- Jul 7, 2012
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The ball move faster than any player. If Aurier went to cover leaving the right attacker free, the ball will be pkated to the free player. If the free attacker went on to score you will blame Aurier for giving him a free run. In football, professional level, you don't just mark the attacker in the centre as an attacker is capable of scoring in all position facing the goal. That is why defence is a team effort and CM need to cover for defender as you cannot allow attackers space to attack the goal.
You're better off marking the threat in a central position than a wide one, you learn that early as it's the very basic principles of football. Serge should have come across earlier, it would have made more sense to allow the wide player to have a free shot as opposed to the striker.