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Tactical analysis I MSc Sport Management @lborouniversity I Founded @1971sinceftbl & co-founded @TheCheBluePrint I Bundesliga articles for @BetweenThePosts
Joined August 2022
Personal update on my professional journey and my ambitions: Thought it's the right time to share the work I've done over the past years, things I'm still doing, and what my professional ambitions are. Started off by compiling all my Twitter match analysis threads. I've
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In case you missed it, I wrote my weekly Chelsea tactical analysis report yesterday. Do check it out. Thought there were some interesting points from an in possession pov and some of the usual concerns from a defensive aspect.
Tactical Analysis: Chelsea 2-0 Everton Blues beat Everton at the Bridge again. Thread
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Low wingback during build up for Napoli receives wide before diagonally playing it forward to the striker, who's able to receive back to goal, and then lay it off to the right winger.
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This is very simple. It's just moving a center-back a few meters up. But I've seen so many teams including Chelsea keeping a flat back three and having large passing distances to the wide player. Maybe there's a counter argument that I'm not seeing. Open to thoughts.
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Tactical Analysis: Chelsea 2-0 Everton Blues beat Everton at the Bridge again. Thread
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On the topic of providing a positional solution to large passing distances (an issue in the Leeds-Chelsea game - thought it was appropriate since Leeds and Juventus defend in a 5-3-2), I like what Conte's Napoli did against Juventus. A center-back, in the below example (image
Firstly, as mentioned during the game, Chelsea's 3-1 shape for the first and second possession lines against the pressing system from Leeds wasn't ideal. I'll discuss why Maresca used this shortly, but the downside of it from a chance-creation pov was that it hindered Chelsea's
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@footovision Defensive performance against Everton, I think, is an apt example of why Maresca needs to bring in more zonal OOP ideas in the middle third. https://t.co/mvhOCRUQHB
The passive mixed man-oriented and zonal block constantly left a lot of open space beside the pivot (James), which can be accessed indirectly (image 2 -by playing into the fullback and then into the middle) or directly into the half-space player (image 3). Thus, against
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That same passivity did not help from an OOP perspective though. https://t.co/mvhOCRUQHB
The passive mixed man-oriented and zonal block constantly left a lot of open space beside the pivot (James), which can be accessed indirectly (image 2 -by playing into the fullback and then into the middle) or directly into the half-space player (image 3). Thus, against
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Also, Everton played into Chelsea's hands by being passive for the most part and pressing with a -1 in the frontline. Wonder if Moyes could've been more aggressive considering Everton's last game was a weel ago whilst Chelsea played mid-week. https://t.co/WZNJ4As3I5
Chelsea tried a few things in this phase: 1) Images 1 and 2: Due to Everton's passivity and Barry having to essentially press at least 2/3 players, the Chelsea backline had enough time on the ball to find piercing passes to the space between the lines for Fernandez/Palmer.
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It was so clear against Everton that Maresca was trying to slow down the tempo to preserve energy as much as possible. Both in and out of possession. Think this clip is a good illustration of the former. https://t.co/5qNTE5xgX4
Tactical Analysis: Chelsea 2-0 Everton Blues beat Everton at the Bridge again. Thread
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Tactical Analysis: Chelsea 2-0 Everton Blues beat Everton at the Bridge again. Thread
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My previous Chelsea tactical analysis report 👇 https://t.co/syYA4CpUtq
Tactical Analysis Report: Bournemouth 0-0 Chelsea Stalemate at the Vitality as Chelsea 's dull display yields just a point. Thread.
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In the end, Chelsea were still the better team. Very important three points considering Chelsea's short and brief four-game winless run recently. As for the game, I thought Chelsea did quite well with the ball but was disappointed defensively. Cardiff away next.
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Compared to the first half, the early parts of the second were more transitional, which also led to a few chances for both teams on either end. Everton also continued creating from open play. Yet again, I thought they did well to create chances in the final third but just didn't
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Further, Everton pressed high with a -1 in the frontline, which also meant that Chelsea could find a spare man through short passes.
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Second Half: Everton created good chances in the second half but just lacked the cutting edge. Thought they were unlucky to not score even one goal. In the second half, Moyes maintained the structural elements of Everton's OOP approach, but now instructed them to press Chelsea
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The usage of advanced fullbacks (images 2 and 3) and late runs (image 1) were also not tracked by Chelsea, leading them to being played through from the wings. On the point of the fullbacks pushing up, I thought Everton looked especially threatening down the right flank with
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The passive mixed man-oriented and zonal block constantly left a lot of open space beside the pivot (James), which can be accessed indirectly (image 2 -by playing into the fullback and then into the middle) or directly into the half-space player (image 3). Thus, against
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Everton on-ball middle third / Chelsea's mid-block: Those who follow my posts regularly will be aware of my criticism of Chelsea's OOP approach in the middle third. So, you'll know what's about to come here. Again, I'm fine with Maresca wanting to conserve energy and so opting
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