Pressing in a 4-2-3-1 Using Pressure-Cover-Balance
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- The 4-2-3-1 formation is a good shape for pressing. Using Pressure-Cover-Balance in a 4-2-3-1 can help your team stay organized and aggressive while not having to play man-to-man or a man marking system. Pressure-Cover-Balance is a commonly know defensive strategy in soccer that focuses on roles of players based on their distance from the ball and their teammates and allows teams to stay organized in more situations.
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Thank you sir for this information
This is what Bayern are so damn good at, they hound the opposition
Great Channel
Nice and informative video captain do think Liverpool will be Lethal season 2022-2023 if play with this formation 4-2-3-1
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4:43 you indicate the 6 is free to vacate the middle of the pitch and push up. That would create a significant gap between defense and attack, the sort of space an opponents creative 10 (think players like Odegaard and KDB) would thrive in to create dangerous attacking options.
Nice video. You presented some good points. I agree with most of your points, except towards the end. There were points in which you only had 6 or 7 players behind the ball at some points. Did you intend to make this a high press? Also, there were instances in which neither CDM were covering the center of the pitch (4:43). Should the opponents get a pass there, that would be costly. Thats what I think, let me know what you think.
Thank you for your comment.
Yes, the idea of this system is to be proactive and try to cut off passing lanes to opponents while also covering for the on-ball defender if they get beat 1v1. In comparison, a more reactive system might sit back and wait for a pass to be made and then shift with the pass. The idea here is we are forcing the ball into a certain position (where we have a defensive overload), and then cutting off all of the passing lanes out of that position in order to force a bad pass.
One example of that would be at 7:53 where our red #7 comes towards the ball, and even behind the ball. The point for that red #7 would be to cut off the gap/passing lane between our red #9 and #10. If red #7 would drop off alongside red #8 like a typical zonal marking system, then the blue #6 could easily drop into the passing lane and receive the ball. Now in a game if red #7 would think a switch was about to be played over his head then he should drop off, but it can be difficult to include all of those kinds of nuances and details in a video.
When the CDMs were out of the center at 4:43, the idea is that a balancing defender should cover the most dangerous option in the gap/passing lane between pressure and cover defenders. So if there is no opposing player in the center of the field, then the CDM has the freedom to step up to deny a passing option up the field. The first option would be to cover the middle a bit deeper to be safe, but if there is nothing to cover there, then the CDM can press further up. Again trying to be proactive and force bad passes, rather than reacting to what the team in possession does.
Good questions, let me know if you have more.
Edit: If you want more details about this kind of pressing, I have a video about it here: th-cam.com/video/WgyFBZjiHKU/w-d-xo.html
@@KyleDijkstra Thanks for your clarification. I agree, if your intention is to press then the entire team needs to be in sync otherwise, a price will be paid. Now I know what you mean, in the video it just seemed to me as if you did not consider the possibility of mistakes being made. Thanks for your video suggestion. Ill check it out. 🤙🏽⚽️
Personally, I'm not a big fan of a one person press. I specifically employ my GK for that and use him to make a triangle to easily frustrate that initial press. Chelsea did that quite well against Atletico the other day as they were unwilling to send an extra man to engage the keeper. Chelsea were able to dictate possession because the GK was never rushed.
As for this formation, I think there is a general over-reliance on eliminating the oppositions DMF in your video. To beat this press, I would simply play the CBs as wide as possible and use the DMF for a wall pass to the GK to then make the transition to the right wing where either the RMF or RCB is available. The weakness here is everyone nowadays seem to want to push so high up the pitch when the risk is so great that one intelligent pass and run will beat the offside trap.
The zone defenders are quite rightly playing zone for anything in the air but surely as the play develops, if the first press is unsuccessful, they should be preparing to drop off to protect that danger zone behind them.
In other words, this sort of high press high risk setup described in the video requires the players to be very connected, quick in thought and mind and completely aware of their strategic roles. If the CF is too isolated in his press, they can pass around him. If the marker of the DMF(s) aren't aware to go with their man if he tries to provide a midfield outlet, the press collapses and the backline is immediately vulnerable. If the back line stay too high or (god forbid) press further into the midfield, that is strategic suicide. The way I see it, too much reliance in your example on the initial press being totally successful. There needs to be a drilled contingency so the players can recognise at an early stage when the press is breaking down and what positions to recover into for the second phase.
2002RM this is true. On the other hand, I would argue that a game is 90 min long and employing this type of strategy against the opponent could be possible. Of course, the players need to by in sync with one another to recover the ball or to stall the play should the opponents break through. There is a time and place for everything. This type of strategy needs to be trained to perfection in order to employ it multiple times in a match.
First of all, I will say that I don't necessarily disagree with anything in your comment.
However, I do think I can clarify a couple of your points. First of all, this idea is mostly meant for a non-professional level. I currently coach at the youth level, so I am not overly concerned with the GK being the main person playing the passes out of the back if that is what happens. Even at the professional level, if you can force the GK to be the main distributor out of the back, then I think that is a successful press.
Secondly, players being connected, quick thinking, and aware of their roles are ideas I hope to have no matter what way my team is playing. That's the point of practice and good coaching. Most detailed systems will require those concepts.
Finally, there is definitely a "recovery" press built into this that should be taught for when the press is broken. But I think that goes for any press you would want to implement. Every press can be broken, and how you recover when your press is broken is another thing that needs to be taught, but I didn't feel like it was necessary to cover that in this video because that's a whole other topic to me.
Thanks for the feedback and if you are more interested in this type of pressing and maybe some further explanations, I would suggest my video on zonal pressing: th-cam.com/video/WgyFBZjiHKU/w-d-xo.html
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thanks for really nice video . l have one question , please a about cover defenders in the example you explaine in your video , there were two covers defender number10 and number 8 . why only nr 10 and nr 7 not nr 11 also?
Could you specify which moment you mean?
At 3:13, for example, 7 and 10 are the cover defenders meaning that they are the first to respond if 9 gets beat 1v1.
8, 6, and 11 are the balance defenders covering passing lanes and preventing switches.
Name of the software?
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blue has too many switch options to counter
Could you specify a time in the video where you see that?
Speaking generally, any high press will aim to force the play to an area and not let it out by pressing the ball carrier and cutting off obvious passing options. Depending on the level of play, it can be very difficult for players to see the switch options and even more difficult to execute.
Another aspect of pressing high is recovering when the press is beat whether it’s a split pass into the feet of a striker or switch to a winger. That will have to be taught as well, but I think it’s outside the scope of this video.
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