Man City 'Stills' - YiannisTsala.pdf
- 1. @YiannisTsala Manchester City The final stretch Tactical Stills from the final 20 matches From the 2021-2020 Campaign 2021 2020 Premier League Champions
- 2. @YiannisTsala Strategy refers to positional affordances on the field, this is not to be confused with positions or positional play, but more so how a coach chooses to divide zones on the field and what values you attribute to these zones. This plays a vital role in individual, group and collective referencing as well as principle development within your desired style of play. Moreover, the question of how these zonal values vary when playing with or against the ball as well as during transition moments of the game. For example what value is given to the flanks vs the center of the pitch during transitions, when pressing, or when deciding the ideal zones to occupy or to arrive in during positional attacks.
- 3. @YiannisTsala When they play compact and we change positions, they will just stay in their defensive positions. They will pick the attacker up only at the moment the ball can be played. At least when it is a good opponent, against weaker teams positional changes may be an option to break the defense. I, however, believe that a player should be able to operate from his position. This position is, however, not bound to a line. The position is about areas in which a player should and must play. -Louis Van Gaal @YiannisTsala
- 4. W FB 8 Right side W FB 8 Left side W FB 8 Right side W FB 8 Left side The greater the number of such mini-models in the teams arsenal, the faster and more unexpectedly they vary within the framework of the game model chosen for a match in general and taking into account the characteristics of the opponent in particular. - Valeriy Lobanovskyi @YiannisTsala
- 5. @YiannisTsala Underneath Off-ball support Principles last line press 1st line press 2nd line press Alongside Off the front 3rd Player In behind Width
- 6. @YiannisTsala ADAPTIVE TRIANGLES Ball Side Far Side
- 7. @YiannisTsala Sterling KDB Dias Zincheko Dinho Jesus Foden Stones Mahrez Ederson GW 38 W 5-0 Walker
- 8. @YiannisTsala Foden Gundo Dias Zincheko Rodri Silva Torres Stones Mahrez Cancelo GW 37 L 2-3 Ederson
- 9. @YiannisTsala Sterling Cancelo Garcia Ake Rodri Silva Gundo Jesus Ederson Torres Walker GW 36 W 4-3
- 10. @YiannisTsala Sterling Cancelo Laporte Ake Rodri Jesus Aguero Mendy Ederson Torres Dias GW 35 L 2-1
- 11. @YiannisTsala Sterling Cancelo Laporte Ake Rodri Jesus Aguero Mendy Ederson Torres Dinho GW 34 W 2-0
- 16. @YiannisTsala KDB Silva Mahrez Walker Laporte Dias Zinchecko Foden Fernandinho Ederson Gundo GW 20 W 5-2
- 19. @YiannisTsala Aguero KDB Torres Gundo Zinchencko Dias Walker Stones Mahrez Dinho Ederson GW 17 W 2-1
- 22. @YiannisTsala @YiannisTsala GW 14 W 3-0 Jesus Silva Sterling Gundo Zinchencko Laporte Cancelo Stones Foden Rodri Ederson
- 24. @YiannisTsala GW 12 W 2-0 Silva Mahrez Jesus Gundo Stone Laporte Cancelo Dias Sterling Rodri Ederson
- 27. @YiannisTsala As always with all learning and reflections do not overly identify with it as all models are wrong, they are imperfect, oversimplified versions of reality, only reality is reality. Or better as Chung-Tzu put it The perfect person employs thier mind as a mirror; it grasps nothing; it refuses nothing; it receives, but does not keep. Yiannis Tsala