Mikel Areta's Arsenal: (Sub) principle: 🗣 : "Once the we play backwards, the opponent will push their last line forward. The wingers have to make the counter movement into depth and exploit the space in behind by playing forward."

Arteta’s Five Phase MASTERPLAN - Explained 📊 Want to know more about Arteta's five phase plan for Arsenal's success? Read on... A THREAD 🧵👇

1/7 Jacob Hanstad, perhaps the best scanner I ever coached, informed me that there seems to be a pattern on which the best dribbling players receive the ball and scan, especially in the last third of the pitch. There are 10 distinct ways players do this. Here are 5 with examples.

A superb and absolutely worth reading article about the past, the present and the future of the 'beautiful game'⚽️ Great views of absolute experts integrated René Marić Carlos Carvalhal Des Buckingham Joao Nuno Fonseca skysports.com/football/story…

Wenn der BVB in dieser Saison einen halbwegs vernünftigen Spielaufbau haben möchte, dann muss sich Terzic von der Idee verabschieden, mit Emre Can auf der 6 zu spielen. Lade dazu morgen nochmal ein paar Clips hoch, aber es ist schon krass, wie häufig er die eigenen Passwege

Run in the deep to help your teammate to become free🏃⚽️

I spent a lot of time with coaches, here are 6️⃣ things I find myself saying a lot…

Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen) Trainings - (presentation file for coaches) File consists several session of Alonso in Bayer 04: explenations, videos & graphical examples of each exercise: Finishing, Rondos, SSG etc To recieve the file⬇️ • Follow • Retweet • Comment when done

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

🚨 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 🤯

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! 🧠

The philosophy of the Warriors’ offense began with FC Barcelona’s Tiki-Taka principles. Stephen Curry explains how Steve Kerr introduced the concept on Part 1 of his guest appearance, out now: youtu.be/qSess5R1MHU

"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! 👇📺

Best of Spalletti ball so far

🚨 🇸🇪 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

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?

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. ✍️ THE GAME CHANGER

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

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.

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