Bolton Tactics

Starting Eleven
---------------------S.Given ------------------
Corluka----Heitinga-------Carragher-----Enrique
--------Van Bommel--------Gago---------------
--------------------Hamsik---------------------
----Dempsey--------------------------Marin----
--------------------Di Natale-------------------

Subs: Jaaskelainen, Naldo, Marquez, Plasil, Kahveci, Davies.

Tactics:

Given is our goalie. He has immense experience and is a brilliant shot stopper. He will come out and claim the crosses,corners etc. Marshall his defenders and be vocal. He will make himself big on one-on-one occasions and not commit himself until the very last second.

The FULLBACKS are both very solid. Corluka and Enrique will stay tight on their man. Corluka will stay as tight as he can on the opposition winger. He is a solid player defensively and will keep the opposition player quiet; track his runs, stay close to him all game. Enrique will stop their winger from cutting inside. Stay tight and match his pace and Enrique can occasionally go forward. He will also play long diagonal for dempsey and di natale to run onto and use their pace. Both FULLBACKS are strong and combative players and will be physical on their man.

In the CENTER BACKS, Heitinga will need to out jump their striker. Win the long balls and the crosses. Carragher is experienced and will keep a look out for the crosses and the runs made by VdV. Both the CBs will deal with the crosses and corners. Stay focused and on your toes throughout the 90mins. Both to go forward for corners.

Van Bommel is the sweeper in front of the defense. He will sit in front of the back 4 and break the opposition attack. Keep an eye on the opposition players trying to move into little spaces here and there and win the ball. Make strong challenges and pass on the ball forwards. He is the link between our defense and attack and will need to play at his best. Gago will play alongside MvB and will be physical. He will use his body strength and will keep an eye on VdV. We will not man mark him but both van bommel and Gago will need to stop him from getting in behind our defense. Close their players down on every occasion. Gago will occasionally go forward when we have the ball. Try to win the ball back as quickly as possible. Pass the ball to the wingers and also look for Di Natale.

Hamsik will look for the wingers and the runs made by our striker.. He will make maximum use of the ball as he is our creative output. Play one twos with the striker, wingers and basically just look for an opening. He will go into the box for crosses and make use of his height. Play through balls for the strikers and wingers and look for spaces in their defense.

Dempsey is a tenacious player and will test the opposition winger. He will use pace and strength to go outside and cross and will also come inside. He will need to cut inside more and also look for Hamsik and our striker to play quick one twos. He is very useful in the air and will win the long balls aimed at him. He will also join the striker in the box and make use of his heading ability. He will track back and double team with his full back.

Marin will try to cut inside on his stronger right foot and will also take on his man as he has pace to burn. He will out wit his marker and make full use of his pace and light frame. He will also look for the runs of di natale and hamsik and shoot whenever presented with the chance. Will also track back to help out the full back.

Di Natale will keep their center backs busy throughout the game. Look to get on the end of the crosses, win the long balls and play on the shoulder of the last man. Play the wingers in and look for the ball from the midfield.

We have a strong midfield and we need to dominate their midfield and pressurize them to make mistakes. Man to man marking on set pieces.

SUBSTITUTIONS - IF Losing After 70 mins Bring ON Davies for Enrique and Switch to a 4-3-1-2 with Davies and Di Natale the 2 Strikers and Hamsik the "1" in the midfield. Dempsey, MvB and Marin the 3 in the midfield. Gago to go at left back. Play long balls for Davies, Di Natale and Dempsey.

Captain - Carragher
Penalties - Hamsik
Corners - Marin
Free Kicks - Marin/Hamsik