1/4 A thread: When preparing for a match, we always work on some specific behaviors/sub-sub principles that will hopefully work well against the next opponent, based on scouting. Here is an animation taken from the presentation to the players before our last game.

How you use space shows your game plan. Manchester City's masterclass on using initial structures to manipulate the opposition.

An Introduction to Positional Play | Analysis Concept 8⃣ - The Third Man. 📹Metrica Sports

Most people binge TV shows. I binge Girona FC matches. That’s because some of the best football in the world is being played at Estadi Montilivi. Here are six of my favorite clips from their comfortable 3-0 win against Getafe a few weeks ago: x.com/IFBmedia44/sta…

Nice little practice 👏🏻 I go more for the hips than the shoulders though , as the hips will move the shoulders , not so the other way round pal

Marco Silva’s Fulham 4-4-2 Defensive Block against Manchester City. [1/10] x.com/mfootba5966947…

Marcelo Bielsa: 🗣️"That is the future of football. You have to free yourself for the person who is going to get the ball and who thus becomes the third man. That third man is the least developed weapon in football, while in that way you have the most attack possibilities.”

In England we need to be more comfortable with opponents close to us to entice - thread a pass or combine - this Brazil clip shows how pass past close defending - two scooped passes between hip & shoulder exploit a gap in the defender’s’force field’ a space a defender can’t cover

4/4 On the 26th we played a match (won 5-0). This was one of the goals we scored. In this game, it was fascinating to see all the 3rd and 4th man combinations we were able to achieve.

Real Sociedad entrenada por Imanol Alguacil - ideas para atacar las intermedias de un rombo desde el movimiento. Nuevo🧵 detallando algunas intenciones que vimos ayer en Salzburg. Rol de los interiores, sinergia con extremo, etc. Empezamos:

Paulo Fonseca’s LOSC Lille building from the back: - The use of sole to invite pressure and find free man - Overload wide zones/ Positional superiority - Width & Depth achieved through player positioning - Diagonal runs behind the opposition defence

Alexis Mac Allister - caso de estudio. Comparativa del antes y el ahora sobre sus perfiles y acciones relacionadas con las maniobras de recepción en base de jugada. Dentro🧶 comparando 7 situaciones con ángulos de pase, control y continuación distintas:

Some great uses of 3rd-man cocnept by Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen this season. Once they break the pressure line, they are very good at changing the rhythm and gear up. Can you recognize the patterns in their 3rd-man plays?

Penal y fin de partido Todos los puntos desglosados se vieron reflejados en el penal: ruptura de abajo hacia arriba (Martínez), movimientos de los alejados para conectar (Bárcenas), y el Kuty como primera superioridad. Todo condensado en una jugada.

Roberto De Zerbi speaks about his ideas of coaching and football. “The player is always the protagonist, what I am looking for is to bring players to express themselves to the maximum, clearly in a context.”

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Some clips from last weeks matches showing how we wish to play against a high press. Different players but the same principles: (1) Identify and find the open/free player. (2) The stronger the opponent presses, the more vertical we should be. (3) Maximum width on the ball side.