“It gives you the illusion that Bayer Leverkusen are always moving, constantly.” Great point. Kind of fooled me

Rather than staying in-line with West Ham’s back line, Bayer Leverkusen center-forward Patrik Schick moves into an offside position with separation, observes, and then checks to the ball. He is always out of view of the defender until he’s needed.
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Gabriel was pinned to Harry Kane, which isolated Jakub Kiwior and Zinchenko. Bayern Munich focused on attacking their right-wing to open up the rest of the pitch.
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John Stones inverted from center-back into the midfield, occupying space in the pocket between Real Madrid’s midfield and forwards. Manchester City lacked runners and a creator to distribute the ball quickly into the channels ahead.
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Against Dortmund, when Leon Goretzka dropped to the left of Eric Dier, Jamal Musiala checked to the ball, moving into the half-space, and Alphonso Davies pushed up the wing. If you block off that pass, Bayern Munich are forced to switch.
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Any Bayern Munich fans have a predicted lineup for tomorrow's game versus Arsenal?

Daniel Carvajal likes to get further forward and help out on the far-side in the box. When Osasuna kick the ball long, Real Madrid have a tendency to gravitate towards the ball, leaving men open on the counter for the flick on.
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This is a good piece.

Unprovoked, they experimented and broke down their team’s dynamics. They built back towards what worked last season after the experiments failed, and have improved upon that winning formula. Arsenal will forever be a mystery to me because of how good the… tacticsjournal.com/2024/04/07/ars…

During most of De Zerbi's time at the club, Brighton pressed 1vs1 all over the pitch. They are still man oriented, but in the last couple of games they started to use a more hybrid approach with +1 at the back and jumps on certain triggers.

Brighton are now more interesting out of possession than in possession. We know what they can do in possession, but they've made changes out of possession.

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On most defensive transitions, over the shoulder of Bruno Fernandes on his blind-side, Manchester United leave the top of the box open for the cut-back.
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The selfishness to try to do it all on your own and the lack of movement when the creators have the ball, because they only pass to each other, for me, is the reason why Chelsea have trouble maintaining leads past the 30 minute mark.
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I have a theory why Chelsea stop performing well after 30 minutes but I want to write about Manchester United's weak areas.

Mac Allister is the player of the tournament for me, going very under the radar. Without him I don’t think Argentina get out of their group. Running a one man show on the left for the first 2 matches and 1/2 of the 3rd. Great on the ball under pressure with only Acuna to help.