CENTRAL MIDFIELD MOVEMENT

SCENARIOS• With back players in composed possession .• With midfield players in composed possession.• “Knowing” the positions of other MF and forward players.• “Knowing” these players “habits” and intent. - from experience of playing. - from the “training ground.”• “Knowing” the positions, capabilities and likely responses of

opponents to movement.• Recognising the possibilities and advantages of “movement”.• Understanding the needs and benefits of movement .• Understanding “the balance” of movement !

Central Midfield Player Movement - who,where,why,when,how ?

VERONMASCHERANO

GUTIERREZ

OTAMENDI

BIRMINGHAM CITYV

LIVERPOOL Gerrard and Lucas

MESSI DI MARIAHIGUAIN

SAMUEL

HEINZE

DIMICHELIS

GERMANY v ARGENTINA February 2010 Veron – Mascherano priority !

MASCHERANO

VERON

CENTRAL MIDFIELD MOVEMENT - Veron ,Messi ,Mascherano

VERON

MESSI

MASCHERANO

ONE - “stay”

ONE - “go away”

ONE - “come to play”

“ A player should not move according to where he thinks a player in his position should move, but by assessing the position of the ball, his team-mates, opponents and space – nothing is fixed. Whoever has the ball becomes the “playmaker”.

Arrigo Sacchi

Different POSITIONS

OR

Different ROLES

Team Movement on building play. CARDIFF CITY V BRISTOL CITYJan 2011

RIGGOTT

McPHAIL

OLIFINJANA

KEOGH

McNAUGHTON

BELLAMYCHOPRA

WHITTINGHAM

NAYLOR

ONE - “STAY”ONE - “GO AWAY”ONE - “COME AND PLAY”

HUDSON

4 – 4 - 2

Central Midfield Player Inter-changes

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Marked and move away.

Replace the runner

Central Midfield Player Inter-changesARSENAL v MANCHESTER CITY

January 2011

SONG

FABREGAS

WILSHERE

VAN PERSIE

WALCOTT

SAGNADJOUROU KOSCIELNY

CLICHY

NASRI

Getting Free In The Hole

CBCB

LB RB

GK

Possession in the central approach area - HOW ?

STAND STILL!33%

In from The

Wide9%Dropping

away from Back 425%

Movements Inside The

Central Zone13%

Runs From Deep Central Areas

16%

In from The

Wide9%

MORRISONMESSI

FABREGAS

WILSHERE

OLIFINJANI

42

5

6

3

8

10

7 9 11

DEEP MIDFIELD PLAYERReplacing CB’s as they go forward into MF areas with and without the ball.

42

5

6

3

8

10

7 9 11

DEEP MIDFIELD PLAYERReplacing CB’s as they go forward into MF areas with and without the ball.

Holding MF dropping in to Back line IRELAND v ARGENTINAFriendly September 2010

MASCHERANO

DE MICHELIS

SAMUEL

FORWARD PLAYER MOVEMENT

MANCHESTER UNITED

Wayne Rooney.

“if I want to drop in I can, and if I want to play higher up I can switch.

What I try to do is to find the spaces and get there to try to get on the ball.I am always looking for a space to move into.”

Central Midfield and Forward Player Interchanges movement.

9

8

Central Forward Player Inter-changes

10

9

8

CENTRAL ATTACKING MOVEMENT - Messi, Di maria, Higuain, Guttieriez, Veron

Di Maria

Guttierez

Higuain

Veron

Messi

Mascherano

Central Forward Player Inter-changes

MACCABI HAIFA

109

9 on JUST on inside shoulder of CB (5)

( 5 )

MOVEMENT AFTER THE PASS

Pass Go Forward - Replace !

HOLLAND 1974 !

PRACTICES FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF

MOVEMENT

TODAY’S PRACTICES

OVERLAP PLAY

PURPOSE

To provide a passing option ahead of the ball.To move a defender from a covering position.Eg “W” covering the FBEg To draw a Cb from the middle.Eg to attract a MF player from an opponent.To attract an opponent from a forward to a defending role, eg a tracking wide player.To change the angle & distance of pressure !

OVERLAP PLAY

OVERLAP PLAY

VERTICAL PLACE CHANGING

Progress to one defender

in each channel.

25 yds

25 yds

Pass to 1) Nearest player2) Furthest player

5 v 2

Pass, change zones and replace.

20 yds

20 yds

3 V 1

Pass, follow, replace.

TEAM TACTICAL MOVEMENT

Movement

T

TOVERLAP

TWO WAY PRACTICE

4 MF Play both ways

Change the play.Reverse the playShape on ball delivered forward

Movement

T

T

STRIKER MIDFIELD INTERCHANGES

2 V 2 in midfield as required.

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