Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): pressing structure

Shape

Structure: when opposiTon playing out of the back

- From the game, this is ERIE's(BLUE) Basic shape when defending.

- Like a 4-1-4-1.

Erie Commodores : pressing structure

From kick off they went into 4-4-1-1 but then defend in a 4-1-4-1

Set a line of confrontation 10 yards above the top of the centre circle

CF - Pushes onto Holding mid ( when he presses, inside shoulder of CB)

RM - Places himself 5 years above centre circle in line which post

LM- 10 yards in from the sideline

LCM - in line with LM 10 yards further inside of him

RCM - 5 yards higher than LCM but 10 yards further inside than LCM DEFENDING THEIR LEFT CHANNEL. THIS IS THE SAME FOR THE RIGHT CHANNEL JUST SWITCH OF PLAYERS

Once they get the ball the attack quick with quick combinations and/or find wide players

Defending in wide areas - PART 2

When defending left channel next part.

next pahse from screen before:

Winger plays ball inside to CM for Dayton then Cm plays ball out to left back.

Erie:

Shape was as in picture:

As the ball is played inside to Dayton CM. ERIE RM presses onto the ball. RCM slide across as does LCM.

next pass gets played to Dayton LB (3) which then ERIE AM and RM press the ball. ball forced out to DAYTON LM. RB then presses with RM and AM and win the ball and goes out for a throw

overall the game these movements are frequent and the team slides across the field well as a unit, leaving lots of space on the opposite side and in between the lines