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Iraq stifled Norway’s 3 2 buildup via a 5-man block, isolating Ødegaard & Berge. Solution? Aggressive high pressing to punish Iraq’s limited buildup quality (led to 2nd goal), 1v1 isolation for Nusa, or direct play to Haaland/Sørloth. Iraq targeting Ajer was also key.
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FRANCE'S GOAL |
On France's goal, Senegal's line breaks. Niakhaté steps up, leaving a gap behind. Mbappé exploits it with a sharp run, latching onto Olise's brilliant through ball. Punished instantly.
Analysis using @CAlibeyogullari's tactical board. Thanks.
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Senegal's Dynamic 4-4-2
Senegal defends in a compact 4-4-2. Stars get lost between the lines. When they drop deep to buildup, they face tight 1v1 pressure. The front 4-2 shifts horizontally when wide, with great defensive rotations on the flanks against France. Elite setup.
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The Inverse Runs of Saudi Defenders and Uruguay's Marking Dilemma |
Analyzing Saudi's goal & the 2 corners leading to it:"
1)Saudi's corners starred Kanno & Alamri. Stacked vertically, Kanno dragged the lone marker near-post. Alamri's inverse run left him free to shoot. 🧵
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Goal moment: Altambakti joins Kanno & Alamri in the vertical stack, marked by 3 Uruguayans. Roles swap—Alamri & Altambakti drag markers near-post, freeing Kanno at the back-post. Confused Uruguay concedes: Kanno’s header is saved, but Alamri reacts fast to finish it!
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In these 3 consecutive corners, Saudi repeated the scheme and kept confusing Uruguay’s defense. Alamri was the absolute MVP in all of them:
1st corner: Alamri shoots, Muslera saves.
2nd corner: Alamri heads it down to the 6-yard box.
3rd corner: Alamri scores the goal
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Jun 15
BELGIUM-EGYPT | FIRST HALF |
We discussed Belgium before, but what did Egypt do? Belgium relies on players who receive in advanced areas, turn and attack. Egypt applied tight 1v1 pressure whenever they dropped deep to build up, successfully forcing Belgium's play out wide.
Jun 9
Belgium aren’t favourites anymore — and that may help them.
Let’s see what they showed in their last match vs Tunisia.
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1) 1 box and 2 triangles|
In settled possesion,Belgium formed a box midfield in back,with fullbacks pushing up to form triangles wide.
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Jun 15
When the ball reached the left flank, Egypt aimed to corner Doku by defending that area with 3 men, and succeeded. In a part of the match, Doku swapped positions with Trossard and played by being more involved in the half-space.
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SPAIN-CAPO VERDE | FIRST HALF |
In possession, Spain formed 3 triangles out wide & central. Oyarzabal roamed free; Pedri & Ruiz took the half-spaces, Torres & Gavi stayed wide. Rodri joined CBs for build-up. Facing Cape Verde’s 4-5-1, Pedri & Fabian dropped deep to sustain it
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Ivory Coast and Ecuador share highly similar pressing structures during opposition goal kicks.
In a 4-4-2 shape, both sides adapt to the opponent's 6-man build-up by committing 6 players to high press. This aggressively triggers a 6v6 situation deep in the opposition half.
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Jun 14
We also saw that Netherlands' second goal came from the 1v1s we mentioned at the end of the first half.
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Netherlands 3 1: VVD-VdV-VH De Jong. Gakpo-Summerville wide for 1v1s. Dumfries-Reijnders in half-spaces. Gravenberch drifts right for a triangle with Summerville-Dumfries. Japan drops into 5-4-1 low block to match that right side 3v3.
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Jun 14
This is exactly what I was talking about here, I forgot to add the photo.
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Netherlands-Japan| FIRST HALF|
We talked about Japan: wide CBs pushing up, an out of possession pentagon, and lethal WBs in transitions. This game, LCB Ito acts as a LB to create a 1 overload against Netherlands' back 5. RCB Watanabe drops deeper, Kamada builds up.
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Netherlands-Japan| FIRST HALF|
We talked about Japan: wide CBs pushing up, an out of possession pentagon, and lethal WBs in transitions. This game, LCB Ito acts as a LB to create a 1 overload against Netherlands' back 5. RCB Watanabe drops deeper, Kamada builds up.
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Jun 11
Japan: The Ultimate Dark Horse
Analysing why Japan can hurt any team.
Japan VS England & Scotland
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Netherlands 3 1: VVD-VdV-VH De Jong. Gakpo-Summerville wide for 1v1s. Dumfries-Reijnders in half-spaces. Gravenberch drifts right for a triangle with Summerville-Dumfries. Japan drops into 5-4-1 low block to match that right side 3v3.
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How Germany Manipulated Space for the 4th Goal |
Curaçao deep in 5-man low block vs Germany’s 3-2-5. Brown moves into pivot, Nmecha in right half-space.Havertz drags CB just 1 step deep to create space. Musiala attacks the gap. Great pass Kimmich, top goal. 🔥
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How Australia Used Their Giant CBs on Corners Against Turkey? |
AUS aimed to draw Turkey to 6-yd box & hit backpost 1v1s. 3 AUS drew 5 Turks to 6-yd box; Okon-Engstler stayed on edge for 2nd balls. Giant CBs:Souttar(1.98m), Burgess(1.94m), Circati(1.90m) went up for 1v1s.
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JonyBall retweeted
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Türkiye are a very talented team with quality throughout the squad. They are very dangerous when given space, but can struggle against deep defenses. Their aggressive press can also leave them exposed to counterattacks and defensive weaknesses.
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I've analyzed Turkey before; they’ve changed nothing. Australia meets them in a 5-4-1 mid-block, while Turkey builds up in a 3 1. Turkey is struggling, restricted only to long shots because Australia has closed all spaces.
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What can we expect from Türkiye in this World Cup?Can they make a surprise after 24 years?
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To fix this, Turkey needs 1v1 specialists in tight areas, so Kenan Yıldız should sub in. On the right, Arda must hug the touchline with Zeki Çelik moving into the half-space or center, allowing Arda to get more touches instead of getting lost between the lines."
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