Bayern Munich absolutely destroyed Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate on their way to the Champions League crown and it wasn’t just the result which simply demonstrated the dominance of one team over the other. It was a symbolic gesture of the type of football that is now needed to succeed in Europe. This type of football can be summed up in one word – balance. Bayern are the modern version of Sacchi’s AC Milan in that they have everything any team could ever wish for: attack, defence, transitions, set pieces, fitness. This team are quickly becoming every coach’s manual to base their training principles on. However, there is one particular aspect of their play which I would like to focus on in this article: their defence. Total Defending Total football is a phrase used to describe the movements of players when in the attacking phase of play, that is, when we have the ball. It is based on fluidity of positions, rotations and covering your teammates’ runs. In this way, players use the movements of their team mates for reference rather than zones on the pitch. However, total football is almost seldom used in reference to the defending phase of play…. Read full this story
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