Week 11 Tactics

-------------------------------Ederson-------------------------------
-----Valencia---------Kompany------Jones-------------Young-----
----------------------Sanson----------Hernandez-------------------
---------Bailey------------------------------------------Lemar------
--------------------Falcao--------------Rashford--------------------

BENCH
Akinfeev
Evans
Durmisi
Winks
Thomas
Lingard
Dzeko


TACTICS
Expecting three at the back, so wingers stretch them out, press quickly and dominate possession. A mix of Klopp and Guardiola tactics

DEFENSE
Ederson to play as sweeper keeper, so a higher defensive line. Press quickly from the front - we have energetic forwards in Rashford, Bailey and Lemar. Drop back, pressing CMs and FBs on the ball. Try to win back possession quickly.

Hernandez and Sanson protect the back four, one pressing, one sitting. Valencia and Young stay back slightly - main focus should be their widemen. Silva is out - if Zlatan plays then Kompany the main marker, match him physically with Jones covering. If Augustin then defend zonally.


ATTACK
Dominate possession, be patient and wait for opportunities. Bailey and Lemar to stretch out their defense, receive ball in wide positions and cut inside. Rashford to get in behind, drift wide looking for space with Falcao leading the line and being the poacher. Valencia and Young get forward one at a time and deliver crosses.


SUBSTITUTIONS
Winning
70' - Winks for one of the strikers, 4-3-3.
80' - Thomas for Sanson, fresh legs

Losing
60' - Dzeko for Bailey - Rashford LW
80' - Lingard for Sanson

Fußball v SHAKHTAR SENSELESS

Injuries: Ulreich, A Silva, L Bender, Juanfran


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Away to Fußball, play a pressing game whenever they are in our half, utilise our pace when counter attacking.

Cech, command your area at all times, distribute long and wide, be wary of long range efforts.

Defence, Romagnoli mark their striker, Mascherano to play as the spare man to get to any second balls. Azpilicueta/Rose overlap our wingers going forward, but track back quickly.

Midfield, Gagliardini/Gundogan sit in front of the back four, ensure we are hard to penetrate. In possession Gundogan use your passing and power to get the ball forward. Hazard will be between their midfield and defence, occasionally get up with Ibrahimovic.

Attack, Sabitzer/Sisto to run at the Fußball defence, get crosses in to Ibrahimovic but on occasion cut infield, either to link with Gundogan/Hazard/Ibrahimovic, or to feed Azpilicueta/Rose overlapping you. Shoot when it opens up. Ibrahimovic to get onto the end of every cross and pass, shoot on sight, try to spin in behind the last defender.

Substitutions
If winning: Hazard off, Asamoah on, Asamoah CM alongside Gagliardini/Gundogan, 4-5-1, Sabitzer RM, Sisto LM.

If losing: Mascherano/Gagliardini off, Vinicius Jr/Augustin on. All out attack, 3-1-4-2

Ebbsfleet v Cape Coast

Injuries: Torriera, Trippier, Kolarov

Formation: 3-1-4-2

-------------------------Neto--------------------------
-----------Bartra-------Mina-----Martinez----------
-------------------------Silva---------------------------
Neres--------Goretzka------Dendoncker----Brandt
------------------Tosun-------Bakambu---------------

Subs: Gomes, Emerson, Tete, Arthur, Arnaiz, Ekambi, Guruzeta

Will be tough to match opponent man-for-man, so going with attacking formation.

Bartra/Mina/Martinez – Martinex LCB with his left foot and Bartra RCB on his right gives structure with the tough tackling Mina in the centre. No man-marking, restrict space centrally and deal with crosses. Distribute quickly to Silva or hoof it to wings.

Silva – Deep lying playmaker. Pick passes with time you have. Make every one count. Spray to wings or centrally to CF’s.

Gortezka/Dendoncker – Duel role. Without ball, sit in front of Mina to allow Bartra/Martinez to spread slightly and form 5 man wall. With ball, shield Silva to give time to pick his passes. Double up to retrieve possession and control CM.

Neres/Brandt – Attack FB’s at every opportunity. Use superior pace. Run in behind FB’s on Silva balls, especially if they’re upfield after their attack fails. Finish chances created.

Tosun/Bakambu – Bakambu target CB’s with speed on balls supplied by Silva. Tosun, use strength to be there for follow ups and target goalkeeper especially. Without a substitute one it would harm opponent immensely if goalkeeper became injured.

Subs (If winning after 75 mins) Tete for Silva and Emerson for Tosun. Play 5-4-1 and shut up shop.

Tactics – Dwarfs v Ebbsfleet

Injuries
Adam Masina
Lucas Tousart
Maximilian Philipp (sold)


Substitutes: Gomez, Sule, Fornals, Boudebouz, Sanabria, Wagner

Their strength is CM and behind the attack, so we have 3 midfielders to fill this space and block supply forward.
They have injuries at FB, so we will look to attack these wide areas, drag the CBs out and exploit the space with the pace and mobility of our forward line.

Defence

• Chiellini pick up the main striker. Laporte pick up any second striker or play spare watching runs from deep.
  
• FBs to pick up the wide players. Both like to cut in, so force them wide and make them cross from deep.
  
• CMs to protect the back four, flooding the AM areas and limiting space.
  
• Forwards press from the front.
  

Attack

• Front three to be fluid and interchange to create confusion and pull them out of shape.
  
• Wide players to attack the full backs and get in behind.
  
• FBs to overlap to provide extra width and 2v1s
  
• Iniesta to look for the space between Defence and Midfield and supply the 3 forwards
  

Subs: losing on 70 mins, Wagner for Iniesta, go 4-4-2
losing on 85 mins, Sule for Seri and stick Sule up front and hit long balls into box

Tina Turner vs outrage (3-6-1)

Injuries: 
Lo Celso, Belotti, Denisov

………………………………Buffon…………………
…………….Llorente…Van Dijk…..Caldara……
Alves…… …………..De Rossi………………. Wendell
……………….Marchisio………….Banega…………..
………………………………Chiesa…………………………..
……………………………..El-Shaarawy……………………….

Subs: Fabianski, Barzagli, Ceballos, Izzo, Cutrone, Larson, Ilsanker

Injuries have robbed us of our goal threat so a change up to a 3-6-1
solid through the spine and bags of pace up top.  We look to play this game on the front foot with nice possession football, draw Outrage onto us, work some space and then set Chiesa and Egypt on their bikes.
Back 3 gives us a solid platform, Caldara and LLorente will shuffle wide allowing us a passing angle for retention plus the option for long and flat for our wing-backs.
Alves and Wendell are given licence to attack today and will give us the width we need to peg Outrage’s FB’s.
De Rossi is just the anchor man today – sits between the lines and makes it hard for Outrages AM to find any space – doesn’t have to shadow him just press the spaces he operates in.
Marchisio goes B2B whilst Banega plays as the midfield playmaker, both put a foot in, so numbers wise we can hold the middle of the park.
Chiesa is the #10 and El Egypt goes as #9, clever and quick players will look to create the spaces for each other to exploit.

Subs:
65mins

Cutrone > El Egypt

Injuries: Dembele, Depay, Joe Gomez
Subs: Sessegnon, Solanke, Bentancur, Sancho,  Retsos, Mere, M. Gomez 

Fiorentina like to go through the middle so we're crowding them out and pushing Asensio higher up to assist Werner. 

Defensive
Intelligent CBs comfortable with the ball at feet, cover, close down and contain. 
WBs with speed look to intercept before opponents advance, keep opponents on weaker foot where possible. 
Midfield trio sit deep, protect defense and space left by WBs when coming forward, restrict opportunities. Retain discipline at all times.

Attacking
SMS as B2B, spread ball quickly when in possession, anticipate and intercept when not,  when in space rampage through the defence.  Locatelli strong in tackles but not reckless, mix up passes, occasionally hit one over the top, protect the wing backs when required. Pellegrini furthest forward, create space as outlet, don’t be afraid to take shot from distance. 
Asensio with free role, look for knockdown, go into channels and take on players. Werner be a constant thorn in the defence, forever niggling them, strong from the front

70m - Solanke > Locatelli. Asensio dropping deeper, Solanke adding extra pace 
80m - Sessegnon > Grimaldo. Fresh legs on flank to protect

------------------------Heaton

------Upamecano-------Tah--------Umtiti

Henrichs-------Weigl----------Rabiot------Guerreiro

-----------Guedes-----------------Coman

------------------------Dolberg

Subs - Pereira, Upamecano, De Ligt, Soler, Havertz, Taison, Dembele

Using narrow front 3 target weakened CBs defensively - AMs constantly running beyond Dolberg, targeting central defence. 
Defensively, 3 strong CBs shut down their attack, 5-4-1 when defending 
We think they'll try to dominate possession so will press as soon as they're in our half forcing turnovers for counter 

Defence

Tah mark Immobile - aggression/power put him off his game, Upamecano cover with pace
Henrichs more defensive of wing backs, Guerreiro attack
Weigl protect in front of defence, Rabiot drop in alongside without ball
AMs put pressure on their midfield when they have ball
Dolberg stay upfield - hold up the ball ready for counter attacks

Attack

Dolberg drop deep. turn and play in AMs bursting forward, get into box for crosses
AMs - get beyond Dolberg when he drops deeper, give CBs/DMs a problem with movement, dribble, take shots and get into box
Coman/Guedes swap wings to vary threat
Guerreiro provide width, crosses into front 3, give left wing licence to roam
CMs - keep ball ticking over, carry forward, take shots, Rabiot support attack

Subs at 70
Winning - Soler for Coman - 3-5-2, dominate ball in midfield
Losing - Upamecano for Richarlison - 4-4-2 with wings and attack

Injuries:
Marc Albrighton - £5.4m
Jan Vertonghen - £25.2m
Andreas Christensen - £16.2m

-----------------------Berisha------------------------
Meunier---------Chalobah--Rugani------------Alba
----------------Fernandinho--Tolisso---------------
Robben----------------Coric-----------------Thauvin
----------------------Immobile---------------------

Subs: Zappacosta, Layun, Anguissa, Davis, Martinez, Llorente

Bam usually plays a narrow system so we are going to use the width today whilst retaining possession. 
Tolisso pulling strings from deep driving forward with the ball pushing it out to Thauvin and Robben
Coric to work as a pivot in the centre of the final third looking to play Thauvin and Robben inside
Immobile to power into the box and attack it, making out chances for him and his teammates 
Fernandinho to drop in and help defend when out of possession and drop off slightly in attack to support the play centrally
Alba and Meunier to get forward far up the pitch to pile on the pressure out wide.
Chalobah and Rugani are to operate as a partnership shutting the striker (likely to be Dolberg) out of the game.
This match is about proving that we can be versatile whilst still doing our thing of possessing the ball for long periods, being patient but killing teams off.

80th - Anguissa on for Fernandinho to keep providing the defensive support
85th - Llorente on for Immobile to keep the power up top with aerial danger