The Tactical Evolution Of Pep Guardiola | Pep Barca vs Bayern vs City | How Guardiola has changed |

Hello and welcome back to football. Meet Pep Guardiola. He is an elite coach. There is a silver in every club he has been in. He also has a distinctive and recognized style of play, known for possession football with an emphasis on attacking and high pressing. Does that mean he has used the same tactics at every club? Well, of course, not the principles remain the same, but the tactics vary from team to team and in this video we analyze them. It is important to note that in each of the seasons in the different clubs he used different tactics, but to avoid this video being too long, we will focus on the general principles that he applied in each club and specifically on the differences.

He showed a more detailed view of the variations within each club. the videos linked at the end of this training video him to Barcelona just as Manchester City opted for a 433 was to Bayern Munich this was slightly different with a 4-1 4-1 instead note that all players were He gave the same numbering scheme to make it easier to see how players in the same position operated differently within each team. Let's start with the builder game. This element is most similar among all the clubs he has managed so far when, without pressure, all three teams built with a fairly traditional defender in terms of shape, however, when the opponent looked to press high up, the central defenders often The full-backs were pushed further up.

The point of this was that it created more space in the midfield for them to operate, as well as more passing angles. One of the slight differences with this was at Manchester City, firstly, a change in the goal kick. The law before 2019-20 meant that the defender could now receive the first pass inside the 18-yard box, so City usually did this. This meant that the opposition, if they still wanted to pressure him, had to commit four men instead of the three in In the other scenarios, furthermore, in all three teams, the four pushed quite high in this phase to create more space in the middle. field, however, City had Edison, who comfortably took the longest and flattest goal kicks, meaning the ball behind was a genuine danger, esp.

With the pace of Saarne and Sterling, opposing defenses tended to drop further to mitigate this, which served to further increase the space in midfield. In the central regions the teams began to diverge more, so in all three cases the central defensive midfielder tended to leave the back three to rejoin the midfield with Barcelona's full-backs being a trigger for a lot of movement dani alves in particular es one of the best attacking full backs of all time and loves to roam around the top flanks so the pair playing to his strengths allowed him to often play as a right winger and this is where having the fourth line made the difference as , surprised, would drop into midfield, meaning the central space was vacated and the right winger could then push into the central forward position. was king during this time in La Liga, so creating this four-on-three in midfield allowed them to dominate the central regions of the board, plus it meant that the central midfielders could stay further down the pitch during this phase of play, but if the opponent was using a two-man front line, Busquets could still drop down to form a three-man defense and leave them out.

The numerical advantage had to be maintained in midfield, but for the most part, most teams used a man up front, so having a back was enough. This was different in Bavaria against 1431, instead of having four marauding defenders, they had two of the best ball-bearing backs in the world, so it encouraged them to get on the field alongside the only pivot who would free up the central midfielders to push. higher up in the defense. On the pitch, this was important as one of the central midfielders was Thomas Muller, who was being a great footballer, he is much better at creating danger up high rather than trying to dictate play from deep.

Tiago could often drop deep instead, wind was needed, which is important. Many teams were using the 43 one or four three three mini just a dedicated Ford, so the two man pact was enough to have the numerical advantage, plus with only one attacking midfield in this region, amantha, the opponents had to choose Whether to go wide or push At Manchester City he initially tried to implement a similar system with the two full-backs reversing to play alongside Fernandina, instructed by the fact that their four full-backs were aging and had trouble running up and down the pitch, without However, he quickly realized that there were more teams in the UK that tended to operate with two-man front lines, so central defenders could potentially be under pressure in these regions, so he quickly reverted to a three-man defenders in the build-up with the right-back forming the third centre-back, this was also due to the fact that Mende was constantly injured and his two substitutes, Dolph and Zinchenko, were naturally midfielders, so his strengths were reversed rather than a walker. , this also meant that their central midfielders, who are originally attacking midfielders, could push high into their natural regions higher up while still having the security of the double pivot behind them, but during times when they still needed a three-midfielder . maybe the trip number is the opponent, it's the player who falls on the second line or Silva stays high now let's move further up the field to see even more differences with Barcelona, ​​their most elite players were in the center and they often kept men open to try to expand. the opponent's backline to create more space in the center that will come back to you, the wide men push the full backs out and when either of the midfielders had the ball, the wide men looked to make direct runs towards the Fox to Much of the wingers' impact was without the ball, instead they made the difference with their movement and when they received the ball, depending on the situation, they often went straight for the goal, however, with the arrival of Messi and the other midfielders, seem to have high quality cutting in for finishing as well, but as we mentioned, they like to use to open the central times and Messi and Iniesta from above did this on the right, they can often be seen moved to join Pedro or to overloading one flank, forcing the opponent to compensate and thus leaving space for others in the center of the left, they become discouraged and tend to overlap rather than stay narrow, which is why Iniesta often pushed outwards to join the winger or and when The winger made his central run, he did it to take on the full-back. away from him to find space if the winger followed crucially when Shravan Iniesta had the ball his main role was to pass passes up the pitch for the Fords to finish off Bayan his goal was different his best players were the wide men Robin and ribéry , so they didn't want them to do damage with movement without the ball like Bossa, but rather they wanted them on the ball to make the difference, so inverted full-backs meant opposing wingers were often positioned in the center instead of bending to the winger, so the win was often isolated one on one with the opponent one on one, the wingers would be the most men to force their way into the box for a shooting opportunity, but more commonly They go to beat the man, then attack the back line and then Bayan overload the box and have physical presences like Levin Dusky and Muller to finish the move, so aerial crosses instead of cuts were a big factor, but the Thiago and Malarky's roles Thiago often spends more time dropping the ball to become the playmaker, but Muller of These Central Regions knew that Dan Levin Darky attracted attention and took the opportunity to enter the area without scoring too much. frequency to score at Citi.

The half-spaces were the focus of attacks and City pushed their free eighths up to try to outnumber opponents in the final quarter. He saw the potential of having two elite creators here combined with two of the fastest wingers who had eyes for goal, so unlike Ed Bian, the goal was not necessarily to isolate the winger against the back-up, but to provide him with support. when the side moved. For the midfielder, both Silva and De Brunner would pass the ball here so that the winger could look for the cut or with a war falling and taking the center backs they had space to cross to the teammate there for a tap-in and often opt for the alternative of the golden tsar on the right, particularly when the full-back was stuck with the winner, the bored ones often dropped back to clear the grid for the first time, the cross often ending so differently to the previous two clubs that the Central midfielders tended to operate on the wings more frequently and the configuration of the three teams playing in their defensive phases is possession king in Spain, so the four against three in the central areas plus the high three meant that it could be launching a quick counterpress before the opponent got caught up in his passing sequence. in Germany the opponents attack hard and fast on the counterattack they said that the inverted kicks help in the main pivot they build the central attack and move to stop any counterattack white will still keep it in the center in England many teams look to go further So Therefore, keeping the central right back, particularly one as physical as Walker, means they have an extra spare man and are more likely to deal with the second ball - as a result, three different teams who achieved success in different ways, but What do you enjoy about each one? team and what else did you notice, don't forget to check out the videos linked at the end of this but an in depth look at each team as not everything was covered in this video, if you enjoyed it please like and share it.

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