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http://www.thetottenhamway.com/2014...-detailed-tactical-analysis-spurs-6-1-celtic/
Not much focus on the actual game itself, only got to view it once due to it not being shown on TV and lack of people indulging in illegal activity
Enjoy, nonetheless.
Spurs travelled to Helsinki without Falque (he’s gone to Genoa) & Ceballos and with three strikers, meaning Kane was given the chance to shine in a deeper role against Celtic. Capoue was handed another start and it’s looking increasingly likely that the Frenchman will be in Pochettino’s first competitive line-up for Spurs at West Ham in two weeks’ time.
In Attack: Short Passing Options and Vertical runs
A Pochettino team presses high up the pitch, not only to win the ball back higher up the pitch and recover the ball further from our goal, but also to aid the transition from defence to attack. The player who initiates the pressing, who pressures the opposition player on the ball, knows that he has at least two or three teammates in support, so that if the ball is recovered, he should have at least two to three short passing lanes open to him, with the options of a longer pass created by the wide players or other supporting teammates.
This attack was built around short passing options and aggressive vertical runs from wide and central areas to stretch and cause panic amongst the opposition defence. The ball was eventually given to Holtby who was able to exploit the space created due to the three defenders being attracted towards the ball because of Capoue’s vertical run.
Kane played a deeper role in this game and usually presented himself as an option for a one-two or pulled off the centre backs inside the box, as we saw for the opening goal. This allowed Soldado to remain as the spearhead of the attack and ensured the Spaniard didn’t drop too deep, into areas already being occupied by Kane. Soldado therefore had the space and freedom to keep himself between the oppositions CBs and full backs and eventually present himself as an option for a pass from Holtby for the second goal. Soldado still looks a little short of confidence and you could see he was not pleased with his goal as he hit it off the rebound from another shot of his which was saved by Gordon.
The high press is just another method of trying to launch an attack; the players react to pre-set pressing triggers in an attempt to win the ball back in an area where we can create an organised and rapid attack from the opponents half. If the player who has just recovered the ball does not have an immediate, clear set of short passing options than his teammates have failed to position themselves properly in support of their teammate. We’ve scored many of our goals this pre-season by recovering the ball in the opposition half and having a number or passes available to the player due to the vertical runs of their teammates.
Below is an example from our game vs Toronto: Holtby pressed a player who was facing his own goal and in response Townsend, Falque & Kane made vertical runs in between the spaces in the opposition defence to stretch and confuse them. Holtby also had to make the vertical run to create a four-on-three situation and overload the Toronto defence. This meant that both the Toronto CBs had two players running at them in central areas and with a large amount of space behind them.
The Second Half
The second half saw Adebayor, Bentaleb and Sandro play their first minutes under Pochettino, as well as camoes for youngsters Fredericks and Veljkovic.
Bentaleb seemed to pick up where he left off last season, always composed and available on the ball and presenting himself as a much more mobile foil to Capoue or Sandro. He didn’t show off as wide a passing range as Mason but did show off his impressive physical presence considering his tender 19 years of age. Considering the fitness issues of his competitors in Sandro, Dembele & Paulinho, Bentaleb presented a strong case to start against Schalke and West Ham in the near future.
Adebayor was clearly showing that this was his first pre-season game and more-or-less drifted through the game, though he did grow into the second half with some energetic dribbling and ultimately scoring his penalty for our sixth goal.
Sandro, Veljkovic and Fredericks had little impact when they came on, though they were all brought on with less than 15 minutes left with the score at 4-1. Lamela is proving himself to be a vital player for Poch’s system next season and his presence is forever growing on the pitch. When Eriksen is roaming, Lamlea drops to midfield and has shown himself to be a vital advanced pivot in helping move the ball into the feet of the likes of Eriksen whilst making his own composed yet penetrating dribbling runs towards the opposition defence.
Throughout this pre-season, Lamela has peppered the opposition goal with some accurate long-mid range strikes and his dribbling is vital in creating space for his attacking colleagues and I have no doubt, fitness permitting, that he will start vs West Ham. His deflected long range effort rounded off another encouraging performance from our young Argentinian.
With one big game left against Schalke, our boys are looking raring to go, though with one game left it will be interesting to see how Poch handles the likes of Vertonghen, Dembele, Paulinho and Lloris. Naturally you would expect to see most of them start against West Ham so they can regain what fitness they have for tougher tests ahead. The absence of Chiriches throughout this pre-season has been worrying to say the least and will do nothing to cool reports that he is not rated highly by Pochettino.
Saying that, we still have a very young and strong squad which is refreshingly looking like a well-trained and organised machine going into the new season. COYS!
Not much focus on the actual game itself, only got to view it once due to it not being shown on TV and lack of people indulging in illegal activity
Enjoy, nonetheless.
Spurs travelled to Helsinki without Falque (he’s gone to Genoa) & Ceballos and with three strikers, meaning Kane was given the chance to shine in a deeper role against Celtic. Capoue was handed another start and it’s looking increasingly likely that the Frenchman will be in Pochettino’s first competitive line-up for Spurs at West Ham in two weeks’ time.
In Attack: Short Passing Options and Vertical runs
A Pochettino team presses high up the pitch, not only to win the ball back higher up the pitch and recover the ball further from our goal, but also to aid the transition from defence to attack. The player who initiates the pressing, who pressures the opposition player on the ball, knows that he has at least two or three teammates in support, so that if the ball is recovered, he should have at least two to three short passing lanes open to him, with the options of a longer pass created by the wide players or other supporting teammates.
This attack was built around short passing options and aggressive vertical runs from wide and central areas to stretch and cause panic amongst the opposition defence. The ball was eventually given to Holtby who was able to exploit the space created due to the three defenders being attracted towards the ball because of Capoue’s vertical run.
Kane played a deeper role in this game and usually presented himself as an option for a one-two or pulled off the centre backs inside the box, as we saw for the opening goal. This allowed Soldado to remain as the spearhead of the attack and ensured the Spaniard didn’t drop too deep, into areas already being occupied by Kane. Soldado therefore had the space and freedom to keep himself between the oppositions CBs and full backs and eventually present himself as an option for a pass from Holtby for the second goal. Soldado still looks a little short of confidence and you could see he was not pleased with his goal as he hit it off the rebound from another shot of his which was saved by Gordon.
The high press is just another method of trying to launch an attack; the players react to pre-set pressing triggers in an attempt to win the ball back in an area where we can create an organised and rapid attack from the opponents half. If the player who has just recovered the ball does not have an immediate, clear set of short passing options than his teammates have failed to position themselves properly in support of their teammate. We’ve scored many of our goals this pre-season by recovering the ball in the opposition half and having a number or passes available to the player due to the vertical runs of their teammates.
Below is an example from our game vs Toronto: Holtby pressed a player who was facing his own goal and in response Townsend, Falque & Kane made vertical runs in between the spaces in the opposition defence to stretch and confuse them. Holtby also had to make the vertical run to create a four-on-three situation and overload the Toronto defence. This meant that both the Toronto CBs had two players running at them in central areas and with a large amount of space behind them.
The Second Half
The second half saw Adebayor, Bentaleb and Sandro play their first minutes under Pochettino, as well as camoes for youngsters Fredericks and Veljkovic.
Bentaleb seemed to pick up where he left off last season, always composed and available on the ball and presenting himself as a much more mobile foil to Capoue or Sandro. He didn’t show off as wide a passing range as Mason but did show off his impressive physical presence considering his tender 19 years of age. Considering the fitness issues of his competitors in Sandro, Dembele & Paulinho, Bentaleb presented a strong case to start against Schalke and West Ham in the near future.
Adebayor was clearly showing that this was his first pre-season game and more-or-less drifted through the game, though he did grow into the second half with some energetic dribbling and ultimately scoring his penalty for our sixth goal.
Sandro, Veljkovic and Fredericks had little impact when they came on, though they were all brought on with less than 15 minutes left with the score at 4-1. Lamela is proving himself to be a vital player for Poch’s system next season and his presence is forever growing on the pitch. When Eriksen is roaming, Lamlea drops to midfield and has shown himself to be a vital advanced pivot in helping move the ball into the feet of the likes of Eriksen whilst making his own composed yet penetrating dribbling runs towards the opposition defence.
Throughout this pre-season, Lamela has peppered the opposition goal with some accurate long-mid range strikes and his dribbling is vital in creating space for his attacking colleagues and I have no doubt, fitness permitting, that he will start vs West Ham. His deflected long range effort rounded off another encouraging performance from our young Argentinian.
With one big game left against Schalke, our boys are looking raring to go, though with one game left it will be interesting to see how Poch handles the likes of Vertonghen, Dembele, Paulinho and Lloris. Naturally you would expect to see most of them start against West Ham so they can regain what fitness they have for tougher tests ahead. The absence of Chiriches throughout this pre-season has been worrying to say the least and will do nothing to cool reports that he is not rated highly by Pochettino.
Saying that, we still have a very young and strong squad which is refreshingly looking like a well-trained and organised machine going into the new season. COYS!
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