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Every time I watch Chema Andres I can't help but think how a player like him would solve MOST of Real Madrid's problems.
He dictates the game, moves between CBs on deep and midfield buildup. Finds pockets of space deeper down the pitch and can accompany the press forward.
He is THE player.
Spot on.
The profiles which JAL searches for are quite interesting, especially in his recruitment of Luque and Pablo.
The key is their ability to recieve the ball effectively throughout the pitch. Pablo is always given immense freedom in posession, which is quite difficult for defenders to track.
Overloads and field tilts require a type of effectiveness throughout the front line which is quite rare in most teams.
El Relacionismo de @JoseAlbertoLpez en directo.
No fue su mejor partido, pero los ajustes en la segunda parte metiendo Pablo y a Luque por dentro y retrasando una altura a Canales le dio la victoria al Racing.
Cuánta calidad y qué interesante es esta idea.
Interesting changes made by Flick at halftime.
Bringing on De Jong at RB and having him invert into midfield in posession allows for much more control over the game.
More importantly, it allows Barcelona to send more player forward (Pedri / Bernal in half spaces).
5-4-1 for atelti at the back means Barcelona need more players to overload the finls line while also vacating space around Lamine so that he can find 1 on 1s.
The Frankie De Jong change makes even more sense in this context. Baena might be forced up to put pressure on De Jong which allows for more isolation on Lamine.
Been this way for years. JAL always gets the blame even when things are going alright.
I used to act the same way but it gets to a point where you just have to believe in him.
Racing Santander have 4 wins, 14 pts in La Liga.
Newly promoted, they play an extremely attacking style, sold their 2 key MFs and are unlucky not to have + 2/3 pts and be just outside the Euro spots.
Yet head coach JAL receives substantial criticism from parts of the fan base.
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Could not agree more. Completely anti development.
Guys in europe have played 50+ games year round for their entire lives while we have our best players playing max 20 (and often around 10-12) in a 3 month period.
As a former captain of a top ten D1 team, many moons ago this a fucking joke. College soccer sucks, our coach was the keeper for Hungary when they were the best team in the world and I got worse in four years. 20 matches in 3 months is just plain stupid, anti development. The NASL collapsed so it didn’t matter but the standard was better in men’s leagues in Jersey in my 30s than college soccer. It’s a cancer.
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The US will never come close to European football unless they start playing year round in college.
European academies are playing 50+ games a year. Some teams in the US play 8-10.
BREAKING: The NCAA men's soccer two semester model has been officially rescinded, sources tell GOAL.
247 schools voted to rescind. 241 was the required number.
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While I completely understand the usefulness of visualizations especially in those types of movements this is genuinely hilarious 😂
Ofc X is gonna have a field day with this.
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Robinson’s positioning allows for so much flexibility in Iwobi’s movement.
The structure is held through Berge and Charles who provide physicality and control in possession.
Fulham's lopsided 3-2-5 in-possession structure is causing Newcastle issues. For context, Newcastle have a 4-4-2 out-of-possession set up which generally remains passive, but is willing to trigger into a high press, especially when Fulham progress through the right side. The main threats during possession phases for Fulham are King and Iwobi, two players who are constantly drifting horizontally and vertically to receive.
When Newcastle trigger the press, I think Fulham could utilise the midfielders (Berge/Charles) better to initially break Newcastle's front line press. From here, they could create a central overload against Newcastle's midfielder to find King or Iwobi. If a centre-back steps out, the striker can be found beyond. If not, a Fulham forward will receive unpressured between the lines to create or finish a chance.
Overall, Fulham look well-coached during possession phases. A lot of coordinated and intelligent movements. I just think that they're missing a bit of aggression and energy in settled possession phases. Feel like they could accelerate play a bit more when they generate certain advantages to then maximise it.
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Incredibly interesting first half of Fulham vs Newcastle.
Jaissle's side deffend in a 4-1-4-1 shape but look to press high in a 4-4-2 shape.
In order to counter the overload of players centrally, Arbeloa is inverting Iwobi into the midfield pockets alongside King playing at the 10.
Fullbacks stay high and wide allowing for combinations and overloads. Underlaps are key in Arbeloa's system.
Despite apparent control (62% posession), Newcastle have had the better chances so far.
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Madrid's counterpress before Valverde's goal shows so much progress in Mourinho's philosophy.
Madrid, while not at their best, fought for it. These are the types of games a good team must win, despite it being scrappy.
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I do think the profiles being USED to execute this high press can hurt Madrid later in the season.
Guler and Bernardo are not physically or defensively dominant enough to accompany M2M press (especially in midfield) against ELITE players.
Teams like PSG, Bayern etc... will find ways to rip it apart. It will be interesting to see how Mourinho adjusts for this.
Real Madrid’s HIGH PRESS vs Racing Santander was something new.
2-5-3 pressing shape vs Racing who looked to drop all three midfielders in buildup.
Mbappe led the press making a curved run to take out a CB, while Diomande started narrow on the 6.
Most impressively was Huijsen run to cover the RB which definitely hints at Mourinho asking players to stick to the M2M system.
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Real Madrid’s HIGH PRESS vs Racing Santander was something new.
2-5-3 pressing shape vs Racing who looked to drop all three midfielders in buildup.
Mbappe led the press making a curved run to take out a CB, while Diomande started narrow on the 6.
Most impressively was Huijsen run to cover the RB which definitely hints at Mourinho asking players to stick to the M2M system.
This is brilliant.
As someone who is trying to explore options in Data Analytics in football I love commentaries like these which bridge Tactics and the beauty of the game.
These are the things that help younger students of the game like me learn.
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too similar?
a 5000 word commentary on rhythms, skillsets & quantifying style.
— players are the tactics.
— mainoo & wharton: far from similar.
— a look into man utd’s recruitment through a data lens.
— football-fluent data analysis.
— scouting nathan saliba.
link below!
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And by the way, they did it a month ago with Kane, a couple weeks ago with Yamal and went big on Mbappe.
They must have made millions running it.
The “leaks” almost tripled Mbappe’s % chance of winning the Balon D’or across Kalshi and Polymarket.
Those pushing this narrative just made a quite 3/4x and sold before final decision.
Was never close.
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