mikeg13 wrote:
Thats true, but the downside for game is there is a way to beat it, as Cfc showed,
Chelsea's win didn't show that though did it?
If barca hadn't made chances it would have done - but barca missed 4 or 5 sitters, hit the woodwork 3 times and missed a penalty over the two legs.
And just a bit OPTA tactic info: in 2008 Spain averaged 27 passes per shot at goal, in this year's championships they averageg over 50 passes per shot.
Arsene knows
Spain do keep it simple, when they have the ball they play the way they are facing and pass it short and simple - each pass is simple, there are few Hollywood balls but the sum is more than it's parts - because they all make themselves available and all have the technical ability to receive the ball when marked and pass it off without bing takled.
When they lose it they press high up the pitch and crucially they press as one - this measn they get the ball straight back as the player in possession will play a percentage long ball which is mopped up by highly mobile defenders.
And so it starts again.
Never compromise possession - when you lose it, get it back.