 So if you get the drill that's fine, but all I want you to think about doing now is as soon as that ball comes in And I set it if the ball's slow I might wait. I'm just waiting. I've said it. Yeah, my midfielders with me Soon as you play it. I'm now losing him to go and support So it's got to be that quick. There's no point in a game Playing it slow Wait in because it's so easy to mark. Yeah So what do you want to do so soon as that comes in what you're looking for? Brilliant perfect. So it's got to be quick. You've got to lose your marker. Yeah, we're ready Let's go. I'm marking you now Good. Well done. Good Well done brilliant. That's a war and that's what I'm after The guys that gonna cross the ball Make sure from what area you're gonna cross it Yeah, if it's Let's say the ball is played through And you were sort of here These areas You just broke that line. Give me the ball Jake So you got a lot of space in front of you and let's assume This is sort of where you are from here to there. This is an early cross in between people run onto it. Yeah You get further like here Now and the space is getting a bit more less in between This can be a near post cross for somebody to run in Yeah, that's it Again if you go a bit here It still can be a near post cross, but it can also be a penalty spot cross or it can be a pullback if we get to here Again, we are back to the little flick on the back post. So hang up again, maybe a Near post if the run is good, but use the run to go to the back post or it's a pullback Foremost when we're receiving the ball in these areas these midfield areas, so the ball goes back into the big man Midfield players when they receive it if you can and only if you can try and avoid receiving it in central areas Lee allow that for your center forward players. I'll tell you why when you're receiving it either side of the center circle here If he's stopping it the ball being played into me he's going to fire the ball into one of my strikers If we receive the ball in these areas here two things once I break the line, so broke the line of the first block I'm in a position straight away where I can either create a 2v1 to try and score a goal here Okay, if it's not on and I go the other side all of a sudden on the big switch I get the opportunity to create the 2v1 on the other side Okay, once you're in these central areas here receiving and it's midfield players All of a sudden it's a big big ask for me to play the ball into my wide player and Then try and get beyond my wide playing try and get beyond their back line. Okay, if I Receive it here on the half turn Slightly wider. Okay. Now I could bring myself into play. I might want to overlap him to create that 2v1 The big man comes into play he might play a little give and go on a 1-2. So I'm the third man. All right, oh I might even at times when an underlap, which we'll talk about a little bit later Second thing you've got that don't get trapped switch to play Third thing is tempo. Give me the ball please keeps third thing is temple a couple of times Well, he's had time. He's had time. He's had time. He's had time when you've got time. All right Unless you do it quickly time if you see something oh Right nothing on Nothing on all of a sudden if you just go tip and then back back So you keep the tempo the picture changes tempo is a big thing and and Players if they're room with the ball Too slow on the ball stand on the ball. They delay the tempo and tempo is important All right, and that's what happened keep a stopped it looking looking the picture stays the same Stays the same then he tries a hard ball and it's easy because you're all set But keep it tempo. So if you've got time on the ball so when it comes like that Yeah, give me it back. Give me it back. That's it time on the ball. Yes tick tick Have you seen him when they do it the top level possession teams just go tick tick lend the ball get it back Remember one thing these two are moving the ball, right? And I have a player here behind me that I need to defend. Okay When I'm trying to press there don't go Pressing in a way that you're opening that right because in the end of the day You are defending your way the way for the ball into a goal, right? Yeah, so put in pressure is something secondary It's not it's not the main thing, right? The most important thing is that this one behind doesn't get the ball because if this one gets the ball How many players get out of play? to And if this one gets the ball and we are midfielder I know for how many players get out of play Four four, right? So that's why it's very important. So I Like your attitude because you go in and you want to win that ball back But every time you go if you go in a way that you don't think about the one in behind, right? It's getting the ball. So go and close them down Thinking about where he is so check constantly and adjust your run that these angle is never open for them For timing of your movements really important Also, if you're playing one center forward against two center backs If the ball's coming out on that side and I come down the line with the man on the ball there the ball and me coming It's easy for the defender. Okay, so I've either got to come way off from there Or I've got to come off from here now if I come off this center back and this kind of angle here with the ball there Does he want to follow me? If you as a center back, what are you worried about now if I come off here and he comes with me? All that space there, okay, which would be exploited during a game by somebody else So think about making sure you're coming off at angle Well done, can I just use you as an example here if you don't mind Just to say there was a moment turn. I'll give you the ball face the other goal That's just stated. That's fine. There's a moment where you had them like that when you get them like that Then you're trying to keep them going that way He got a chance to turn and get back round and look at you again Try if you've got them facing that goal turn around again If you've got them facing that way try and keep them going that way all the time You don't want them getting a chance to turn and play forward or beat you So try and make sure you stop them getting round and looking at you For example, I put the ball there you need to speak with this one To go there, okay, okay, because if he's here and you are coming here for example The fullback is there is completely alone and the other fullback has to leave his position. So the ball Is there or is there if he's there? He's coming alone. You can't go he can't go because if he goes The space is there if you are coming the space is behind you. Who should we go? That one okay, so you go in there go Then you here The other one more or less here and then the other winger there. So have you seen? two fourths But always one then is the opposite the ball is going there and This one is coming here that one should go there. You here The other one here and then the other winger there, okay? Stay here. Don't worry stay here The line well on well on well on well on well on well on well on greens well on greens Any poor pass leaves us very open, okay? If he has a man Ten yards the other side What would you do? Yes, but if they were marked What could you do with him? You can or get it back So you could use him so Yes, and again and Then play Because what will what will what will the opposition do? Yeah, he will probably come with him and then you can play the other side. Yeah, good. I Kind of work with the ball in three stages. So build-up one is in the defensive third build-up two in the middle third and break-through in the final third So today was build-up one. So the goalkeeper becomes your spare man You need the other players to have the trust in him with his feet So, you know, whenever he's got it if he can draw the player towards him Then there's going to be a spare player somewhere and then it's about finding that spare player So you can use other players as a bounce or the goalkeeper can actually play it there himself Or he plays over the pressure and you know plays into a spare man there as well as two centre backs and a defender As two centre backs and a defensive midfielder we have a 4v2 we have a diamond shape So we're always trying to create a triangle in that So we have a triangle here triangle there and you'll see the triangles throughout the pitch So you always have an option either side Good Hey Good Let's touch is Go and score go and score good Vegas That's when it's not on that's when it's not on. Yeah, I'll tell you why That's the type of space If he holds his position there, that's the one way it's right between the two reds Okay, if he comes off the line a little bit to receive That's the one I can get you in as an overlap because if he received the ball then it goes wide Play the ball into him go run around him By the time you've got there What's your thought by the time he's running around there? What's your thought he's in a position where he can cover it becomes a 2v2 All right getting position to get on the ball here as he's about to play the ball He'll pry a little bit of pressure. I just want you to run on the inside of him See what happens quick quick do it quick do it quick. Okay. See the difference now Even if he gets attracted to the ball, all right, and he deals with you. Where's your next pass? Okay, so make it happen. Give it me. I'm gonna do your job. I want you to do exact same movement. Okay Give me a bit of whiff like he was because he can't go round you Yeah, he's got to go underneath you apply the pressure and all you want you to do is run and then you make a decision. Okay Stop now then See we've attracted him. So where's your next pass? It can come back with me if you want but yeah, and then we can get an opportunity to create the overload on the other side All right. So when you're doing it and you switch in the play You're trying to turn every opportunity into an overload in your favor Well, it's a 2v1 or a 3v2 and by the time we've got two defenders on that side of the field We should have at least a 3v2 on the opposite side And it might be you're running with a ball or it might be a big switch or it might be one two And then we get the overload that makes sense. Yeah, that makes sense for you full backs as well Okay, it's a slightly off the line. Yes, go round them if they're touching the line right in between the center half and the and the full back