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Help with defending

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nedim_3

17 years ago

1 year ago

19 Aug 2014 11:58:14

I have a slight problem with defending. I usually like my teams to play hard to beat and prefer winning 1-0 over 4-1, but I can't seem to fix one problem with my defence. I play with four at the back and I don't like how my full backs play. For example, opponent player has the ball at the centre of the pitch, maybe 30 yards out. Now their winger or a full back is running at my defender and I can tell that he is going to play a through ball behind his back, but my full back just fail to pick up that run and they get clear on the goal. And it has happened a million times, I have a feeling that every goal I concede is from that kind of play. I've tried to experiment with roles of my full backs but nothing seems to work so if anyone has some kind of advice I would be most grateful.

HellMunn666

11 years ago

6 years ago

01 Sep 2014 16:53:45

mmmm, tricky. might need a lot of training

eg positional training, be good at decisions and anticipation needs to be really good so he can read the game, maybe a lot of defensive tactical work for the team, sometimes its not so much the full back thats at fault but the decision making and determination of the anchor men, their ability to close down the players who can split defences

maybe try looking two or 3 passes prior to the problem and see if you can snuff it higher up the pitch, maybe get a defensive winger or wide midfielder who wont leave the full backs exposed

plus covering the central defence is vital otherwise defenders get pulled everywhere

i sometimes feel too much man marking is an issue as they follow players without much thought of reading the game, so i tend to have at least one center half on zonal, so he can float about like a sweeper, but again, he needs to be excellent at reading the game

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