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@pstionalplay
May 10 • 5 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
I believe Madrid’s defensive strategy against Man City had many flaws that City couldn’t exploit. Let’s look at it closely. Defending 5 against 4 at the tip, Kroos on KdB, Valverde on Gundo, FBs on wingers, and two CBs very close on Haaland. Image
This structure could've resulted in huge pockets between Madrid FBs and CBs, but after first 20 mins, City was usually too focused on control and potential Madrid counter attacks and couldn’t do something they normally do really good; creating 2v1s at wide areas through switch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
To create these 2v1s they usually needed that extra player; either one of the pivots running into half space or FB overlapping or underlapping. Here are some rare cases when they used it and Madrid’s defensive structure obviously struggled. ImageImageImageImage
City will probably use these advantageous situations more effectively in the 2nd game if Madrid continue with the same defensive structure. A good way for Madrid to avoid this is to use Tchouameni instead of Rodrygo. By having one more player to cover these pockets and asking… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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May 9
I believe both City and Madrid are in a better place than where they were at the previous semifinals. City’s reasons are obvious, Haaland, flexibility, new structural confusions over opponents etc. But Madrid’s youngsters are also improving every day.
Today, Vini imo is the best at his position/role, Rodrygo is on a crazy momentum and looks like really found his role in the pockets. Camavinga improved a lot at this underlapping FB role, Valverde overlapping CM role etc.
Especially to deal with Vini and Rodrygo in transitions, I think City needs to build up with 4-2 i/o 3-2. Considering Madrid’s incredible ability to create chances with only 3 players in transitions, Ake’s absence, necessity to start with Walker, and it is the first game/away… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Apr 20
Bayern – City game didn’t cause a lot of surprises but two points should still be noted because Tuchel gave some great tips on how to possibly beat City in future:
1) Build-up and progression against City’s narrow 4-2-4: Firstly, as you probably know, City has been using this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
In the 1st half, Bayern were effective in progression and entering final 3rd, although they didn’t show high efficiency and efficacy inside City’s box. The enabler of this effective progression is to use the center-backs in an asymmetric way to draw Grealish out of position while… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bayern used almost a backline of 3, during building up, after disconnecting from Sommer. De Ligt came to the center and Upa drifted wide. When Upa received the ball, Kimmich, Coman, or Chopo-Moting offered support and played third man to find available Pavard behind Grealish or… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImageImage
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Apr 12
It was definitely a very high-level game as anticipated between Man City and Bayern, the strongest two teams in the world right now according to FiveThirtyEight. Eventually, the score line was mostly decided by individual mistakes but there were many things to talk about… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Tuchel used 4-2-3-1 to perfectly get the shape with Man City’s on-ball structure. City’s narrow 3-2 build-up was matched with a narrow 3-1, and Goretzka and Kimmich controlling the central channels, 2 CBs on Haaland, FBs on wingers. Image
The narrow tip pushed City to play wider, when the wide CB receives the ball, the ball side DM stuck on City’s AM, and opposite DM came to the center of the pitch. This left the only numerical advantage for City at the very far corner from the ball carrier. City CBs tried finding… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
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Mar 11
Except a short period at the beginning of the 2nd half, Brighton had another excellent display and deserved 3 points against Leeds.

Javi Garcia’s plan to stop Brighton build-up was effective at the beginning of the game. Leeds used 1st and 2nd pressure lines very close to each… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This disconnected them from the game a bit, but Brighton could still break the high press by using Steele as their extra man in build-up.
Although they could push Leeds pressure to mid-block, the same structure continued causing problems to them and they couldn’t use their double pivot effectively.
It should be noted that this structure was leaving 1v1s at the backline, but De Zerbi finds it risky to play long… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Jan 24
xT and xG are popular terms in football analytics. xG gives us an idea on attacking output while xT tells how frequently our team arrives to threatening zones, how good our progression is. If we combine these two, we can get more insight about offensive and defensive efficiencies Image
If we plot xT vs xG, we see a clear trend showing the teams that progress and create a lot. However, it doesn't tell us how efficient a team is in creating chances out of each progression. Image
Take Liverpool as example, create many chances, however are they actually creating enough for the amount of threat they are creating? Or Brentford, they don't progress a lot, but we know when they do, they use it effectively.
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Jan 23
Brighton lost 2 pts but had another good game. They could enter the final 3rd for 43 times out of 75 poss seqs according to @twelve_football.
Leicester had a plan to cut Brighton’s 2-pivot connection by staying narrow and shadowing with a 1st line of 2.
@twelve_football This worked well for Rodgers' team. Brighton struggled in progression and could mostly progress by directly finding one of their double false 9. The progression was not that advantageous though, as they couldn’t create any numerical advantage in the final 3rd.
@twelve_football But then, De Zerbi’s team showed how rich their repertoire for build-up and progression is.
They first switched to a 4-1 build up, FBs wide, interior drops to play 3rd man, FBs attack the half space as they enter chance creation phase.
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