Is playing out from the back always the right move? - TACTICAL ANALYSIS

Rachel O'Sullivan from Girls on the Ball is joined by Sophie Downey, 90min's Megan Humphrey and Jamie Spangher discuss when teams should and shouldn't play out from the back.
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[@ZingaroXIV]

The Chelsea game you highlighted is a great case in point. The top teams develop different styles of play, different tactics, and are capable of switching up the style and tactic as the game dictates. It's one thing for Bompastor to plan a clever strategy but it's quite another for the team to be able to execute it on the pitch. Emma Hayes, both with Chelsea and now with USWNT emphasizes players with multiple skills and ability to play multiple positions. This approach helps the team to, say, play out from the back as their default, but with the ability to go very direct in attack or counterattack, then switch to a high press, then switch to sitting back a bit - as the opponent requires. This is a fluidity that is difficult to defend, difficult to attack, and difficult to prepare for.

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Rachel, Sophie and pals. I always believed in having a style of play and sticking to it. However, I also believed in knowing when that was not working and having a plan for that too. Everyone working has to know the expected standard that is fit for purpose and would need to have some sort of corrective action procedure if that is not achieving an expected target. It is not about always being perfect, though Chelsea seem to be getting there. I learned from kick abouts in the park as a kid that if the weather was not helping, thump the ball downfield or out of play and reset. Also you needed two defenders to out muscle the bigger kids, like Bunny Shaw, so they never got near the box. If you try to work in ways that are not suitable for the task in hand, you will fail. It is not something that needs to be learned, just a fact. Professional footballers play at their workplace, not down the park and their managers need to see provide suitable work practices as their income is at stake.

[@For_Cruyff_Sake]

Instead of putting all your energy learning to play from the back, it would be better for the keeper to boot it as far from goal as possible and for the players to learn to read the game and intercept passes or nick balls off the opponent better. More focus should be put on positioning to increase the chances of a turnover. Possession based football can then start after regaining the ball. Playing from the back put the ball too close to your own goal with 99% chance of conceding a goal

[@Leornianæfre]

If you’ve grown up playing South American football or futsal then yes. If not, then it depends how good you are technically with your feet.

[@OlaOlaleye-bc1ft]

Chelsea for one I think don't need that added pressure when u have a goalkeeper like Hampton who can kick the ball with such accuracy.