Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defending - Winger tucking in narrow.

Tactical

Organisation

- This 6+2 vs 5+2 positional game sees

one team (Red) set up in a 4-2-2 shape against

Blue which positions in a 2-4-1 shape.

- Red team aims to connect 5 passes in the initial 6v5

scenario (see the lower half of Diagram), before

passing the ball towards their two teammates in the

opposite half of the playing area.

- Blue team presses in a 4-1 shape in the 6v5 scenario. Two

players are restricted to the middle zone and shuffle

across, trying to intercept passes from Red team

- Red team scores a goal by connecting 5 passes and then

transferring the ball with a pass on the ground to

the opposite side. Blue team scores by intercepting the

ball and scoring in one of the two small goals they are

facing within 5 seconds.

- If Red team successfully transfers the ball to the other

side, two players stay in the initial zone, while the

other four players sprint to the opposite side, quickly

regaining the offensive shape. Blue team sprints across, quickly organising the two players in the

central restricted zone and 4-1 defensive shape in the

possession zone.

- Once on the opposite side, the sequence repeats itself –

Red team connects 5 passes before transferring it to the

other side and Blue team aims to recover possession and

score in one of the two small goals they are facing.

COMPACTNESS + COMMUNICATION.

- Press together in a compact unit, moving together in a

4-1 shape with the central thought of ‘force play wide’.

- Once the first pass is played towards the sideline, shift

together as a unit.

- The forward is responsible for forcing the first pass from the CB

wide and not allowing the ball to be rotated through

the CBs.