I think that it’s misleading to think about it in terms of just attack vs defense. The way I see it, it’s all about control. Gardiola was trying to control the game through control of the ball while Mourinho was trying to control the game through control of the space. Barca’s style was not all attack. A lot passes were not productive, they were just trying to get the other team off position, but failed. Both are just about trying to control the game through a different way. I find that opposition of philosophies really interesting
Correct, I just wish people would stop debating like the Ronaldo vs Messi nonsense. Mourinho is still a world class coach, he just hasn't evolved as well as Pep has today.
@@sususegar you are not even close ..... To win against Guardiola like Mourinho did more then One time only you need to know not only what is you playing Style but also you need to know the Style you are playing against......and Mourinho learned how to prevent tikitaka when he was assistent coach of Bobby Robson and Louis van Gaal on Barcelona.....Mourinho spent almost 10years on Barcelona has assistant and got to learn how to adapt.... Mourinho mind works like an old fox....i cant Run like you so many times, but when i Run i Will make it count
@@Pedrorasti this is what i mean by people like you should stop debating and appreciate both. I stated facts, yet someone will come with an emotional rant just arguing for arguing sake. if you really love comparing, go check their head to head record yourself.
The thing about Pep's system is that it requires very high quality players. With a mediocre team, you don't have much chance of success. But with Mouriniho, you could get a mediocre team and achieve sth great. Pep could not do what Mourniho did with Porto or with Roma.
@@user-tm5cu1ir1c Mourinho’s Real was very pleasant to watch. His Porto team was pleasant to watch. Pep style is entertaining if he’s playing against a team that’s inferior to his.. I remember that I absolutely hated Pep’s last year at Barcelona, once the opposition learned how to nullify his style, the match was pretty much Puyol passing the ball to Pique. IMHO, Mourinho is more versatile in the sense that he can take any team and WIN no matter how. Pep needs la creme de la creme to play his tiki taka. Both geniuses though
I agree in parts. On my way of seeing it, Pep already trained some mediocre players like, Pedro, Berñat, Sergi Roberto, Kolarov, and still ended up making those players be at least useful for the Team. But, I agree that Mourinho not only trained more mediocre players but was more successful with those players. However, I think that although Mourinho have this capacity of making weaker teams overperform, he struggles to manage star players and their egos, as we saw on his works in Real Madrid and Man United. This is a problem that Pep seems to handle better!
José Mourinho is a good example of someone who hasn't played football at the highest level but excels at coaching. Btw, remember that José is Portuguese. So you have to pronounce his name in Portuguese, not in Spanish lol
@@michaelgrabner8977 I'd say its more like [zhoze] in portuguese and [khose] in Spanish. I think [Hose] is American pronounciation, like they would say San Jose. 🤷♂
@@naswitch yes, that’s from the Hispanic influence over here. Also, he’s in the state of Texas, which has loads of Mexican immigrants. It’s where we have the phrase “Tex-Mex” to describe how that corner of our country is so unique.
@@naswitch I just tried not to be overcomplicated but quite simple...He probably never heard a Spaniard speaking Spanish but just Latin Americans and very like just Mexicans...and they pronounce Spanish slightly differently than Spaniards (even differently than other Hispanics from the Latin American continent) + have different vocabulary and they use different phrases as well.
@@michaelgrabner8977 actually its pretty hard for english speaking natives to pronounce that. It took me months to teach Canadians how to pronounce my name. You need to make somewhat of a motor, airplane, blender sound. Maybe go to google translate if you really wanna learn
A few things you should consider: - It was not about beating Pep at his own game, it was about Pep loosing at Mourinho's game. - Italy has already 4 stars on their shirt playing Mourinho's way, while the Netherlands have none playing Pep's football. Also the last 2 titles of Brazil (2022 and 1994) came under a defensive approach of the game, while those who tried to have the ball and played the best football ever in Brazil did not won the trophy (1980, 1986, 1998 and 2006). In the last World Cup if Morocco tried to play like Pep they would have been knocked out in group stage. Instead they made it to the last day of the Tournament. - You cannot play like Pep unless you have the players for it. All the player must be incredibly good with the ball, even the goalkeeper. With Mourinho it is more about how much you want it, focus and intelligence. -With Pep there is no plan B: they always play the same, it does not matter if it is a Champions League final or a summer pre-season against the youth team. While with José, you have to adapt to what you are facing. He once said: "it looks good and fancy to eat with a knife and fork, but if they serve you a soup you'll look ridiculous and stupid if you eat it with a fork and a knife". Mourinho adapts some martial arts philosophy to his way of coaching. One famous book he picked stuff from about how to approach game prepare your mind was "The Book of Five Rings" by Myamoto Musashi. That is why he is a mental games genius. He exemplifies what Bruce Lee said in the "Be water my friend" interview: you cannot fight every opponent with the same tactic, weapon or field. The same happens in MMA for exemple. - Also Pep struggles to win the Champions League because he always plays the same way. Mourinho once said as a pundit that "in KO games strategy beats philosophy" because a KO tournament is two games and if you can make a surprise in the first game, it is very difficult for the other team to reverse the tide in the second game. -In a few words, Pep will win you Leagues (points system) , Mourinho will win you Cups (KO. tournaments) because of the way they play.
And at the end Pep received a god's child a robot with Kevin debruyne to win the champions league. and pep had to change his philosophy when Haaland arrived u can see they were more concentrating on providing Haaland than ticki tacka.
Jose Mourinho tactics still works today : Look at roma great runs at europe , man utd finishing 2nd place with their team . The recent results from him was crazy , really good coach imo
Although I would argue it didn't work for Roma this time. After Dybala scored against Sevilla they didn't attack as much. Their 2nd half was nowhere near as good as their first. I think sitting back might've cost them the final.
Mourinho's tactics now work only against stronger teams, because he can leave the possession to the opponent team. But his teams suffer incredibly when they have to actually play with an higher barycentre and create chances through the possession of the ball. It's a philosophy that is quickly decaying
@@lxldnyI would disagree. The Roma team with this squad overachieved. Tammy, Wijnaldum and all the players were so shit and then your players missing penalties. If they scored, Mourinho would have another trophy, come on.
Without exaggerating, in those 7 months you've gained more in depth knowledge on the game and tactics than many people I know who've watched football their whole lives. It's awesome to see!
Zlatan didn't enjoy his time at Barca, he's very open about his disdain for Pep. I'd conclude that it's a clash of personality - Jose and Pep are sort of polar opposite characters and in football philosophy, and Zlatan have always had affinity with Jose. A fun trivia for you: Zlatan and Eto'o was part of a swap transfer between these 2 clubs just the summer before.
the funniest part about that transfer is that Ibrahimovic missed his chance to win UCL while on the other side, Eto'o won it twice in a row because of that swap. in 2009, Eto'o won UCL with Barcelona, in the summer, Ibrahimovic and Eto'o swapped teams in 2010, Inter won UCL with Eto'o in 2011, Barcelona won it again but Ibrahimovic already left for AC Milan
@@gregory5749 But the thing is Eto'o speed is the thing that side needed to win Champions league. Arguably if that trade doesn't happen Inter doesn't do as well.
Zlatan and Mourniho are similar, especially with their egos. Pep doesn’t feed individual egos and that’s why he runs a FULL team, not this and that player and then whom ever else is on the squad.
For your question at 16:35: They would play a low block when not in possession (basically the whole team on their own half) so there would be space for the attacker to make the run. Check out some counter attack videos and you'll see.
I feel like, unfourtunately, there is a good ammount of gatekeeping when it comes to football online so seeing someone getting introduced and in love with the game to such a degree where you are now aware of tactics and formations is great! Love your channel man, I feel like im getting reintroduced to my own sport through bare new eyes which is great. Keep up the good work :) Also, not to brag, but Mourinho is from the same place as me in Portugal :D
Sean Dyche's breakdown of 4-4-2 from the same channel is beautiful. Also, football under Mourinho might sound like an unpleasant affair, but the top strikers really enjoyed the freedom and level of importance they got under him: Ibrahimovic, Eto'O, Drogba etc. Guardiola's system, while beautiful overall, is very restrictive to individuals playing in it (Theirry Henry talked about it).
The easiest way to put it is that Pep's way is like an orchestra. It sounds beautiful, but everyone must follow the conductor and the music sheet. You may have your little solo section here or there but that's it. Even the pianist is not allowed to deviate unless the sheet says so. Mourinho's is like a rock band. Everyone plays in a tight, solid foundation of rhythm, but the guitarists always gets to solo whenever there's space - intro, pre-chorus, post-chorus, bridge, outro.
@@sususegar Klopp made a similar analogy. He said Wenger's possession-oriented style is like an orchestra, while his gegenpressing style is like heavy metal.
Its easy to get into Pep's philosophy, because is like eye candy, but Mourinho has something that very few elite coaches have: the hability to read ahead of games and adapt on the fly, even tho he has mantained the same strong defensive style over the years, he can fine tune depending on the rival, rather than trying to impose his style on the rivals regardless of who their are playing against. On the same line, ball possession is not the end all be all, its not only about having the ball, but how much damage can you do with it, i can see teams losing every week with 60-70% of possession, because they can never do any damage with it. When playing that style, you do much more damage "arriving into attack position" as Mourinho said, rather than being in attacking positions all the time
@@user-mu6du8tu8f Pep always had grade A players in Grade A teams though, easier to play like that when you always have the best on the ball players in the entire world. The same cant be said about Mourinho imo That inter had amazing players, but Inter hadnt won the champions league in more then 4 decades, before Mou.
@@amorphous7474 Yeah I don't know why people always ignore this. Mourinho managed peak Chelsea in the mid 2000s and Madrid with CR7. Both teams would go on to win multiple CLs after he left but he never managed to take either to a CL final. Yet people are convinced that if Jose had better teams, his CL success would just increase linearly when his record shows he performs better in Europe when he's the underdog.
Before mourinho was a coach he was the second coach of Van Gaal in Barcelona during 3 years (from 1998 to 2001 more or less). Guardiola was a player in that Barcelona team. Also Van Gaal was the coach of Netherlands in the last World Cup (2022) where Messi beat them in the quarter-finals with that 2-2 and the penalties!
Mourinho one day approached Van Gaal and told him 'Benfica want to give me a job as assistant coach. What should I do?' To which Van Gaal replied: 'no! Tell them If they want you there it has to be as manager. You are ready for this.' And so began his legendary career.
I remember this game! It was personal. José applied for the same Job as Guardiola when the coach position at Barcelona opened up. José was the top dog in the coaching world and got beaten to the position by no name at that time. Pep. Also Eto Barcelona legend was ditched by Pep to get Ibrahimovic. Eto ended up in Inter José side and let's say they both took it personal!
Jose is a genius. Jose's Real Madrid vs Pep's Barca were the best El Clasicos. You could see that every player on the Real Madrid side had very specific instructions on the field against Barca who at the time were the best team in the world and one of the best in the history of football. Jose was like a general, it was as much football as it was military instructions. Real Madrid's counter attacks at the time were like a machine it was fascinating to watch. Also Real Madrid at the time was the perfect team for him. All absolute monsters and Jose needs players like that, his Man Utd failed because they were weak minded. He needs warriors and not many players have what it takes to play under Jose.
With regards to Militio being offside, Jose just wasn't bothering to move all the chips. He was just demonstrating the areas Militio was supposed to get into be it by dribbling or being played through
Mourinho's talks a good game but his tactics mostly consist of: 1. Consider the opponent's team lineup carefully. 2. Conclude that the opponent doesn't have Mourinho. 3. Pity the poor bastards.
Peps weakness used to be the transitions, city would often refuse countering opportunities to build up slowly instead. Recently with Haaland theyve started doing both and its scary
Great video, you should react to Mourinho's champions league win with Porto, and just a correction, but in Portuguese names, you actually read the J in Jose
Helpful! I assumed he was Spanish. That’s my bad. Ronaldinho has the “nho” ending. He’s brazilian correct? Brazilians speak Portuguese? Would it be correct to assume if I see an “nho” at the end of a name, it is a Portuguese name?
@@lukessportsacademy the 'nho' in ronaldinho is just a diminutive for ronaldo, mourinho is josé's last name so it's different, a fun fact is that a brazilian journalist did an interview with haaland and in it haaland asks that if he was from brazil would we call him by haalandinho, so we call him by that😂😂
The Coaches Voice is one of my favourite channels at the moment. Tactic videos are brilliant but the stories videos are great as well. For when you start reacting to French football, I recommend the Will Still Story video and masterclass video. He’s one of the best young managers in the world, never played professionally, got into coaching through the game football manager.
Guardiola is a great coach and his teams play very well. Many coaches try to play like him but there is a fundamental mistake, Guardiola doesn't play to simply hace the possession of the ball in the opponent half, the possession is simply the mean that he uses to spread the opponent block and drive the players out of position,in order to get the ball in the final third of the field. It's useless to have a fruitless possession,you don't go anywhere with 80% of possession made up of horizontal passes,what is really dangerous is the vertical passes. Mourinho played with a very low baricentre,but he saturated the middle and had the opportunity to immediately go vertically once he recovered possession
16:36 Through balls. As long as the pass is made when the attacking player is onside, he can run behind the defensive line to receive the pass in the space
Bro I’ve been following your channel since you started and honestly it’s amazing how far you’ve come in such a short period of time - you clearly have a sports brain! These tactic videos where you’re getting into the nitty gritty of things are the best too, I think Mourinho has some more Coach’s Voice videos that it would be cool to see you react to. Keep it up my man!
Pep's formation and style requires specific players with fantastic technical ability. Jose's formation doesn't require anywhere near this level of skill so it can work with teams who can't go after the "big" players. As a Spurs fan I felt Jose's style would have got us a trophy if we didn't sack him before the final.
I think Zidane (as a Real Madrid manager) is quite good to analyse too. He won 3 UCL's in a row. Also he in Real Madrid played defensive - counter attack football.
I wouldn't describe Zidane's tactics in that way. He was more possession-oriented than Mourinho, though obviously not as much as Pep. I'd say he was more reliant on crosses and individual brilliance (particularly from Ronaldo).
One thing to know about offside is it's the start of the pass that counts for offside, so it's possible to receive a ball behind the ennemy lines if you were in front of them when the passing player hit the ball. Also, the idea of being in control without possession is if your tactics are good, the opponent can't find space to attack, because your defense is well organized, so they get impatient, make risky plays and get countered. In other words, it's a battle of technical ability for Guardiola against patience and intelligence for Mourhinho. It's much harder to play Mourinho's tactics if you have players with big egos, you need team players that will stick to the plan no matter what, which is why he insist on the fact he had player with "the right mindset".
Really enjoying this content on your channel, I keep finding myself back here lol. Mourinho is a coaching legend, he really changed the game with his formation when he was in charge of Porto. Pep gets a lot of the praise rightfully so for being a tactical genius, but Mourinho's variation of the 433 was revolutionary
I'm very impressed with how much you pogressed so quickly. It's more or less like me but I'm french. I already knew most of the rules, the ligue system and what a player do in each position.
Total football isn't about ball retention per se. Its the idea that players roles interchange during the game and theyrw not fixed, they're fluid. For example, you might see a centre half out on the wing, with his position being covered by a teammate. That's total football.
Hey man, just stumbled upon your channel and i really love the content. For me as a european with watching football since i was a kid in the 90s it's cool to see you dive in these videos. Especially the Coaches Voice/Masterclass stuff is such an interesting series. Normally we don't get coaches talk about some parts of their game so in depth. Just finished watching the Sean Dyche one and honestly if you're doing more of these i'd probably watch all of them lol
And here we go again in the comment section.....like the Messi and CR7 debate...the debate over the managers...who cares who do you think is better between Guardiola, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Ferguson etc etc just enjoy football and if you want to argue about it, do it in a non toxic and absolutist way, i guarantee you you will enjoy football even more that way.
Hey! It is really fun to hear you talk about football tactics and seems like you quite enjoy it. I think you would love Football Manager 2023. Would love to see you get more used to football fundamentals and the current football scene through it.
I see a lot of similarities as someone who has co-coached in esports (and also played a lot of physical team sports too), that there are two main philosophies at the highest levels: 1. You beat the opponent by playing the same strategy as them but better 2. If you can't reliably beat the opponent at their strategy, then base your own strategy around exploiting their inevitable mistakes and sacrifices their strategy makes. No strategy is perfect, there will always be windows of opportunity, and as long as you can defend against their primary win condition(s), then your own win condition becomes to exploit opponent mistakes and rely on that as your basis of consistent value. The biggest mistake I see in big league teams, is when their coaching team adopts one primary way of playing and never deviate from it - like in this case always relying on having higher percentage ball control and think that gives them real control. The appearance of being in control is treacherous, because you can technically control 90% of a match but if you lose control the last 10% and opponent scores, you still lose despite your vastly superior control uptime overall. One bad decision, one loss of control, that's what gets you down against an equal opponent who specifically looks to exploit such situations. Letting an opponent think they're in control and merely confining the space they are controlling, gives you control over their decisions even though they technically possess the ball the whole time.
The beauty of Mourinho's tactics without the ball is he always forces the opposition to into spaces they are not strong/effective. Pep's team greatest asset is using the half spaces and Jose just filled those spaces with Eto and Pandev. Some people may not like his approach but i hope you can appreciate it. I remember that game CL tie, incredible game.
The thing about those two ways of thinking, possession vs low block and counter attack, and those two coaches is that it has all to do with where they come from. Jose Mourinho started in Portugal coaching "lesser teams", with less talent so he mastered that style of play, I mean winning Champions League with Porto and even that Inter side is a miracle, on the other hand Pep started coaching at the top, that Barcelona side was probably the most technically gifted team in history, they dominate their league and European football so possession based way of thinking makes sense.
Makes sense that you like Pep Guardiolas possession style since in American football, it’s crucial to maintain possession n clock management. The reason I like Mourhinos n especially Klopps high press is because it reminds of Wade Phillips 3-4 scheme of constant pressure n keeping the offense guessing.
And this will also help you understand how apparently "unspectacular" or "low scoring" games can be so fascinating, once you understand and follow what is happening on the pitch. An uninformed viewer will not realize the sheer greatness of that run from Maicon, for example. Another uninformed viewer will also not understand Mourinho's tactics, as in, how can you win with 30% of the possession - or would hate him for those tactics of compact defense, and of suffocating that space at the 30m line. But once you get some of the tactical underpinnings of the game, you realize what titanic fights are happening on the pitch - and you watch it excitedly, feverishly - even if, say, the teams will only score once or twice. Notice also how much you have progressed in understanding and "feeling" the game (eg realizing when a player's touch was superb, or out of the ordinary), once you started playing the game yourself. The beauty of football, then, is this living "with" the game - because you experience it vicariously. This is another reason why it is the world's game, and so much passion is invested in it - because around the world most kids grow up playing it from morning to evening, and therefore billions of people "feel" the game, and live with the game. (Btw, USMNT players who played in Europe have mentioned that this used to be one of the differences between American publics, and European publics - that the European public "lived with" the game, and understood every small move, and reacted to it. I think that, too, is changing, as more Americans play the game.)
Good content bro, its really nice to see how you've learnd so much in so little time, and its cool that you watch this types of videos, in my opinion tho, to fully understand what Mourinho is talking about you should also watch a good part of the game that he is explaining, same with the other vids, try to add the Football part of it to all this tactis and analysis, then you would really understand how it works. Keep it up bro, i like watcing your vids. Greetings from Chile (also if you can react to Alexis Sanchez would be nice, the best Chilean player ever)
Amazing video, Luke! If you like Pep's football philosophy, I think that you Will find intriguing the approach of the Brazilian coach Fernando Diniz. He also tries to build up play from the back and Control the possession of the ball, but the way in which he does this is totally diferent. Unfortunately, because he does not work in Europe, he is not well known The video "Fluminense have the wierdest football tactis in the world" explain Diniz ideas Very well. Keep up the good work!
Hey Luke, great video as always! Loving your interest in the tactics side of football. Please also watch Tite`s masterclass on Corinthians x Chelsea for the club world cup (also was the last time a team outside of europe has won the competiton). He goes very in depth in what he did right and wrong, and also has a very informative way of explaining his ideas for this game. Keep up the great work and love from Brazil!
Really enjoying these man, you're picking things up so quickly and putting new spins on stuff already. Can I recommend Unai Emerys Coaching Voice where he beat Liverpool 3-1 with Sevilla on the Europa League final. Emery takes elements of Pep/Jose. 100% possession focused, and draws opposition out with triangles but very resolute and deep in defence. He recently joined my team, Aston Villa, and took us from potential relegation in October to qualifying for Europe. Hes now playing a hybrid 4-4-2 where the usual "wingers" are traditional center mids and move in to make a 4 man modfield to keep possession. The left full back pushes up to provide width. In defence we play a very high line to catch others offside and the wide midfielders drop back to make almost a 6-3-1 really tightly packed in the centre of the pitch. If youre looking for a team to follow next season, tactically i think it will be one of the most interesting! If youre looking for a team to support
Man to man in the zone. If the target enters my zone, then I mark him man to man, and only then. Possesion of the ball doesnt guarantee you possesion of the spaces (ie pitch). It is important tohave the ball, but it is much more what you do with it.
If you're interested in similar videos about a more aggressive pressing system, there's a coaches' voice video with Pepijn Lijnders (the Liverpool assistant manager) and he talks about the methodology of regaining the ball super aggressively, probably more so than Guardiola might.
In your question about how Milito got to that position, it was a pass by Goran Pandev (Number 27), plays right forward. He had gotten the ball in his half, dribbled pass 2 players and then released a great ball to Milito.
The significance of this match is that Inter beat the so called Invincible team that Barca had, with a group of castaways and old players. The reason Ibrahimovic played for Barca was Barca wanted him and did part of a swap deal including Eto’o to bring Ibra to Barca. This Inter team was legendary Jose got the Madrid job after this amazing season.
It’s great seeing how you dive into football tactics, keep it up! Joze ‘s “transition” football is fantastic to watch when executed by teams like Inter of 2010, it requires a lot of intelligence and specific skillset from the players on the field. Central to Joze’s football is not “defend and counterattack”, that was invented long before him. It’s the systematic exploitation of transition phase opportunities and dealing with transition phase threats. A truly different take when he was starting off with Porto. Thanks for the vid.
Hey Luke! I'd really recommend on of Sean Dyche's videos from the same channel. He's excellent at articulating how his teams play and what kind of tactics they use.
Jose revolutionised defensive football by focusing on quick transitions with multiple runners, creating options for the players on the ball. Beat some of the best possession based teams with this philosophy.
Since you like peps philosophy so much, you should really look into AFC Ajax and Johan Cruijff. Both are basically the founders of the total football philosophy, and cruijf was peps coach at barcelona!
For you question @16:50, just before that jose explains the run milito makes. He is dropping in (whilst building up speed) and on the correct moment (when not being offside) he bends his run with more speed than the defender to receive the ball behind opposition line.
Thats way Mourinho showed it like a bending run, not a straight run through the defence. When you bend your run you can create some space between you and the defender and also gain some speed so you can make the run to the ball once it goes through.
Enjoying these tactics vids. Like I said last video you gotta do the 4-4-2. Its still used today and was the formation almost everyone ran up until maybe a decade ago. Sir Alex Ferguson probably had the best team with that formation and I once saw a Sean Dyche (a manager in the Prem) video similar to this Jose video where he broke down the strengths and reasoning behind the formation
4-4-2 easily transform into 4-3-3 4-2-3-1 etc. SAF after Cole York period played mostly 4-4-1-1m also 4-1-4-1(dimond) but all this tactics base is 4-4-2,
16:49 Milito could have made a well-timed run onto a pass that was played ahead of him. Imagine he gets a running start, and he's directly in line with the last defender in the exact moment when the pass is played for him to run on to.
For how they wanted to attack he was just showing where the white markers would attack through and space they would end their attacking focused in. He left the defenders in place rather than constantly updating them for where the ball would be played.
A manager's philosophy depends on the players he has available and their best skills, age, etc, etc. Although, most managers will try to adapt their squad to the style they prefer, by selling, buying players and adapting the ones the coach believes can be adapted to new functions or playing style. However it may take two seasons to do that and most managers don't have that time.
Jose’s tactics done need the team to make mistakes (though it helps) he sets up his team to absorb blows and as the other team continues to attack, they continue to press. Eventually it creates pockets of space and Jose is great at exploiting that.
The timing for off-site is the moment your teammate last touches the ball, so if you start running before that point and are aligned with the defender when he passes the ball. You'll be already at top speed and will be able to receive the pass in that "off-site" position.
The beautiful thing about team sports is that you can take these tactics & intergrate them in American football or basketball. I remember seeing an interview of Klay Thompson where he says, they're ball & off the ball movement was inspired by Barcelona's soccer team tiki take. I was mind blown because I least expected that idea & it made me respect Steve Kerr even more. It now makes sense when you watch Golden State playing
This is the greatness of Messi. The moment you have him as an opponent, you basically have to center your plan around blocking him, which in turn leaves you open for something else. There is a couple of players in the world that pose this danger, but the issue with Messi is that with his ball control and dribbling skills, he can break a 4 on 1 too, so even if you devise a way to block him without becoming open in another way, he might still break your tactic single handedly.
Always interesting to hear a manager talk about their tactics and their influence regarding a game... as a player most games I played in, captained or even managed for that matter had little to do with a manager's 'grand' tactics, starting formations or even his shouting from the line. It was usually the team ourselves who adjusted to the threat on the pitch... during the game! We usually had to adjust on-the-fly ourselves, more often than not, contrary to most of the manager's pre-match nonsense and ridiculous experimental formations! We are talking about playing Messi's Barca here for goodness sake... sounds to me like Jose's original formation was the biggest problem! He shuffled those counters around just a little too quick for my liking! 🤣 Mourinho liked being a superstar football manager... which he definitely was... just a bit of wanl
Since the first time I saw you reacting to tactics I wished you would react to Inter's 2010 UCL run. It's great that we are in the final again since that great season
Inter Milán 2010 season treble who can’t forget and of course 4-2-3-1 is one of my favorite formations I use a lot in FIFA manager mode. key players your 2 CDM and CAM distributing those passes to your strikers when counter attacking.
At 16:03 he explains how Milito would move to be able to run to the space, obviously the pass is thrown at the right time, so right after that he says "it's a matter of who gets (to the box) first, us or them..."
You absolutely need to check out Eddie Howe’s breakdown of Bournemouth beating Chelsea! In the bigger context of things Eddie Howe took Bournemouth from the bottom of League 2 (when he took over) which is the 4th tier and took them up to the Premier League and managed to keep them in the league for a good few seasons on a minimum budget. They did eventually get relegated but thanks to the way he transformed the ethos of the club it gave them a platform to return back to the league after he was let go. Eddie went away and decided to learn from some of the best coaches and managers around Europe in his time out of work, shadowing training sessions and studying winning athletes and teams across multiple sports to see what he could use in his next job, while doing this he turned down an offer for the job at Celtic. Fast forward and became manager of Newcastle United at what was quite frankly dreadful timing, the protracted takeover ate into the first half of the season and by the time he was appointed Newcastle still had yet to win a single game, the bad run continued up until Christmas where they were still without a win, no team I believe had ever gone so long without a win and survived, performances were getting better but they were still without a win then January transfer window came and while the press expected Newcastle to go out and spend stupid amounts of money on absolute mega stars, Howe himself took on the role of footballing director and identified players the club needed to bring in, the team started winning and finished 11th, what was surprising was that many of the players that were previously written off as useless were now essential and he was getting unbelievable performances out of them, a player Newcastle signed a few seasons before who was signed as a striker (Joelinton) was widely regarded before Howe arrived as perhaps one of the worst signings in the club had ever made, Howe turned Joelinton from a striker into a central midfielder after recognising strengths in other parts of his game and Joelinton fast developed into one of the best central midfielders in the league in that last half of the season and is now a fan favourite. Fast forward even more and expectations for Newcastle this season was that they’d do well to qualify for the 2nd or 3rd tier European competition and were aiming for around 8th-6th, instead they finished 4th qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years and finished the season with one of the best defences in Europe and not even Man City lost fewer games. Also check out the interview Eddie Howe for High Performance, if you’re into sports psychology, insights and coaching you will absolutely love it!
I think that it’s misleading to think about it in terms of just attack vs defense. The way I see it, it’s all about control. Gardiola was trying to control the game through control of the ball while Mourinho was trying to control the game through control of the space.
Barca’s style was not all attack. A lot passes were not productive, they were just trying to get the other team off position, but failed.
Both are just about trying to control the game through a different way. I find that opposition of philosophies really interesting
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Correct, I just wish people would stop debating like the Ronaldo vs Messi nonsense. Mourinho is still a world class coach, he just hasn't evolved as well as Pep has today.
@@sususegar you are not even close ..... To win against Guardiola like Mourinho did more then One time only you need to know not only what is you playing Style but also you need to know the Style you are playing against......and Mourinho learned how to prevent tikitaka when he was assistent coach of Bobby Robson and Louis van Gaal on Barcelona.....Mourinho spent almost 10years on Barcelona has assistant and got to learn how to adapt....
Mourinho mind works like an old fox....i cant Run like you so many times, but when i Run i Will make it count
(Meanwhile)
Klopp: F**k control... Unleash CHAOS!!!
@@Pedrorasti this is what i mean by people like you should stop debating and appreciate both. I stated facts, yet someone will come with an emotional rant just arguing for arguing sake. if you really love comparing, go check their head to head record yourself.
The thing about Pep's system is that it requires very high quality players. With a mediocre team, you don't have much chance of success. But with Mouriniho, you could get a mediocre team and achieve sth great. Pep could not do what Mourniho did with Porto or with Roma.
I was just about to comment this. Spot on.
And José could not do what Pep did with any of his teams: play enjoyable football.
@@user-tm5cu1ir1c Mourinho’s Real was very pleasant to watch. His Porto team was pleasant to watch. Pep style is entertaining if he’s playing against a team that’s inferior to his.. I remember that I absolutely hated Pep’s last year at Barcelona, once the opposition learned how to nullify his style, the match was pretty much Puyol passing the ball to Pique. IMHO, Mourinho is more versatile in the sense that he can take any team and WIN no matter how. Pep needs la creme de la creme to play his tiki taka. Both geniuses though
@@user-tm5cu1ir1c Madrid 2012 best team ever in spain just got short in the cl vs Bayern
I agree in parts. On my way of seeing it, Pep already trained some mediocre players like, Pedro, Berñat, Sergi Roberto, Kolarov, and still ended up making those players be at least useful for the Team. But, I agree that Mourinho not only trained more mediocre players but was more successful with those players. However, I think that although Mourinho have this capacity of making weaker teams overperform, he struggles to manage star players and their egos, as we saw on his works in Real Madrid and Man United. This is a problem that Pep seems to handle better!
José Mourinho is a good example of someone who hasn't played football at the highest level but excels at coaching.
Btw, remember that José is Portuguese. So you have to pronounce his name in Portuguese, not in Spanish lol
You could helped him out as well by writing the actual pronunciation.
José = "Shose" in Portuguese instead of "Hose" which is Spanish.
@@michaelgrabner8977 I'd say its more like [zhoze] in portuguese and [khose] in Spanish. I think [Hose] is American pronounciation, like they would say San Jose. 🤷♂
@@naswitch yes, that’s from the Hispanic influence over here. Also, he’s in the state of Texas, which has loads of Mexican immigrants. It’s where we have the phrase “Tex-Mex” to describe how that corner of our country is so unique.
@@naswitch I just tried not to be overcomplicated but quite simple...He probably never heard a Spaniard speaking Spanish but just Latin Americans and very like just Mexicans...and they pronounce Spanish slightly differently than Spaniards (even differently than other Hispanics from the Latin American continent) + have different vocabulary and they use different phrases as well.
@@michaelgrabner8977 actually its pretty hard for english speaking natives to pronounce that. It took me months to teach Canadians how to pronounce my name. You need to make somewhat of a motor, airplane, blender sound. Maybe go to google translate if you really wanna learn
This dude went from teaching PE in a village school near me to one of the best coaches... An absolute legend
What village beroder
A few things you should consider:
- It was not about beating Pep at his own game, it was about Pep loosing at Mourinho's game. - Italy has already 4 stars on their shirt playing Mourinho's way, while the Netherlands have none playing Pep's football. Also the last 2 titles of Brazil (2022 and 1994) came under a defensive approach of the game, while those who tried to have the ball and played the best football ever in Brazil did not won the trophy (1980, 1986, 1998 and 2006). In the last World Cup if Morocco tried to play like Pep they would have been knocked out in group stage. Instead they made it to the last day of the Tournament.
- You cannot play like Pep unless you have the players for it. All the player must be incredibly good with the ball, even the goalkeeper. With Mourinho it is more about how much you want it, focus and intelligence.
-With Pep there is no plan B: they always play the same, it does not matter if it is a Champions League final or a summer pre-season against the youth team. While with José, you have to adapt to what you are facing. He once said: "it looks good and fancy to eat with a knife and fork, but if they serve you a soup you'll look ridiculous and stupid if you eat it with a fork and a knife". Mourinho adapts some martial arts philosophy to his way of coaching. One famous book he picked stuff from about how to approach game prepare your mind was "The Book of Five Rings" by Myamoto Musashi. That is why he is a mental games genius. He exemplifies what Bruce Lee said in the "Be water my friend" interview: you cannot fight every opponent with the same tactic, weapon or field. The same happens in MMA for exemple.
- Also Pep struggles to win the Champions League because he always plays the same way. Mourinho once said as a pundit that "in KO games strategy beats philosophy" because a KO tournament is two games and if you can make a surprise in the first game, it is very difficult for the other team to reverse the tide in the second game.
-In a few words, Pep will win you Leagues (points system) , Mourinho will win you Cups (KO. tournaments) because of the way they play.
And at the end Pep received a god's child a robot with Kevin debruyne to win the champions league. and pep had to change his philosophy when Haaland arrived u can see they were more concentrating on providing Haaland than ticki tacka.
Jose Mourinho tactics still works today : Look at roma great runs at europe , man utd finishing 2nd place with their team . The recent results from him was crazy , really good coach imo
Sevilla are a bunch of cheaters. Roma was completely robbed.
Although I would argue it didn't work for Roma this time. After Dybala scored against Sevilla they didn't attack as much. Their 2nd half was nowhere near as good as their first. I think sitting back might've cost them the final.
Mourinho's tactics now work only against stronger teams, because he can leave the possession to the opponent team. But his teams suffer incredibly when they have to actually play with an higher barycentre and create chances through the possession of the ball. It's a philosophy that is quickly decaying
@@lxldnyI would disagree. The Roma team with this squad overachieved. Tammy, Wijnaldum and all the players were so shit and then your players missing penalties. If they scored, Mourinho would have another trophy, come on.
Man utd finishing 2nd place with their team? That team was one of the most expensive united lineups in history
Without exaggerating, in those 7 months you've gained more in depth knowledge on the game and tactics than many people I know who've watched football their whole lives. It's awesome to see!
Zlatan didn't enjoy his time at Barca, he's very open about his disdain for Pep. I'd conclude that it's a clash of personality - Jose and Pep are sort of polar opposite characters and in football philosophy, and Zlatan have always had affinity with Jose.
A fun trivia for you: Zlatan and Eto'o was part of a swap transfer between these 2 clubs just the summer before.
the funniest part about that transfer is that Ibrahimovic missed his chance to win UCL while on the other side, Eto'o won it twice in a row because of that swap.
in 2009, Eto'o won UCL with Barcelona, in the summer, Ibrahimovic and Eto'o swapped teams
in 2010, Inter won UCL with Eto'o
in 2011, Barcelona won it again but Ibrahimovic already left for AC Milan
@@gregory5749 But the thing is Eto'o speed is the thing that side needed to win Champions league. Arguably if that trade doesn't happen Inter doesn't do as well.
And both said the same thing about Jose and Pep.
@@gregory5749 yup, I guess not everyone can join the exclusive club that includes Seedorf, Messi, Ronaldo and co.
Zlatan and Mourniho are similar, especially with their egos. Pep doesn’t feed individual egos and that’s why he runs a FULL team, not this and that player and then whom ever else is on the squad.
For your question at 16:35: They would play a low block when not in possession (basically the whole team on their own half) so there would be space for the attacker to make the run. Check out some counter attack videos and you'll see.
Counter-attack videos would be both instructive and entertaining.
I feel like, unfourtunately, there is a good ammount of gatekeeping when it comes to football online so seeing someone getting introduced and in love with the game to such a degree where you are now aware of tactics and formations is great! Love your channel man, I feel like im getting reintroduced to my own sport through bare new eyes which is great. Keep up the good work :)
Also, not to brag, but Mourinho is from the same place as me in Portugal :D
Sean Dyche's breakdown of 4-4-2 from the same channel is beautiful.
Also, football under Mourinho might sound like an unpleasant affair, but the top strikers really enjoyed the freedom and level of importance they got under him: Ibrahimovic, Eto'O, Drogba etc.
Guardiola's system, while beautiful overall, is very restrictive to individuals playing in it (Theirry Henry talked about it).
The easiest way to put it is that Pep's way is like an orchestra. It sounds beautiful, but everyone must follow the conductor and the music sheet. You may have your little solo section here or there but that's it. Even the pianist is not allowed to deviate unless the sheet says so.
Mourinho's is like a rock band. Everyone plays in a tight, solid foundation of rhythm, but the guitarists always gets to solo whenever there's space - intro, pre-chorus, post-chorus, bridge, outro.
Yeah it was a great video
@@sususegar did you get this analogy from somewhere or did you think of it yourself? it's really good!
@@r.h.f.6073 yes, I used to play in an indie band so the comment above inspired me to think of the analogy
@@sususegar Klopp made a similar analogy. He said Wenger's possession-oriented style is like an orchestra, while his gegenpressing style is like heavy metal.
React to Real Madrid counter-attacks, you'll see how deadly that tactic really is
Its easy to get into Pep's philosophy, because is like eye candy, but Mourinho has something that very few elite coaches have: the hability to read ahead of games and adapt on the fly, even tho he has mantained the same strong defensive style over the years, he can fine tune depending on the rival, rather than trying to impose his style on the rivals regardless of who their are playing against.
On the same line, ball possession is not the end all be all, its not only about having the ball, but how much damage can you do with it, i can see teams losing every week with 60-70% of possession, because they can never do any damage with it.
When playing that style, you do much more damage "arriving into attack position" as Mourinho said, rather than being in attacking positions all the time
I love mourinho but pep is insane 😂
@@user-mu6du8tu8f Pep always had grade A players in Grade A teams though, easier to play like that when you always have the best on the ball players in the entire world. The same cant be said about Mourinho imo That inter had amazing players, but Inter hadnt won the champions league in more then 4 decades, before Mou.
@@knightheaven8992 Ironically Jose never won UCL with grade A players.
@@amorphous7474 Yeah I don't know why people always ignore this. Mourinho managed peak Chelsea in the mid 2000s and Madrid with CR7. Both teams would go on to win multiple CLs after he left but he never managed to take either to a CL final.
Yet people are convinced that if Jose had better teams, his CL success would just increase linearly when his record shows he performs better in Europe when he's the underdog.
Before mourinho was a coach he was the second coach of Van Gaal in Barcelona during 3 years (from 1998 to 2001 more or less). Guardiola was a player in that Barcelona team. Also Van Gaal was the coach of Netherlands in the last World Cup (2022) where Messi beat them in the quarter-finals with that 2-2 and the penalties!
He begun as a translator with Bobby Robson Barçelona, before Van Gaal
Mourinho one day approached Van Gaal and told him 'Benfica want to give me a job as assistant coach. What should I do?' To which Van Gaal replied: 'no! Tell them If they want you there it has to be as manager. You are ready for this.'
And so began his legendary career.
@@knightheaven8992 omg you are right!! I didn't remember that!! it was in 1996, since that year I've been going to camp nou almost every game
@@lxldny I didn't know that! Thanks mate! ;)
Your tactics reaction are popping off man! Keep it going.
I remember this game! It was personal. José applied for the same Job as Guardiola when the coach position at Barcelona opened up. José was the top dog in the coaching world and got beaten to the position by no name at that time. Pep. Also Eto Barcelona legend was ditched by Pep to get Ibrahimovic. Eto ended up in Inter José side and let's say they both took it personal!
What? That's a myth. José didn't apply for no job. José went from Chelsea to Inter directly.
Luke you must react to Sergio Ramos!! One of the BEST DEFENDERS OF ALL TIME!!
Jose is a genius. Jose's Real Madrid vs Pep's Barca were the best El Clasicos. You could see that every player on the Real Madrid side had very specific instructions on the field against Barca who at the time were the best team in the world and one of the best in the history of football. Jose was like a general, it was as much football as it was military instructions. Real Madrid's counter attacks at the time were like a machine it was fascinating to watch.
Also Real Madrid at the time was the perfect team for him. All absolute monsters and Jose needs players like that, his Man Utd failed because they were weak minded. He needs warriors and not many players have what it takes to play under Jose.
With regards to Militio being offside, Jose just wasn't bothering to move all the chips.
He was just demonstrating the areas Militio was supposed to get into be it by dribbling or being played through
Mourinho's talks a good game but his tactics mostly consist of:
1. Consider the opponent's team lineup carefully.
2. Conclude that the opponent doesn't have Mourinho.
3. Pity the poor bastards.
amazing👏😂
Step 4: "I am Jose Mourinho"
@@sk_1724 step 5 respect
@@snowman_oven step 6: I em se spesial one
😂😂😂😂
Peps weakness used to be the transitions, city would often refuse countering opportunities to build up slowly instead. Recently with Haaland theyve started doing both and its scary
Yeah City will win the treble in my opinion.
Great video, you should react to Mourinho's champions league win with Porto, and just a correction, but in Portuguese names, you actually read the J in Jose
Helpful! I assumed he was Spanish. That’s my bad.
Ronaldinho has the “nho” ending. He’s brazilian correct? Brazilians speak Portuguese?
Would it be correct to assume if I see an “nho” at the end of a name, it is a Portuguese name?
@@lukessportsacademy Exactly
@@lukessportsacademy the 'nho' in ronaldinho is just a diminutive for ronaldo, mourinho is josé's last name so it's different, a fun fact is that a brazilian journalist did an interview with haaland and in it haaland asks that if he was from brazil would we call him by haalandinho, so we call him by that😂😂
@@henriquebohrer9638
Haalandinho is now his name forever
The Coaches Voice is one of my favourite channels at the moment. Tactic videos are brilliant but the stories videos are great as well. For when you start reacting to French football, I recommend the Will Still Story video and masterclass video. He’s one of the best young managers in the world, never played professionally, got into coaching through the game football manager.
Guardiola is a great coach and his teams play very well. Many coaches try to play like him but there is a fundamental mistake, Guardiola doesn't play to simply hace the possession of the ball in the opponent half, the possession is simply the mean that he uses to spread the opponent block and drive the players out of position,in order to get the ball in the final third of the field. It's useless to have a fruitless possession,you don't go anywhere with 80% of possession made up of horizontal passes,what is really dangerous is the vertical passes. Mourinho played with a very low baricentre,but he saturated the middle and had the opportunity to immediately go vertically once he recovered possession
England v Germany (Lampard disallowed goal) England had loads of possession but Germany made it hard to break down.
16:36 Through balls. As long as the pass is made when the attacking player is onside, he can run behind the defensive line to receive the pass in the space
Bro I’ve been following your channel since you started and honestly it’s amazing how far you’ve come in such a short period of time - you clearly have a sports brain! These tactic videos where you’re getting into the nitty gritty of things are the best too, I think Mourinho has some more Coach’s Voice videos that it would be cool to see you react to. Keep it up my man!
Pep's formation and style requires specific players with fantastic technical ability. Jose's formation doesn't require anywhere near this level of skill so it can work with teams who can't go after the "big" players. As a Spurs fan I felt Jose's style would have got us a trophy if we didn't sack him before the final.
Mourinho's style doesn't really need excellent skill, but it needs strong legs, good lungs and consistent focus.
I think Zidane (as a Real Madrid manager) is quite good to analyse too. He won 3 UCL's in a row. Also he in Real Madrid played defensive - counter attack football.
Yes a legacy from Mourinho days actually, imo.
I wouldn't describe Zidane's tactics in that way. He was more possession-oriented than Mourinho, though obviously not as much as Pep. I'd say he was more reliant on crosses and individual brilliance (particularly from Ronaldo).
@@rod6722 yeah.. Zidane strategy was very much relying on individual brilliance.. and it worked..
This is a great channel for you to react to.
One thing to know about offside is it's the start of the pass that counts for offside, so it's possible to receive a ball behind the ennemy lines if you were in front of them when the passing player hit the ball.
Also, the idea of being in control without possession is if your tactics are good, the opponent can't find space to attack, because your defense is well organized, so they get impatient, make risky plays and get countered. In other words, it's a battle of technical ability for Guardiola against patience and intelligence for Mourhinho. It's much harder to play Mourinho's tactics if you have players with big egos, you need team players that will stick to the plan no matter what, which is why he insist on the fact he had player with "the right mindset".
You need team players except for the striker. The striker needs to be a massive egomaniac.
Really enjoying this content on your channel, I keep finding myself back here lol. Mourinho is a coaching legend, he really changed the game with his formation when he was in charge of Porto. Pep gets a lot of the praise rightfully so for being a tactical genius, but Mourinho's variation of the 433 was revolutionary
Man I really appreciate how deep are you going in to the game, keep it up!!!
Love your humility and passion sir. Welcome to the beautiful game!
That coaches voice channel is great
Btw u need to watch dyche masterclass 2 its a great video too
For only being a fan for seven months, you are diving deep! Keep it up!
Always a pleasure to see american people interested in football. Keep going bro.
I'm very impressed with how much you pogressed so quickly. It's more or less like me but I'm french. I already knew most of the rules, the ligue system and what a player do in each position.
Really enjoying these🔥
Total football isn't about ball retention per se. Its the idea that players roles interchange during the game and theyrw not fixed, they're fluid. For example, you might see a centre half out on the wing, with his position being covered by a teammate. That's total football.
Hey man, just stumbled upon your channel and i really love the content. For me as a european with watching football since i was a kid in the 90s it's cool to see you dive in these videos. Especially the Coaches Voice/Masterclass stuff is such an interesting series. Normally we don't get coaches talk about some parts of their game so in depth. Just finished watching the Sean Dyche one and honestly if you're doing more of these i'd probably watch all of them lol
Your understanding of tactics are really really good, that american football background gives you an amazing perspective
And here we go again in the comment section.....like the Messi and CR7 debate...the debate over the managers...who cares who do you think is better between Guardiola, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Ferguson etc etc just enjoy football and if you want to argue about it, do it in a non toxic and absolutist way, i guarantee you you will enjoy football even more that way.
No. I want the toxic exaggerated arguing. And I feel like you don't respect our right to disrespect each other. So... Peace ✌️
@@lperea21 😂😂😂
Hey! It is really fun to hear you talk about football tactics and seems like you quite enjoy it. I think you would love Football Manager 2023. Would love to see you get more used to football fundamentals and the current football scene through it.
i just started watching your videos and let me tell you something , I wanna see you shredded by march 2023 . Keep grinding brother .
Such a great series for you to start reacting too
I see a lot of similarities as someone who has co-coached in esports (and also played a lot of physical team sports too), that there are two main philosophies at the highest levels:
1. You beat the opponent by playing the same strategy as them but better
2. If you can't reliably beat the opponent at their strategy, then base your own strategy around exploiting their inevitable mistakes and sacrifices their strategy makes. No strategy is perfect, there will always be windows of opportunity, and as long as you can defend against their primary win condition(s), then your own win condition becomes to exploit opponent mistakes and rely on that as your basis of consistent value.
The biggest mistake I see in big league teams, is when their coaching team adopts one primary way of playing and never deviate from it - like in this case always relying on having higher percentage ball control and think that gives them real control. The appearance of being in control is treacherous, because you can technically control 90% of a match but if you lose control the last 10% and opponent scores, you still lose despite your vastly superior control uptime overall. One bad decision, one loss of control, that's what gets you down against an equal opponent who specifically looks to exploit such situations. Letting an opponent think they're in control and merely confining the space they are controlling, gives you control over their decisions even though they technically possess the ball the whole time.
Love your Vids man, i am from germany and love soccer as well as american football since i'm a little child. Keep up the great work
really love this kind of videos. Keep it up man!
The beauty of Mourinho's tactics without the ball is he always forces the opposition to into spaces they are not strong/effective. Pep's team greatest asset is using the half spaces and Jose just filled those spaces with Eto and Pandev. Some people may not like his approach but i hope you can appreciate it. I remember that game CL tie, incredible game.
w channel youre doing great so far picking up the tactics of the game
I love that you went to watch the play afterward to fully understand what he was talking about.
The thing about those two ways of thinking, possession vs low block and counter attack, and those two coaches is that it has all to do with where they come from. Jose Mourinho started in Portugal coaching "lesser teams", with less talent so he mastered that style of play, I mean winning Champions League with Porto and even that Inter side is a miracle, on the other hand Pep started coaching at the top, that Barcelona side was probably the most technically gifted team in history, they dominate their league and European football so possession based way of thinking makes sense.
Makes sense that you like Pep Guardiolas possession style since in American football, it’s crucial to maintain possession n clock management. The reason I like Mourhinos n especially Klopps high press is because it reminds of Wade Phillips 3-4 scheme of constant pressure n keeping the offense guessing.
Thats a Counter attack, like a Fastbreak...
You doin so good❤❤
Your heart is speaking football
You’ve come so far knowledge wise mate, it’s fascinating. I’ve been onboard for 5 months always love ya vids
Nah bro you dont barely know anything your knowledge has really improved been with you from the start keep it up ❤
And this will also help you understand how apparently "unspectacular" or "low scoring" games can be so fascinating, once you understand and follow what is happening on the pitch. An uninformed viewer will not realize the sheer greatness of that run from Maicon, for example. Another uninformed viewer will also not understand Mourinho's tactics, as in, how can you win with 30% of the possession - or would hate him for those tactics of compact defense, and of suffocating that space at the 30m line. But once you get some of the tactical underpinnings of the game, you realize what titanic fights are happening on the pitch - and you watch it excitedly, feverishly - even if, say, the teams will only score once or twice.
Notice also how much you have progressed in understanding and "feeling" the game (eg realizing when a player's touch was superb, or out of the ordinary), once you started playing the game yourself. The beauty of football, then, is this living "with" the game - because you experience it vicariously. This is another reason why it is the world's game, and so much passion is invested in it - because around the world most kids grow up playing it from morning to evening, and therefore billions of people "feel" the game, and live with the game. (Btw, USMNT players who played in Europe have mentioned that this used to be one of the differences between American publics, and European publics - that the European public "lived with" the game, and understood every small move, and reacted to it. I think that, too, is changing, as more Americans play the game.)
Good content bro, its really nice to see how you've learnd so much in so little time, and its cool that you watch this types of videos, in my opinion tho, to fully understand what Mourinho is talking about you should also watch a good part of the game that he is explaining, same with the other vids, try to add the Football part of it to all this tactis and analysis, then you would really understand how it works.
Keep it up bro, i like watcing your vids. Greetings from Chile (also if you can react to Alexis Sanchez would be nice, the best Chilean player ever)
Amazing video, Luke!
If you like Pep's football philosophy, I think that you Will find intriguing the approach of the Brazilian coach Fernando Diniz. He also tries to build up play from the back and Control the possession of the ball, but the way in which he does this is totally diferent.
Unfortunately, because he does not work in Europe, he is not well known
The video "Fluminense have the wierdest football tactis in the world" explain Diniz ideas Very well.
Keep up the good work!
I remember watching that video and thinking FINALLY! A manager that knows how to play the jogo bonito.
Hey Luke, great video as always! Loving your interest in the tactics side of football. Please also watch Tite`s masterclass on Corinthians x Chelsea for the club world cup (also was the last time a team outside of europe has won the competiton). He goes very in depth in what he did right and wrong, and also has a very informative way of explaining his ideas for this game.
Keep up the great work and love from Brazil!
The book 'The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul' is a good read and explains the rivalry a bit more.
Really enjoying these man, you're picking things up so quickly and putting new spins on stuff already.
Can I recommend Unai Emerys Coaching Voice where he beat Liverpool 3-1 with Sevilla on the Europa League final.
Emery takes elements of Pep/Jose. 100% possession focused, and draws opposition out with triangles but very resolute and deep in defence.
He recently joined my team, Aston Villa, and took us from potential relegation in October to qualifying for Europe.
Hes now playing a hybrid 4-4-2 where the usual "wingers" are traditional center mids and move in to make a 4 man modfield to keep possession. The left full back pushes up to provide width. In defence we play a very high line to catch others offside and the wide midfielders drop back to make almost a 6-3-1 really tightly packed in the centre of the pitch.
If youre looking for a team to follow next season, tactically i think it will be one of the most interesting!
If youre looking for a team to support
Man to man in the zone. If the target enters my zone, then I mark him man to man, and only then. Possesion of the ball doesnt guarantee you possesion of the spaces (ie pitch). It is important tohave the ball, but it is much more what you do with it.
Love the content.
If you're interested in similar videos about a more aggressive pressing system, there's a coaches' voice video with Pepijn Lijnders (the Liverpool assistant manager) and he talks about the methodology of regaining the ball super aggressively, probably more so than Guardiola might.
It is called heavy metal football 😂
Yeah it’s the one about the comeback against Barcelona in the UCL semis. Amazing watch.
In your question about how Milito got to that position, it was a pass by Goran Pandev (Number 27), plays right forward. He had gotten the ball in his half, dribbled pass 2 players and then released a great ball to Milito.
The significance of this match is that Inter beat the so called Invincible team that Barca had, with a group of castaways and old players.
The reason Ibrahimovic played for Barca was Barca wanted him and did part of a swap deal including Eto’o to bring Ibra to Barca.
This Inter team was legendary
Jose got the Madrid job after this amazing season.
The greatest tactician/ manager in history 💙💙 , I suggest u watch real madrid’ counter attacks under Jose
It’s great seeing how you dive into football tactics, keep it up!
Joze ‘s “transition” football is fantastic to watch when executed by teams like Inter of 2010, it requires a lot of intelligence and specific skillset from the players on the field.
Central to Joze’s football is not “defend and counterattack”, that was invented long before him. It’s the systematic exploitation of transition phase opportunities and dealing with transition phase threats. A truly different take when he was starting off with Porto.
Thanks for the vid.
I really like the tactical analysis.
Hey Luke! I'd really recommend on of Sean Dyche's videos from the same channel. He's excellent at articulating how his teams play and what kind of tactics they use.
great stuff man!
Jose revolutionised defensive football by focusing on quick transitions with multiple runners, creating options for the players on the ball.
Beat some of the best possession based teams with this philosophy.
I saw your stuff we can see this video of yours have been viewed the highest any content with Mourinho in it is a blockbuster.
I think a video about the red bull soccer teams and there (gegenpress) philosophy would be another great tactics video to react to and learn about
Since you like peps philosophy so much, you should really look into AFC Ajax and Johan Cruijff. Both are basically the founders of the total football philosophy, and cruijf was peps coach at barcelona!
For you question @16:50, just before that jose explains the run milito makes. He is dropping in (whilst building up speed) and on the correct moment (when not being offside) he bends his run with more speed than the defender to receive the ball behind opposition line.
Thats way Mourinho showed it like a bending run, not a straight run through the defence. When you bend your run you can create some space between you and the defender and also gain some speed so you can make the run to the ball once it goes through.
Great job man
Enjoying these tactics vids. Like I said last video you gotta do the 4-4-2. Its still used today and was the formation almost everyone ran up until maybe a decade ago. Sir Alex Ferguson probably had the best team with that formation and I once saw a Sean Dyche (a manager in the Prem) video similar to this Jose video where he broke down the strengths and reasoning behind the formation
4-4-2 easily transform into 4-3-3 4-2-3-1 etc.
SAF after Cole York period played mostly 4-4-1-1m also 4-1-4-1(dimond) but all this tactics base is 4-4-2,
16:49 Milito could have made a well-timed run onto a pass that was played ahead of him. Imagine he gets a running start, and he's directly in line with the last defender in the exact moment when the pass is played for him to run on to.
I laughed when he asked that because Milito was infact offside for his goal.
@@Sibalukhulu_the dude thought Barca players just remain static like the counters are lol
This guy understands the tactical aspect of football better than most of the fans
Loving them tactics videoos
And, this is unicef Barcelona, the greatest team i ever seen. Mourinho 👏
For how they wanted to attack he was just showing where the white markers would attack through and space they would end their attacking focused in. He left the defenders in place rather than constantly updating them for where the ball would be played.
A manager's philosophy depends on the players he has available and their best skills, age, etc, etc. Although, most managers will try to adapt their squad to the style they prefer, by selling, buying players and adapting the ones the coach believes can be adapted to new functions or playing style. However it may take two seasons to do that and most managers don't have that time.
Jose’s tactics done need the team to make mistakes (though it helps) he sets up his team to absorb blows and as the other team continues to attack, they continue to press. Eventually it creates pockets of space and Jose is great at exploiting that.
The timing for off-site is the moment your teammate last touches the ball, so if you start running before that point and are aligned with the defender when he passes the ball. You'll be already at top speed and will be able to receive the pass in that "off-site" position.
The beautiful thing about team sports is that you can take these tactics & intergrate them in American football or basketball. I remember seeing an interview of Klay Thompson where he says, they're ball & off the ball movement was inspired by Barcelona's soccer team tiki take. I was mind blown because I least expected that idea & it made me respect Steve Kerr even more. It now makes sense when you watch Golden State playing
Perfect timing for this video haha
This is the greatness of Messi. The moment you have him as an opponent, you basically have to center your plan around blocking him, which in turn leaves you open for something else. There is a couple of players in the world that pose this danger, but the issue with Messi is that with his ball control and dribbling skills, he can break a 4 on 1 too, so even if you devise a way to block him without becoming open in another way, he might still break your tactic single handedly.
Always interesting to hear a manager talk about their tactics and their influence regarding a game... as a player most games I played in, captained or even managed for that matter had little to do with a manager's 'grand' tactics, starting formations or even his shouting from the line. It was usually the team ourselves who adjusted to the threat on the pitch... during the game! We usually had to adjust on-the-fly ourselves, more often than not, contrary to most of the manager's pre-match nonsense and ridiculous experimental formations! We are talking about playing Messi's Barca here for goodness sake... sounds to me like Jose's original formation was the biggest problem! He shuffled those counters around just a little too quick for my liking! 🤣
Mourinho liked being a superstar football manager... which he definitely was... just a bit of wanl
You should watch Mourinho's Real madrid team just to see how devastating the counter attacks were
You already get it more in depth than most fans.
Since the first time I saw you reacting to tactics I wished you would react to Inter's 2010 UCL run. It's great that we are in the final again since that great season
you have learn alot bro ....that's right tactics change to the situation of the game
Inter Milán 2010 season treble who can’t forget and of course 4-2-3-1 is one of my favorite formations I use a lot in FIFA manager mode. key players your 2 CDM and CAM distributing those passes to your strikers when counter attacking.
At 16:03 he explains how Milito would move to be able to run to the space, obviously the pass is thrown at the right time, so right after that he says "it's a matter of who gets (to the box) first, us or them..."
You absolutely need to check out Eddie Howe’s breakdown of Bournemouth beating Chelsea! In the bigger context of things Eddie Howe took Bournemouth from the bottom of League 2 (when he took over) which is the 4th tier and took them up to the Premier League and managed to keep them in the league for a good few seasons on a minimum budget. They did eventually get relegated but thanks to the way he transformed the ethos of the club it gave them a platform to return back to the league after he was let go.
Eddie went away and decided to learn from some of the best coaches and managers around Europe in his time out of work, shadowing training sessions and studying winning athletes and teams across multiple sports to see what he could use in his next job, while doing this he turned down an offer for the job at Celtic.
Fast forward and became manager of Newcastle United at what was quite frankly dreadful timing, the protracted takeover ate into the first half of the season and by the time he was appointed Newcastle still had yet to win a single game, the bad run continued up until Christmas where they were still without a win, no team I believe had ever gone so long without a win and survived, performances were getting better but they were still without a win then January transfer window came and while the press expected Newcastle to go out and spend stupid amounts of money on absolute mega stars, Howe himself took on the role of footballing director and identified players the club needed to bring in, the team started winning and finished 11th, what was surprising was that many of the players that were previously written off as useless were now essential and he was getting unbelievable performances out of them, a player Newcastle signed a few seasons before who was signed as a striker (Joelinton) was widely regarded before Howe arrived as perhaps one of the worst signings in the club had ever made, Howe turned Joelinton from a striker into a central midfielder after recognising strengths in other parts of his game and Joelinton fast developed into one of the best central midfielders in the league in that last half of the season and is now a fan favourite.
Fast forward even more and expectations for Newcastle this season was that they’d do well to qualify for the 2nd or 3rd tier European competition and were aiming for around 8th-6th, instead they finished 4th qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years and finished the season with one of the best defences in Europe and not even Man City lost fewer games.
Also check out the interview Eddie Howe for High Performance, if you’re into sports psychology, insights and coaching you will absolutely love it!
Alvez the menace. Legendary player.