Tactical changes are often associated with switches in shape — a back three becoming a back four, or a midfield three turning into a diamond. However, it’s not exclusive to that. Shapes are a way of explaining the positioning of the players on the field in simple terms. The dynamic of how a team operates within this shape is another dimension — two identical formations could attack and defend in different ways depending on the movement of their players with and without the ball. A tactical adjustment could be a change in strategy within the same shape, using the same players, by...
down the line, but Martinez intercepts the pass.
… and with the Portuguese limiting Gross’ time on the ball, Welbeck turns his marker and makes a run into space. The problem for Brighton is that because United are successfully pressing with a player less up the pitch, they have an extra free player at the back., the free United player, picks up Welbeck’s run as Martinez is calmly signalling to his centre-back partner to switch markers.
… leaving Dunk with no option but to go long when Van Hecke returns the ball to him. From this long pass United manage to regain the ball, but the key thing here is the positioning of Fernandes, Hojlund and Rashford. “In the first 15-20 minutes, we suffered a lot because Manchester United played in a different way we prepared before the game,” said Roberto De Zerbi after the game. However during that period, there was one instance which might have provided Brighton with a solution against United’s pressing.had the ball. This meant that the space Fernandes, Hojlund and Rashford had to cover was bigger, and they couldn’t block the passing lanes while pressing Brighton’s centre-backs with the same ease.
In this example, Dunk is wide enough on the left that he isn’t showing in the image below, and Van Hecke is also maintaining a wide position on the right side as Steele is waiting on the ball. The difference now compared to the examples mentioned above is that United’s forwards have to cover another player in Steele, and more ground because of the spread of Brighton’s centre-backs…Here’s another example.
Here, Brighton’s build-up shape is spread across the width of the penalty area with Gross on the right side and Dunk on the left. As Van Hecke plays the ball into the German midfielder…
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