the team in possession • Neutrals can move between both zones • Complete a set number of passes before transferring into the opposite zone • If the pressing team regain possession, they can score in the mini goals or transfer into the opposite zone to reverse roles 🎯 Key Coaching Points • Create clear angles of support • Maintain good spacing • Scan before receiving • Move the ball quickly • Recognise when to transfer play • React quickly on transition 📌 Save this practice and follow us for more. Instant access to more on our website. #FCBarcelona #FootballCoaching #Rondo #PositionalPlay #FootballTraining #Possession #PlayerDevelopment #SoccerCoaching

🔵🔴 FC BARCELONA EXCELLENT POSITIONAL RONDO from this week. Area size: two 9 × 9 yard zones ⚽ How It Works • Two neutrals always support the team in possession • Neutrals can move between both zones • Complete a set number of passes before transferring into the opposite zone • If the pressing team regain possession, they can score in the mini goals or transfer into the opposite zone to reverse roles 🎯 Key Coaching Points • Create clear angles of support • Maintain good spacing • Scan before receiving • Move the ball quickly • Recognise when to transfer play • React quickly on transition 📌 Save this practice and follow us for more. Instant access to more on our website. #FCBarcelona #FootballCoaching #Rondo #PositionalPlay #FootballTraining #Possession #PlayerDevelopment #SoccerCoaching

Keepitonthedeck

37,228 views • 1 month ago

Spain Used This Possession Setup in training yesterday ahead of a huge fixture vs Uruguay in the early hours of Saturday (UK Time) In Variation 1, teams keep possession and look to score with a one touch finish into the mini goals. A direct one touch finish is worth one point, while a one touch finish after a bounce pass off an end line neutral is worth two points. In Variation 2, the team in possession must first get two players onto each flank before they can score. This encourages width, quick circulation, and then fast counter pressing when the ball is lost. Follow us for more like this and join our website for instant access to more content.

Spain Used This Possession Setup in training yesterday ahead of a huge fixture vs Uruguay in the early hours of Saturday (UK Time) In Variation 1, teams keep possession and look to score with a one touch finish into the mini goals. A direct one touch finish is worth one point, while a one touch finish after a bounce pass off an end line neutral is worth two points. In Variation 2, the team in possession must first get two players onto each flank before they can score. This encourages width, quick circulation, and then fast counter pressing when the ball is lost. Follow us for more like this and join our website for instant access to more content.

Keepitonthedeck

18,623 views • 3 months ago