Having a keeper that's good with the ball in his feet and can advance to play as a defender is almost crucial for teams that want to control and build up play from the back on the ground keeping the ball, because it basically just allows you to have an extra man on the pitch, an extra free pass and you gain a man advantage that can help beat the press, or for keepers like Alisson and Ederson and Onanna, maybe even they be the creaters themselves
Whereas keepers such as De Gea who aren't as good with the ball at their feet can be a liability in systems where the keeper is required to complete that role as they can lose possession or lose team mate's trust in his ball playing ability may lead them to make riskier decisions when going back to the keeper is the safer option
Great points both really. But i want to add: dont foget about the sweeping aspect... Look at Ter Stegen just before the last goal of Barcelonas famous comeback or Neuers insane performance vs algeria 2014. (Prime Neuer also insane in build up)
@@jhplayz298 Honestly even as a Liverpool fan, it's hard to see a top GK like De Gea losing his career pretty much at Prime age because the game is developing beyond his style. This guy was the best player on the pitch for his team for years!!
I’d recommend tactical breakdowns of players. Tifo IRL do them. Their most topical videos of this type right now are ’why is Declan rice perfect for arsenal’ and ‘why Chelsea need Caicedo’. Also gives you concise insight into how teams use data to evaluate players and who they should buy/sell. Statman Dave is another good channel as well as Pythagoras boots. Enjoying the vids bud.
Side note here but as someone who's been watching you for the last 6 months give or take, it's great too see how much healthier you look now! It's really been a journey, congratulations on learning so much and coming so far.
Watch highlights of Neuer, one the best 'sweeper' keeper of all time... Guardiola once said he was tempted to put Neuer in midfield due to his good vision and passing ability. The 2 Brazilian keepers of Alisson and Ederson are also good on their feet. Alisson even has 3 assists in the Premier League.
@@MegasCaesar Alisson might be a worse dribbler than Ederson and Neuer but it is unfair to say he's poor on the ball.... Liverpool's high line was exposed countless times last season and he saved our asses
Regarding the GK outside the box, that would only happen during ball possession, when the opponent has possession he would be closer to his line. One of Cruijff's famous quotes is "when we have the ball, the opponent can't score" therefore having your goalie outside his box or at the edge of his box when you have possession is a benefit. He can close the distance between him and the defenders which makes for a shorter distance of passing, which most of the time results in more accurate passes and you would be able to distribute the ball quicker from foot to foot. In a sense you create an 11th field player in this way at the back to break the press of the opponent. But Cruijff had so many ideas regarding retaining the ball and keeping possession, of which some were very controversial to say the least haha. His legendary assistant Tony Bruin-Slot once prohibited Cruijff from playing without a GK, Cruijff thought it to be a waste of the extra player on the ball he would prefer to put some gloves on a rather tall defender who could play as a GK when the opponent had possession but step in as a central defender when in possession. In the Netherlands the common consensus is that we're happy with Bruin-Slot's intervention since that idea could've made a bit of a joke of Cruijff.
If you want to press the opponent in their half, you need your defensive line to push up near the half way line. Now you are vulnerable to a long ball over the top of your defence for pacey strikers to run on to. So you need pacey defenders and a goalkeeper who dares to come out of the box IF he thinks he can intercept it.
If you have an attacking line pressing you aggressively when your defence have the ball, then having a keeper who can come out and receive the ball gives you an extra option, and it is a godsend. They can also help with starting attacks.
3:30 it depends on how you defend, usually CB are not the fastest players regardless, of course it does help if they are good at short sprints in every system you use to defend, but if you defend deep and counterattack, your CB don't need to be that fast, same thing goes for the CDM or the Regista in front of the defence, in fact some of the best of all time in that position were and still are, not that fast at all. It is better to have the LB or RB to be fast, because they are the one that need to track back the most, and they also might need to be the ones to run the entire field to be able to help the attack.
You can have a fast defeder to close spaces...or a defender that know how to position himself correctly so he doesnt need to run to cover a position. Some great defenders arent that fast, but a good sense of positioning helps alot. The goalkeepre outside of the box helps to play the ball, and also can in emergency situations close gaps with his speed (play with the feet). A classic example was Rene (El Loco, Wildman) Higuita.
Hey, Luke. There's a video by The Purist Football called "The Barcelona ‘Pivot’". It goes into more detail about the importance of the defensive midfielder in this system as it is the central node connecting the triangles. I think you will like it.
Having the keeper outside of the box allows for an escape route when you press are pressed with a high defensive line. If your defenders are around the midfield line, and they lose possession from a pressing, then a fast striker can get into a one on one situation with the keeper, which is bad. But if the keeper is out of the box and at passing range for the defenders, they know they can always rely on him to escape pressure. The only drawback is long range shots over his head but realistically, a shot from that kind of range will slow down a lot before reaching the goal and the keeper will be able to catchup if he runs back as long as he doesn't overextand too much. I would recommand watching the women champions league final OL vs Barcelona, it's available on RUclips and they use the keeper to relieve pressure a lot.
Ppl here are talking about GK playing from the back, but what he says in that part of the video is about the keeper going out in defensive situations, not with the ball. That happens when you press high with a compact block (the general correct thing to do in any defensive block that every top team does). When the block is high and compact you leave a lot of spaces behind for through balls and runs from the opposing striker, since the CB have to push high to keep the block compact and win loose balls which, if the press is right, will happen in the opposing teams half. And can also count with the offside line to make the runs behind less likely. In these situations the keeper can't stay under the goal because it will be easy for the striker to score if he receives behind the CBs in a counter, so the keeper has to play as a sweeper to defend against these situations using the advantage of the difference between the place the strikes has to make te run, from the front of the CBs because of the offside, and where he will receive which will be far in their own half, since the ball will mostly go long in those situations. If the sweeper keeper is positioned right (along with the rest of the team) he will have the advantage to intercept this kinds of passes. And in a really high press this is actually the only thing you can do to defend these situations, so it's actually mandatory. If you don't have a keeper capable to do that you better not press that high
Good video. Pep's or Johan's styles are great and sound logical BUT, it will only work if you have the right kind of players. You need players who are very confortable with the ball and who always ask for the ball. Because pass, reception and great understanding of the game are the basics their kind of player must have. That is why Bringing Haaland seemed a bit Off in a Guardiola Team. You'd think the way he plays fits more Ancelotti or Klopp styles than Pep or Ten Hag
Haaland doesn't really fit Klopp's style either. Whilst he would undoubtedly improve Liverpool and synergies well with crosses from Robbo & Trent, Klopp is almost obsessed with strikers who are good passers and have good vision (eg- Firmino & Gakpo) Buying Nuñez was a departure from that but despite being a poor goalscoring threat compared to Haaland, Nuñez still fits in Klopp's gegenpressing philosophy by running endlessly, helping the defence and creating chaos in the box which leads to chances for Mo, Diaz, etc...
One tactical reason for having a goalkeeper out of his area is because the downside of a high defensive line is that one pacey striker, with a good long ball, can beat the offside and be instantly one on one with the goalkeeper. So if the goalkeeper is out of his box, he can judge the trajectory of those passes and get to them before the striker, clear it for a throw-in and eliminate the danger. The risk is, of course, if your goalie doesn't read the flight of the ball correctly, or is not confident in possession - then that is a disaster waiting to happen.😂 It also gives your defender another passing option if they are being pressed themselves by the opposition.
Coaches have their philosophies but they can only be executed if you have the right players. So you buy these players....or you adapt your tactics to the players you have. A great coach knows how and when to adapt.
A great example is Tony Pulis. Obviously he had his system at Stoke, but when he joined Palace his striker was Dwight Gayle, and he had Zaha and Bolasie on the flanks, so he pivoted to a system focused on countering with dribbling extremely quickly. It worked, kept us up, we were expecting hoofball but we got some very slick counter-attacking football.
Onanas signing for united will show why a ballplaying goalkeeper is important. For building up from the back, and especially in a really offensive formation like 3-2-5 or 3-1-6, having that extra passing option makes breaking through press and keeping the ball so much easier. It easily makes up for the few times it goes wrong, but you need a gk thats extremely secure and skilled with his feet.
Having a GK playing around his box is crucial when you want to keep possession and the other team is pressing high. They can pass it to the defenders easier, kick it long if needed and are generally at less risk of conceding a goal when taking a heavy touch farther from the goal.
I'll try to explain the position of the free goalkeeper; Meanwhile, familiarize yourself with the concept of short square versus long square. If your players have good feet but little stamina, you should play long, with pawns placed more widely, you cover more of the field, tiring yourself less but, on the other hand, long passes are more risky and therefore it is more difficult to keep possession but at the same time At the same time, attempting forward throws can happen that you manage to serve one of your attackers free from marking and therefore it is a strategy that leaves you some chances of victory even if from the stands the sensation is that your team is subjected to territorial domination. If, on the other hand, you have good players with good stamina, you should play short; It means that all departments remain slightly tighter around the fulcrum of the game (the ball) facilitating short passes in the construction phase and speeding up the transition to pressing when you lose the ball. Playing short also means that the attackers have to get down in defense and start pressing on the carriers and likewise when you attack they all have to go up a little more. From this point of view, the goalkeeper is no exception because if your last defenders go up to pass halfway there would be too much gap between them and the goalkeeper stationary in the small area, in the event that you lose the ball, the opponents would have an easy counterattack available simply by throwing the ball back in the middle of your metacampo and two or three attackers who win the sprint would find themselves alone against the goalkeeper, a sure goal. With the advanced goalkeeper you thwart most of these raises because your goalkeeper would find himself early, at worst it is enough for him to sweep it out while if the opponents want to build an organized attack he has plenty of time to return. The risk that scares you is that of scoring into an empty net with the goalkeeper forward and the long ball. Obviously, it happened and in the YT videos you watch it seems even frequent (Just think of Ibrahimovic's wonderful bicycle kick) but in reality it's almost impossible to hit the goal from midfield so the risk is minimal. Then, as the end of the game is approaching, it is obvious that the trailing team is willing to risk something more since in many cases losing 1-0 is no different than losing 2-0 so you often try to push to increase the your possibility of a draw up to even bringing the whole team into the area during a corner, including the goalkeeper.
5:20 just look at the Champions League final, both Inter and City did this constantly, having the ability to have an extra player that can pass the ball, is going to immediatly create a numerical advantage on the opposition, and it can free up players to get higher on the pitch, creating, once again, a numerical advantage on the opposition (Bastoni of Inter, was that man that is sually going foreward, for example)....that is why Andre Onana was sold for 60 million to United yesterday, not because he is the best at saving his goal, but because he is one, if not the best , along with Ederson (from City) with the ball at his feet.
Edwin van der Sar was a sweaperkeeper from the Ajax youth. In the Ajax youth, keepers are also trained to play football with their feets. Andre Onana was a perfect keeper for the Ajax system.
One thing my coaches taught me when I was kid is that they forced us to play in 2 or 3 touches maximum, we couldn't play long runs (when possible, because if you have space to attack and no one to pass then you could play a long run). The second thing is that we must always make the passes low (I mean, the ball had to be in contact with the floor so it's easier for our teammate to control it than if it went flying through the air). And the last and most important thing, the passes must be always in diagonal or straight forward, the most forbidden thing we had was an horizontal pass because if the defense catches the ball those two players will be left behind. (Sorry because my english is poor as fak xd) I was trained by Rexach, Rife and Asensi in an academy, those are old barça players who played with Cruyff as footballer. Rexach is a very important name in the history of FC Barcelona for a lot of reasons but the main is because he was the guy who signed Messi after watching him play 2 minutes.
i would also suggest Jordi Cruyff's coaches voice video on his experience at Manchester United after this, the 2 videos makes a fun combo to see the cultural and style variation Jordi Cruyff experienced between the 2 clubs stints
5:36 The ideal case for any coach is when his team is in the construction, attack or defense area to have the numerical advantage if the goalkeeper does not participate the team will lose a player in the case of construction and the numerical advantage is for the opposing team
I suggest you to check out real life applications of these tactics on the field of some teams like Barcelona-Liverpool- Man City, without much explanations on it , just you observing it yourself to see how the players are moving and positioning themselves, how their keepers are getting involved in the game,etc. On the contrast check out fail compilation of David de gea (ex-Man United GK, who was a great stopper but he footwork with the ball costed his team so much throughout the years, by that you'll understand the importance of GK which are in demand now) i think that will help you very much😊
Having a keeper that is good with the feet is key because if you need possession and you want to press high to always get the ball all the battles are 1vs 1 but when the keeper advances you can press high and if you get the ball and are about to loose it but all your players have marks on them you can always play back to start over and generate spaces for the passes to be clear and secure. So having the keeper closer always on the back opens that posibility
The keeper plays outside of the goal because the defense plays high up on the midfield. The counters against that high pressure are usually long passes and the goalkeeper has to anticipate that counter and either clear the ball or pass it to an unmarked teammate quickly so the counter is aborted. Also, in buildup, the keeper is kinda like another organizer, another player to pass the ball to and who can play long or short passes. In Cruyff's philosophy, the goalkeeper is another defender, the free man or "libero", the sweeper. Keep in mind that they can't grab the ball with their hands if it comes from a teammate's feet or legs or even from a throw in. And even when they catch the ball legally, the keepers can only have the ball for a few seconds. It didn't use to be like that when I was a child, but the rules of the sport changed in that regard a couple of times in the 90s.
Don't get to hung up on individual strengths and weaknesses. Jordi glossed over it, probably because it's so common knowledge but Cruyff foremost criterium for was "football intelligence" and players who could seamlessly shift to roles required of them in the moment. Of course everyone has his strengths and weaknesses but they were already great all rounders to begin with. The exceptions mentioned are Romario and Ronald Koeman, who had rather specialized skill sets.
Thanks for this comment. So let me see if I am understanding this, in a system like Cruyff’ he wants players that can plug in to basically any position on the pitch (within reason, no striker is playing CB) but there are a few individuals who have such a unique skill set that they must be played in the one position that they specialize. Is this more accurate?
@@lukessportsacademyexactly, the skill set itself has a big part to play in it but it’s also because they were so good, it helped the team tremendously when those players played at their best and to their full potential, it’s an over exaggeration but it’s a bit like you’ve built the team around them and their roles
Luke, react to Romario and you will understand why he can only play as striker! The most clinical striker I've ever seen, it was so easy for him to score... and it is also what he had been doing his whole life. To this kind of players it's better to do not change their positions and ask them to do something else than what they do better than anyone.
@@lukessportsacademy Exactly. That flexibility/adaptability is one of the core tenets of total football. Koeman and Romario are outliers, people who are so good at what they do that you adapt your system around them.
3:34 normally center-backs aren't very quick but they have to be strong I used to play as a left back and there is when you want to be quick to run up and down in this case when you play with three center-backs the side ones have to be quick to get to the side, sorry if I did any gramatical mistakes im new to the language.
i feel like i just witnessed a breakthrough moment, a sort of epiphanie if you will, where luke realised that the system is based on the player abilities you have and needs to adapt accordingly, thats why substitutions usualy also means a switch in tactics ...unless of course you are barcelone and you are growing the exact player you want in 3 copies for decades...but not even that is working out recently :P
When Jordi Cruyff talks about the goalkeeper being outside the box he is not referring to the attacking phase, instead he is referring to the defensive phase. When you are defending you want all your players to be close to each other, so there are no spaces left where the opponent can move freely with the ball. That means that if you want to press high on the pitch, the defensive line will be near the half-way line, leaving a lot of empty space between them and the goal. An advanced goalkeeper helps protecting this huge space behind the defensive line. If the keeper is high on the pitch, they are closer to intercepting an eventual long ball from the opposing team. Of course you are at risk of a very long range shot on goal, but it's very unlikely and the benefits you gain from having the goalkeeper in this position greatly surpass the risks you take by playing them there.
Don't worry about not fully getting the "goalkeeper" thing. Most football fans still panic when they see their goalkeepers trying to out dribble an opponent. The roles of the players have been so ingrained that fans still find it hard to fully embrace what Johan Cruyff was doing in the 1990s. They want goalkeepers and defenders to hoof the ball up the pitch at the slightest threat, they want tall forwards to hold up the ball and pass it to the faster forward, basically, they want good ol 4-4-2. Which is not really surprising because the vast vast vast majority of teams, actually benefit from playing that way. Their personel just cannot play Cruyff-ball, or Pep-ball, or Klopp-ball. Their goalkeepers really should hoof the ball up the pitch at the slightest threat. Fans of the top half of the Premier League are only now seeing the value of playing out from the back.
You need to watch Barçelona games, their goalkeeper (Ter Stegen) is mostly out of the box and acts like a 3rd CB in build up. It helps in a better flow of ball from one end to another end of the field. It also helps to create an overload on the opponent striker and wingers who'll try to press hard.
Angles zone means he will have options in passing to retain possession, the direct pass as element of surprise, and it will seems the have layers and screener of defense
About the defender ..very important to know in order to understand what kind of player is a defender = foremost needed skill = he has to be good in tackeling as well.. So defenders (especially center backs are usually more athletic physical players (prefered they should be tall as well in order to be a good header for high played balls into the box) who can also use their physique as a bulwark in 1:1 defending situations in order to be hard to pass by for the opponent player currently having the ball
Watch Manuel Neuer. He was a goalkeeper but against counter attack he was an additional football player capebal of playing outside the box. He covered the hole defensiv half what gives the coach the chance to attack higher.
The idea of the “Sweeper Keeper” is to have another player shutting down space. The high press of a Cruijff team is based mainly around closing off space for the opponent to operate. So, the Sweeper Keeper helps the back 3 to limit the space for the opposing strikers.
@@lukessportsacademy I mean, that’s definitely a risk, but that’s more of a risk on a quick counter rather than a more built-up attack. On a quick counter, the keeper has to be able to judge the long ball from the back and help clear. A good keeper to look at for a Sweeper Keeper style is to watch some of the Champions League qualification rounds and Dinamo Zagreb’s keeper Livakovic.
@@lukessportsacademy yes, when playing a high line, (which is necessary in a high press), you are creating a lot of space behind your back line which can be exploited easily with a quick long ball over the top. The sweeper keeper closes this space by rushing out to any long balls over the top that he feels he can get to. The high line is still a risk, but the sweeper keeper means that these counter-attacking long balls need to be more accurate in order to be effective.
If you push up the field, there is a lot of space behind your defensive line. If the keeper pushes up the field and the opponent plays the ball deep over or through the defensive line the keeper can intercept the ball. The keeper in this system is not just a keeper, but also a player in the defensive line (sweeper or libero role). What is the difference between a libero and a sweeper? The Sweeper position is closely related to the Libero, a similar position with one significant difference. While the sweeper is only involved with defensive duties, a libero has the added responsibility of bringing out the ball and offering creativity in the attack.
The goalie can help the numerical advantage if hes good with his feet...its very much high risk high reward. Its easier to build up from the back if your goalie is involved
Luke you should check out Andre Onana, arguably the ebst ball playing goal keeper. He was the keeper for inter in the CL final. He is notorious for going insanely far from his goal
@@lukessportsacademy he plays that “high” up the pitch because when a keeper is press resistant and comfortable with the ball at his feet, the defensive line will also feel more comfortable when being pressed and it allows them to also play higher up the pitch, the whole team in turn moves forward a couple of yard, pinning the opposition team in their own half.
There's some football shows in my country. The first elimination process is always the 100m sprint. You can be good on the ball but if you're not running 100m in 12 sec.. you're eliminated. 12 sec in 100m is average for pros but it is fast for the average players. Football first and foremost is a running game.
As far as your understanding of the physical traits of defenders, there’s a lot of similarity to American football positions. Wide defenders are a lot like corner backs or maybe a strong safety. Need to be able to lock down the fastest guys on the other team and cover the full length of the sideline. Central defenders are more similar to linebackers than safeties though because they can be pretty sure the play will be coming to them rather than having to range out and close down space as much.
If you lose the ball when you have your whole team attacking by having the goalkeeper outside the goal he becomes an extra defender who can cut off a long pass to the opposing striker, if the goalkeeper stays in the goal, that pass would mean that the striker has 30 or 40 meter solo run with all the time in the world to think about what to do 1v1 against the goalkeeper
If you are an attacking team, your whole team will mostly be in the final third, near the opponent’s goal. Which means you have a high defensive line. And all the spaces are behind your central defenders. You need central defenders with pace to be ready to cover those spaces. Alternatively, if your team played a low defensive line, like Mourinho’s teams. Your defenders can be slow. As the spaces is usually in front of your team.
I totally agree but you can be an attacking team and but counter attack football. It seems paradoxal but it happens with Zidane, Ancelotti and even Klopp. The word here is not "attacking" or "defensive", the words are "possession" or "transition". Pep plays possession and defends high, Zidane plays transition football but defends mid-low same as Ancelotti. Klopp plays transition football but defends high. Tuchel for exemple, is a mix between Pep and Klopp.
Hey, just A.O.B...I also signs up for the coaching class and I finished the introduction. Just wait to pay the fee and then I continue. Thanks for the information
If you are playing Football Manager, try setting your goalkeeper's role to Sweeper Keeper (Attack) in some games and Sweeper Keeper (Support/Defend) in other and see how incredibly useful the former would be in contrast if you are playing domination football
if you are interested in sweeper keepers you road is gona lead through lead to and end up at manuel neuer. the reason for getting the keeper further out are way to many to discuss here but basicly there is a defencive reason when you have the ball you just get an extra player and suddenly there is alwas one of your team free for you to keep posession. in attack a firther up the field goalkeeper can intercept long balls which is the main danger for high pressing teams, which is why sucessfull high press teams usualy have a sweeper keeper much further up the field than other types of goalies. as an example lets assume the goalkeeper stays in his goal while the rest of the team presses extremly high up the pitch, the kind where all of your players are in the enemies half. if you lose the ball and the enemy gets it can just kick the ball into the wide open field and have theire strikers run after it and then run 1 on 1 or even 2 to 1 on a powerless goalkeeper whos goal gets bigger and bigger the closer they come, or he can just stand on the midline and head it into the outside if he feels unsafe. high risk high reward in attack, just common sence in devence i would say way way oversimplified
I think what you definitely need at some point is have a discussion with someone who has some or a lot of experience so we could watch your back and forth and have a bunch of questions answered or explained. Preferably someone who doesn’t have the same opinion. Because watching people without being able to have that discussion doesn’t let you improve your own understanding of your own ideas as you don’t have counters presented to you and need for coherence in your opinions.
I'm going to explain to you something that might help you in regards of using different kinds of player. Let's say you got a team in which you can develop a positional possession tactic, most of your players understand the basics and move around properly and have synergy in between them. Ok, let's say one of your players is not very good with the ball, he might be a very solid defender on tackles and physical plays or maybe a good striker that finishes off the plays, but they are kind of clumsy with the ball and they aren't tactically very smart, they are tall and good in headers. You got one of those player on the bench, you are minute 70-80 losing 1-2, and you need a goal to at least stay in and draw the game. What would you do? Most managers would take advantage of those kind of players and switch the positional possession game into long balls into the box, forcing physical plays on the side that allow for free kicks and corners. Rigid systems are great when they work, but when they don't you need to respond with a more direct approach, because you are already losing. I love Luis Enrique as a manager and as a person, he is a great guy and a great strategist. But he lacks the spark to make those kinds of decisions in which he abandons his very strict tactical plan, and tries to go for the win with all the tools available. In the last World Cup Spain could have brought some players like those ones, the ones that are explosive and turn things around last 15 minutes. But we didn't, at the game against Japan, we couldn't build anything in midfield and we got punished in 2 great counter attacks, and we couldn't bring it back because Luis Enrique didn't haver a plan B, he only wanted the team to play his way.
You can compensate a lot of the needed speed to defend with good positioning and being good with the ball at your feet. If you look at Ajax defenders from the seventies on till now. Lot of them knew how to position themselves well and we're technically able players at the back that were not very quick. Look at Ronald Koeman, Danny Blind, Daley Blind, Frank Rijkaard, Frank De Boer, Ruud Krol to name a few proper players.
5:13 Simply put if you play attacking football with a high line defense and a striker from the opposing team breaks through that defense, that goal is just gonna be too big to cover for a keeper standing on his goal line. Football goals are massive. That ball is ending up in the back of the net 80% of the time. So you need your keeper to be first to the ball or have him cut off the shooting angle by being closer to the ball.
To play in Yohan Cruff teams and Pep Guardoila the goal keeper has to be comfortable on the ball, we call these goal keepers goal keeper sweepers. they come out and be comfortable on the ball to act almost like a out tfileld player, they help in build ups and when they are pressed against the opposition to be able to pass out from the back to help beat the press.
5:40 The goalkeepers are used in the first phase of build up play to create overloads all over the pitch. The idea being that if you have a competent ball playing goalkeeper than unless he's under pressure he should hold on to the ball and invite pressure by doing so. His goal is to create and find a passing lane which essentially eliminates as many players as possible from the press. Ex. Say the goalkeeper has the ball right outside his box and he's being pressured by both strikers on either side, that than creates a trigger for the Midfielders, defenders and/or strikers to react to and create passing lanes and options all over the field. (Coaches work on countless different situations, triggers and movements during build up in training) 2 common triggers we tend to see in most games at the highest level nowadays are : The goalkeeper has possession of the ball, the CDM who is marked in this instance vacates his space and drags the opponent with him by doing so and the striker drops into the newly vacated space and you've cut 1 or more players out of their press and most of your risk at this point. Another is when your full backs tuck inside and find the space in-between the opponents striker and winger which creates an overload in the midfield. (It's pretty hard to explain these concepts over a youtube comments but hey I've tried lol) By playing out from your own goalkeeper you always create an overload because the opponents goalkeeper is never involved in the press making it a 11v10 situation all over the pitch. Once your Goalkeeper plays the pass and takes out 1 or 2 opposition players with it, he's now a created a 11v9/11v8 creating an overload in all areas of the pitch. + About your earlier question. Yeah the game is transitioning in a way where smaller defenders are more accepted. Less crosses are being put in the box and more of the game is being played in the middle of the pitch. That's the reason
Cruyff is imho the biggest mastermind in football and eventhough it hurts me to say this as a Liverpool supporter Guadiola is very very VERY high on that list aswell, maybe even on par .. MAYBE...
A good coach adapts to the players and doesn't force them into a system where they won't function, you got that right. Unless you are City, PSG or one of those billionaire clubs that just buy all the players the coach needs 😂 but for the rest of us you need to consider your players' strengths when you chose how to play.
If u want to react to a keeper who is known as probably being the best at the sweeper keeper role u should look at neur he basically plays midfield he’s that high up at times
If u wanna see it in practice why it is important for the goalkeeper to be outside the box, watch Germany x Algeria at 2014 world cup. Algeria would win by 10x0 if Neuer didn't position as a defender covering that space.
Watch a Manuel Neuer highlight. He is the face of the modern goalkeepers because he was the best and played as a sweeper keeper, in my eyes the best keeper ever. At least the best in my lifetime so far. You will understand then I guess
Having a keeper that's good with the ball in his feet and can advance to play as a defender is almost crucial for teams that want to control and build up play from the back on the ground keeping the ball, because it basically just allows you to have an extra man on the pitch, an extra free pass and you gain a man advantage that can help beat the press, or for keepers like Alisson and Ederson and Onanna, maybe even they be the creaters themselves
Whereas keepers such as De Gea who aren't as good with the ball at their feet can be a liability in systems where the keeper is required to complete that role as they can lose possession or lose team mate's trust in his ball playing ability may lead them to make riskier decisions when going back to the keeper is the safer option
Great points both really. But i want to add: dont foget about the sweeping aspect... Look at Ter Stegen just before the last goal of Barcelonas famous comeback or Neuers insane performance vs algeria 2014. (Prime Neuer also insane in build up)
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@@jhplayz298 Honestly even as a Liverpool fan, it's hard to see a top GK like De Gea losing his career pretty much at Prime age because the game is developing beyond his style. This guy was the best player on the pitch for his team for years!!
It's mad i was thinking of Onana the whole time. Man is always far of his goal line when his team has posession
I’d recommend tactical breakdowns of players. Tifo IRL do them. Their most topical videos of this type right now are ’why is Declan rice perfect for arsenal’ and ‘why Chelsea need Caicedo’. Also gives you concise insight into how teams use data to evaluate players and who they should buy/sell. Statman Dave is another good channel as well as Pythagoras boots. Enjoying the vids bud.
Side note here but as someone who's been watching you for the last 6 months give or take, it's great too see how much healthier you look now! It's really been a journey, congratulations on learning so much and coming so far.
Watch highlights of Neuer, one the best 'sweeper' keeper of all time... Guardiola once said he was tempted to put Neuer in midfield due to his good vision and passing ability.
The 2 Brazilian keepers of Alisson and Ederson are also good on their feet. Alisson even has 3 assists in the Premier League.
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Allison can be very poor on the ball, the best goalkeepers on the ball are Neur,Ederson & Terstegen
@@MegasCaesar Alisson might be a worse dribbler than Ederson and Neuer but it is unfair to say he's poor on the ball.... Liverpool's high line was exposed countless times last season and he saved our asses
@@archmaester6594 still makes too many mistakes and mishaps terstegen way better the guys is basically a Neur clone.
Regarding the GK outside the box, that would only happen during ball possession, when the opponent has possession he would be closer to his line. One of Cruijff's famous quotes is "when we have the ball, the opponent can't score" therefore having your goalie outside his box or at the edge of his box when you have possession is a benefit. He can close the distance between him and the defenders which makes for a shorter distance of passing, which most of the time results in more accurate passes and you would be able to distribute the ball quicker from foot to foot. In a sense you create an 11th field player in this way at the back to break the press of the opponent. But Cruijff had so many ideas regarding retaining the ball and keeping possession, of which some were very controversial to say the least haha. His legendary assistant Tony Bruin-Slot once prohibited Cruijff from playing without a GK, Cruijff thought it to be a waste of the extra player on the ball he would prefer to put some gloves on a rather tall defender who could play as a GK when the opponent had possession but step in as a central defender when in possession. In the Netherlands the common consensus is that we're happy with Bruin-Slot's intervention since that idea could've made a bit of a joke of Cruijff.
If you want to press the opponent in their half, you need your defensive line to push up near the half way line.
Now you are vulnerable to a long ball over the top of your defence for pacey strikers to run on to.
So you need pacey defenders and a goalkeeper who dares to come out of the box IF he thinks he can intercept it.
If you have an attacking line pressing you aggressively when your defence have the ball, then having a keeper who can come out and receive the ball gives you an extra option, and it is a godsend. They can also help with starting attacks.
I actually played with Jordi for a season! Was a pleasure, extremely intelligent and well mannered guy.
3:30 it depends on how you defend, usually CB are not the fastest players regardless, of course it does help if they are good at short sprints in every system you use to defend, but if you defend deep and counterattack, your CB don't need to be that fast, same thing goes for the CDM or the Regista in front of the defence, in fact some of the best of all time in that position were and still are, not that fast at all.
It is better to have the LB or RB to be fast, because they are the one that need to track back the most, and they also might need to be the ones to run the entire field to be able to help the attack.
You can have a fast defeder to close spaces...or a defender that know how to position himself correctly so he doesnt need to run to cover a position. Some great defenders arent that fast, but a good sense of positioning helps alot. The goalkeepre outside of the box helps to play the ball, and also can in emergency situations close gaps with his speed (play with the feet). A classic example was Rene (El Loco, Wildman) Higuita.
Hey, Luke. There's a video by The Purist Football called "The Barcelona ‘Pivot’". It goes into more detail about the importance of the defensive midfielder in this system as it is the central node connecting the triangles. I think you will like it.
Having the keeper outside of the box allows for an escape route when you press are pressed with a high defensive line. If your defenders are around the midfield line, and they lose possession from a pressing, then a fast striker can get into a one on one situation with the keeper, which is bad. But if the keeper is out of the box and at passing range for the defenders, they know they can always rely on him to escape pressure. The only drawback is long range shots over his head but realistically, a shot from that kind of range will slow down a lot before reaching the goal and the keeper will be able to catchup if he runs back as long as he doesn't overextand too much. I would recommand watching the women champions league final OL vs Barcelona, it's available on RUclips and they use the keeper to relieve pressure a lot.
Ppl here are talking about GK playing from the back, but what he says in that part of the video is about the keeper going out in defensive situations, not with the ball. That happens when you press high with a compact block (the general correct thing to do in any defensive block that every top team does). When the block is high and compact you leave a lot of spaces behind for through balls and runs from the opposing striker, since the CB have to push high to keep the block compact and win loose balls which, if the press is right, will happen in the opposing teams half. And can also count with the offside line to make the runs behind less likely. In these situations the keeper can't stay under the goal because it will be easy for the striker to score if he receives behind the CBs in a counter, so the keeper has to play as a sweeper to defend against these situations using the advantage of the difference between the place the strikes has to make te run, from the front of the CBs because of the offside, and where he will receive which will be far in their own half, since the ball will mostly go long in those situations. If the sweeper keeper is positioned right (along with the rest of the team) he will have the advantage to intercept this kinds of passes. And in a really high press this is actually the only thing you can do to defend these situations, so it's actually mandatory. If you don't have a keeper capable to do that you better not press that high
Good video. Pep's or Johan's styles are great and sound logical BUT, it will only work if you have the right kind of players. You need players who are very confortable with the ball and who always ask for the ball. Because pass, reception and great understanding of the game are the basics their kind of player must have. That is why Bringing Haaland seemed a bit Off in a Guardiola Team. You'd think the way he plays fits more Ancelotti or Klopp styles than Pep or Ten Hag
Haaland doesn't really fit Klopp's style either. Whilst he would undoubtedly improve Liverpool and synergies well with crosses from Robbo & Trent, Klopp is almost obsessed with strikers who are good passers and have good vision (eg- Firmino & Gakpo)
Buying Nuñez was a departure from that but despite being a poor goalscoring threat compared to Haaland, Nuñez still fits in Klopp's gegenpressing philosophy by running endlessly, helping the defence and creating chaos in the box which leads to chances for Mo, Diaz, etc...
Defensively you do need players that are quick but also it's important to have players that can read the game.
One tactical reason for having a goalkeeper out of his area is because the downside of a high defensive line is that one pacey striker, with a good long ball, can beat the offside and be instantly one on one with the goalkeeper. So if the goalkeeper is out of his box, he can judge the trajectory of those passes and get to them before the striker, clear it for a throw-in and eliminate the danger.
The risk is, of course, if your goalie doesn't read the flight of the ball correctly, or is not confident in possession - then that is a disaster waiting to happen.😂
It also gives your defender another passing option if they are being pressed themselves by the opposition.
Neuer usually position himself very high up the pitch.
Coaches have their philosophies but they can only be executed if you have the right players. So you buy these players....or you adapt your tactics to the players you have. A great coach knows how and when to adapt.
A great example is Tony Pulis. Obviously he had his system at Stoke, but when he joined Palace his striker was Dwight Gayle, and he had Zaha and Bolasie on the flanks, so he pivoted to a system focused on countering with dribbling extremely quickly. It worked, kept us up, we were expecting hoofball but we got some very slick counter-attacking football.
Onanas signing for united will show why a ballplaying goalkeeper is important. For building up from the back, and especially in a really offensive formation like 3-2-5 or 3-1-6, having that extra passing option makes breaking through press and keeping the ball so much easier. It easily makes up for the few times it goes wrong, but you need a gk thats extremely secure and skilled with his feet.
Having a GK playing around his box is crucial when you want to keep possession and the other team is pressing high. They can pass it to the defenders easier, kick it long if needed and are generally at less risk of conceding a goal when taking a heavy touch farther from the goal.
I'll try to explain the position of the free goalkeeper; Meanwhile, familiarize yourself with the concept of short square versus long square. If your players have good feet but little stamina, you should play long, with pawns placed more widely, you cover more of the field, tiring yourself less but, on the other hand, long passes are more risky and therefore it is more difficult to keep possession but at the same time At the same time, attempting forward throws can happen that you manage to serve one of your attackers free from marking and therefore it is a strategy that leaves you some chances of victory even if from the stands the sensation is that your team is subjected to territorial domination. If, on the other hand, you have good players with good stamina, you should play short; It means that all departments remain slightly tighter around the fulcrum of the game (the ball) facilitating short passes in the construction phase and speeding up the transition to pressing when you lose the ball. Playing short also means that the attackers have to get down in defense and start pressing on the carriers and likewise when you attack they all have to go up a little more. From this point of view, the goalkeeper is no exception because if your last defenders go up to pass halfway there would be too much gap between them and the goalkeeper stationary in the small area, in the event that you lose the ball, the opponents would have an easy counterattack available simply by throwing the ball back in the middle of your metacampo and two or three attackers who win the sprint would find themselves alone against the goalkeeper, a sure goal. With the advanced goalkeeper you thwart most of these raises because your goalkeeper would find himself early, at worst it is enough for him to sweep it out while if the opponents want to build an organized attack he has plenty of time to return. The risk that scares you is that of scoring into an empty net with the goalkeeper forward and the long ball. Obviously, it happened and in the YT videos you watch it seems even frequent (Just think of Ibrahimovic's wonderful bicycle kick) but in reality it's almost impossible to hit the goal from midfield so the risk is minimal. Then, as the end of the game is approaching, it is obvious that the trailing team is willing to risk something more since in many cases losing 1-0 is no different than losing 2-0 so you often try to push to increase the your possibility of a draw up to even bringing the whole team into the area during a corner, including the goalkeeper.
5:20 just look at the Champions League final, both Inter and City did this constantly, having the ability to have an extra player that can pass the ball, is going to immediatly create a numerical advantage on the opposition, and it can free up players to get higher on the pitch, creating, once again, a numerical advantage on the opposition (Bastoni of Inter, was that man that is sually going foreward, for example)....that is why Andre Onana was sold for 60 million to United yesterday, not because he is the best at saving his goal, but because he is one, if not the best , along with Ederson (from City) with the ball at his feet.
Edwin van der Sar was a sweaperkeeper from the Ajax youth. In the Ajax youth, keepers are also trained to play football with their feets. Andre Onana was a perfect keeper for the Ajax system.
One thing my coaches taught me when I was kid is that they forced us to play in 2 or 3 touches maximum, we couldn't play long runs (when possible, because if you have space to attack and no one to pass then you could play a long run).
The second thing is that we must always make the passes low (I mean, the ball had to be in contact with the floor so it's easier for our teammate to control it than if it went flying through the air).
And the last and most important thing, the passes must be always in diagonal or straight forward, the most forbidden thing we had was an horizontal pass because if the defense catches the ball those two players will be left behind. (Sorry because my english is poor as fak xd)
I was trained by Rexach, Rife and Asensi in an academy, those are old barça players who played with Cruyff as footballer. Rexach is a very important name in the history of FC Barcelona for a lot of reasons but the main is because he was the guy who signed Messi after watching him play 2 minutes.
i would also suggest Jordi Cruyff's coaches voice video on his experience at Manchester United after this, the 2 videos makes a fun combo to see the cultural and style variation Jordi Cruyff experienced between the 2 clubs stints
5:36 The ideal case for any coach is when his team is in the construction, attack or defense area to have the numerical advantage if the goalkeeper does not participate the team will lose a player in the case of construction and the numerical advantage is for the opposing team
I suggest you to check out real life applications of these tactics on the field of some teams like Barcelona-Liverpool- Man City, without much explanations on it , just you observing it yourself to see how the players are moving and positioning themselves, how their keepers are getting involved in the game,etc. On the contrast check out fail compilation of David de gea (ex-Man United GK, who was a great stopper but he footwork with the ball costed his team so much throughout the years, by that you'll understand the importance of GK which are in demand now) i think that will help you very much😊
Having a keeper that is good with the feet is key because if you need possession and you want to press high to always get the ball all the battles are 1vs 1 but when the keeper advances you can press high and if you get the ball and are about to loose it but all your players have marks on them you can always play back to start over and generate spaces for the passes to be clear and secure. So having the keeper closer always on the back opens that posibility
The keeper plays outside of the goal because the defense plays high up on the midfield. The counters against that high pressure are usually long passes and the goalkeeper has to anticipate that counter and either clear the ball or pass it to an unmarked teammate quickly so the counter is aborted. Also, in buildup, the keeper is kinda like another organizer, another player to pass the ball to and who can play long or short passes. In Cruyff's philosophy, the goalkeeper is another defender, the free man or "libero", the sweeper. Keep in mind that they can't grab the ball with their hands if it comes from a teammate's feet or legs or even from a throw in. And even when they catch the ball legally, the keepers can only have the ball for a few seconds. It didn't use to be like that when I was a child, but the rules of the sport changed in that regard a couple of times in the 90s.
Don't get to hung up on individual strengths and weaknesses. Jordi glossed over it, probably because it's so common knowledge but Cruyff foremost criterium for was "football intelligence" and players who could seamlessly shift to roles required of them in the moment. Of course everyone has his strengths and weaknesses but they were already great all rounders to begin with.
The exceptions mentioned are Romario and Ronald Koeman, who had rather specialized skill sets.
Thanks for this comment. So let me see if I am understanding this, in a system like Cruyff’ he wants players that can plug in to basically any position on the pitch (within reason, no striker is playing CB) but there are a few individuals who have such a unique skill set that they must be played in the one position that they specialize. Is this more accurate?
@@lukessportsacademyexactly, the skill set itself has a big part to play in it but it’s also because they were so good, it helped the team tremendously when those players played at their best and to their full potential, it’s an over exaggeration but it’s a bit like you’ve built the team around them and their roles
Luke, react to Romario and you will understand why he can only play as striker! The most clinical striker I've ever seen, it was so easy for him to score... and it is also what he had been doing his whole life. To this kind of players it's better to do not change their positions and ask them to do something else than what they do better than anyone.
@@lukessportsacademy Exactly. That flexibility/adaptability is one of the core tenets of total football.
Koeman and Romario are outliers, people who are so good at what they do that you adapt your system around them.
3:34 normally center-backs aren't very quick but they have to be strong I used to play as a left back and there is when you want to be quick to run up and down in this case when you play with three center-backs the side ones have to be quick to get to the side, sorry if I did any gramatical mistakes im new to the language.
i feel like i just witnessed a breakthrough moment, a sort of epiphanie if you will, where luke realised that the system is based on the player abilities you have and needs to adapt accordingly, thats why substitutions usualy also means a switch in tactics ...unless of course you are barcelone and you are growing the exact player you want in 3 copies for decades...but not even that is working out recently :P
When Jordi Cruyff talks about the goalkeeper being outside the box he is not referring to the attacking phase, instead he is referring to the defensive phase. When you are defending you want all your players to be close to each other, so there are no spaces left where the opponent can move freely with the ball. That means that if you want to press high on the pitch, the defensive line will be near the half-way line, leaving a lot of empty space between them and the goal. An advanced goalkeeper helps protecting this huge space behind the defensive line. If the keeper is high on the pitch, they are closer to intercepting an eventual long ball from the opposing team. Of course you are at risk of a very long range shot on goal, but it's very unlikely and the benefits you gain from having the goalkeeper in this position greatly surpass the risks you take by playing them there.
Don't worry about not fully getting the "goalkeeper" thing. Most football fans still panic when they see their goalkeepers trying to out dribble an opponent. The roles of the players have been so ingrained that fans still find it hard to fully embrace what Johan Cruyff was doing in the 1990s. They want goalkeepers and defenders to hoof the ball up the pitch at the slightest threat, they want tall forwards to hold up the ball and pass it to the faster forward, basically, they want good ol 4-4-2.
Which is not really surprising because the vast vast vast majority of teams, actually benefit from playing that way. Their personel just cannot play Cruyff-ball, or Pep-ball, or Klopp-ball. Their goalkeepers really should hoof the ball up the pitch at the slightest threat. Fans of the top half of the Premier League are only now seeing the value of playing out from the back.
You need to watch Barçelona games, their goalkeeper (Ter Stegen) is mostly out of the box and acts like a 3rd CB in build up.
It helps in a better flow of ball from one end to another end of the field. It also helps to create an overload on the opponent striker and wingers who'll try to press hard.
3:27 most of the time the quickest player on the team is either one of the full backs or wingers
Angles zone means he will have options in passing to retain possession, the direct pass as element of surprise, and it will seems the have layers and screener of defense
About the defender ..very important to know in order to understand what kind of player is a defender = foremost needed skill = he has to be good in tackeling as well.. So defenders (especially center backs are usually more athletic physical players (prefered they should be tall as well in order to be a good header for high played balls into the box) who can also use their physique as a bulwark in 1:1 defending situations in order to be hard to pass by for the opponent player currently having the ball
Watch Manuel Neuer. He was a goalkeeper but against counter attack he was an additional football player capebal of playing outside the box. He covered the hole defensiv half what gives the coach the chance to attack higher.
Check out Manual Neuer (GOAT Gk) or Ter Stegen or Alisson or Andre Onana to know advantages and disadvantages of such keepers to a team
The GK is just another body to pass the ball too and he can free up the space of an defender so he or she can move up the pitch a bit faster.
The idea of the “Sweeper Keeper” is to have another player shutting down space. The high press of a Cruijff team is based mainly around closing off space for the opponent to operate. So, the Sweeper Keeper helps the back 3 to limit the space for the opposing strikers.
So I guess he takes the risk of the attack getting past the back line?
Like Manuel neuer, alisson becker, ederson, nick pope
@@lukessportsacademy I mean, that’s definitely a risk, but that’s more of a risk on a quick counter rather than a more built-up attack. On a quick counter, the keeper has to be able to judge the long ball from the back and help clear. A good keeper to look at for a Sweeper Keeper style is to watch some of the Champions League qualification rounds and Dinamo Zagreb’s keeper Livakovic.
@@lukessportsacademy yes, when playing a high line, (which is necessary in a high press), you are creating a lot of space behind your back line which can be exploited easily with a quick long ball over the top. The sweeper keeper closes this space by rushing out to any long balls over the top that he feels he can get to. The high line is still a risk, but the sweeper keeper means that these counter-attacking long balls need to be more accurate in order to be effective.
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I’m gonna put some videos out about the sweeper keeper idea. It’s something I haven’t learned yet
Hey man, i just want to said that your videos inspired me a lot. Keep going cause i know you can be massive one day. Stay consistent ❤
If you push up the field, there is a lot of space behind your defensive line. If the keeper pushes up the field and the opponent plays the ball deep over or through the defensive line the keeper can intercept the ball. The keeper in this system is not just a keeper, but also a player in the defensive line (sweeper or libero role).
What is the difference between a libero and a sweeper?
The Sweeper position is closely related to the Libero, a similar position with one significant difference. While the sweeper is only involved with defensive duties, a libero has the added responsibility of bringing out the ball and offering creativity in the attack.
The goalie can help the numerical advantage if hes good with his feet...its very much high risk high reward. Its easier to build up from the back if your goalie is involved
Luke you should check out Andre Onana, arguably the ebst ball playing goal keeper. He was the keeper for inter in the CL final. He is notorious for going insanely far from his goal
Oh I remember that. He was running all around the pitch
And he just signed for united ❤️❤️🙌
@@lukessportsacademy he plays that “high” up the pitch because when a keeper is press resistant and comfortable with the ball at his feet, the defensive line will also feel more comfortable when being pressed and it allows them to also play higher up the pitch, the whole team in turn moves forward a couple of yard, pinning the opposition team in their own half.
There's some football shows in my country. The first elimination process is always the 100m sprint. You can be good on the ball but if you're not running 100m in 12 sec.. you're eliminated. 12 sec in 100m is average for pros but it is fast for the average players.
Football first and foremost is a running game.
As far as your understanding of the physical traits of defenders, there’s a lot of similarity to American football positions. Wide defenders are a lot like corner backs or maybe a strong safety. Need to be able to lock down the fastest guys on the other team and cover the full length of the sideline. Central defenders are more similar to linebackers than safeties though because they can be pretty sure the play will be coming to them rather than having to range out and close down space as much.
If you lose the ball when you have your whole team attacking by having the goalkeeper outside the goal he becomes an extra defender who can cut off a long pass to the opposing striker, if the goalkeeper stays in the goal, that pass would mean that the striker has 30 or 40 meter solo run with all the time in the world to think about what to do 1v1 against the goalkeeper
If you are an attacking team, your whole team will mostly be in the final third, near the opponent’s goal.
Which means you have a high defensive line. And all the spaces are behind your central defenders. You need central defenders with pace to be ready to cover those spaces.
Alternatively, if your team played a low defensive line, like Mourinho’s teams. Your defenders can be slow. As the spaces is usually in front of your team.
I totally agree but you can be an attacking team and but counter attack football. It seems paradoxal but it happens with Zidane, Ancelotti and even Klopp. The word here is not "attacking" or "defensive", the words are "possession" or "transition". Pep plays possession and defends high, Zidane plays transition football but defends mid-low same as Ancelotti. Klopp plays transition football but defends high. Tuchel for exemple, is a mix between Pep and Klopp.
Hey, just A.O.B...I also signs up for the coaching class and I finished the introduction. Just wait to pay the fee and then I continue. Thanks for the information
If you are playing Football Manager, try setting your goalkeeper's role to Sweeper Keeper (Attack) in some games and Sweeper Keeper (Support/Defend) in other and see how incredibly useful the former would be in contrast if you are playing domination football
Watch manuel neuer GK. He was the keeper sweeper. Staying up took away the long ball with high lines.
if you are interested in sweeper keepers you road is gona lead through lead to and end up at manuel neuer. the reason for getting the keeper further out are way to many to discuss here but basicly there is a defencive reason when you have the ball you just get an extra player and suddenly there is alwas one of your team free for you to keep posession. in attack a firther up the field goalkeeper can intercept long balls which is the main danger for high pressing teams, which is why sucessfull high press teams usualy have a sweeper keeper much further up the field than other types of goalies. as an example lets assume the goalkeeper stays in his goal while the rest of the team presses extremly high up the pitch, the kind where all of your players are in the enemies half. if you lose the ball and the enemy gets it can just kick the ball into the wide open field and have theire strikers run after it and then run 1 on 1 or even 2 to 1 on a powerless goalkeeper whos goal gets bigger and bigger the closer they come, or he can just stand on the midline and head it into the outside if he feels unsafe. high risk high reward in attack, just common sence in devence i would say way way oversimplified
I think what you definitely need at some point is have a discussion with someone who has some or a lot of experience so we could watch your back and forth and have a bunch of questions answered or explained. Preferably someone who doesn’t have the same opinion. Because watching people without being able to have that discussion doesn’t let you improve your own understanding of your own ideas as you don’t have counters presented to you and need for coherence in your opinions.
I'm going to explain to you something that might help you in regards of using different kinds of player. Let's say you got a team in which you can develop a positional possession tactic, most of your players understand the basics and move around properly and have synergy in between them. Ok, let's say one of your players is not very good with the ball, he might be a very solid defender on tackles and physical plays or maybe a good striker that finishes off the plays, but they are kind of clumsy with the ball and they aren't tactically very smart, they are tall and good in headers. You got one of those player on the bench, you are minute 70-80 losing 1-2, and you need a goal to at least stay in and draw the game. What would you do? Most managers would take advantage of those kind of players and switch the positional possession game into long balls into the box, forcing physical plays on the side that allow for free kicks and corners. Rigid systems are great when they work, but when they don't you need to respond with a more direct approach, because you are already losing.
I love Luis Enrique as a manager and as a person, he is a great guy and a great strategist. But he lacks the spark to make those kinds of decisions in which he abandons his very strict tactical plan, and tries to go for the win with all the tools available. In the last World Cup Spain could have brought some players like those ones, the ones that are explosive and turn things around last 15 minutes. But we didn't, at the game against Japan, we couldn't build anything in midfield and we got punished in 2 great counter attacks, and we couldn't bring it back because Luis Enrique didn't haver a plan B, he only wanted the team to play his way.
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You can compensate a lot of the needed speed to defend with good positioning and being good with the ball at your feet. If you look at Ajax defenders from the seventies on till now. Lot of them knew how to position themselves well and we're technically able players at the back that were not very quick. Look at Ronald Koeman, Danny Blind, Daley Blind, Frank Rijkaard, Frank De Boer, Ruud Krol to name a few proper players.
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5:13 Simply put if you play attacking football with a high line defense and a striker from the opposing team breaks through that defense, that goal is just gonna be too big to cover for a keeper standing on his goal line. Football goals are massive. That ball is ending up in the back of the net 80% of the time. So you need your keeper to be first to the ball or have him cut off the shooting angle by being closer to the ball.
This makes a lot of sense. Thanks for highlighting this for me
React to Manuel neuer for a very fun way of learning why keepers come out the box
To play in Yohan Cruff teams and Pep Guardoila the goal keeper has to be comfortable on the ball, we call these goal keepers goal keeper sweepers. they come out and be comfortable on the ball to act almost like a out tfileld player, they help in build ups and when they are pressed against the opposition to be able to pass out from the back to help beat the press.
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5:40 The goalkeepers are used in the first phase of build up play to create overloads all over the pitch. The idea being that if you have a competent ball playing goalkeeper than unless he's under pressure he should hold on to the ball and invite pressure by doing so. His goal is to create and find a passing lane which essentially eliminates as many players as possible from the press.
Ex. Say the goalkeeper has the ball right outside his box and he's being pressured by both strikers on either side, that than creates a trigger for the Midfielders, defenders and/or strikers to react to and create passing lanes and options all over the field. (Coaches work on countless different situations, triggers and movements during build up in training)
2 common triggers we tend to see in most games at the highest level nowadays are : The goalkeeper has possession of the ball, the CDM who is marked in this instance vacates his space and drags the opponent with him by doing so and the striker drops into the newly vacated space and you've cut 1 or more players out of their press and most of your risk at this point. Another is when your full backs tuck inside and find the space in-between the opponents striker and winger which creates an overload in the midfield. (It's pretty hard to explain these concepts over a youtube comments but hey I've tried lol)
By playing out from your own goalkeeper you always create an overload because the opponents goalkeeper is never involved in the press making it a 11v10 situation all over the pitch. Once your Goalkeeper plays the pass and takes out 1 or 2 opposition players with it, he's now a created a 11v9/11v8 creating an overload in all areas of the pitch.
+ About your earlier question. Yeah the game is transitioning in a way where smaller defenders are more accepted. Less crosses are being put in the box and more of the game is being played in the middle of the pitch. That's the reason
Cruyff is imho the biggest mastermind in football and eventhough it hurts me to say this as a Liverpool supporter Guadiola is very very VERY high on that list aswell, maybe even on par .. MAYBE...
A good coach adapts to the players and doesn't force them into a system where they won't function, you got that right. Unless you are City, PSG or one of those billionaire clubs that just buy all the players the coach needs 😂 but for the rest of us you need to consider your players' strengths when you chose how to play.
Sweeper Keeper
If u want to react to a keeper who is known as probably being the best at the sweeper keeper role u should look at neur he basically plays midfield he’s that high up at times
If u wanna see it in practice why it is important for the goalkeeper to be outside the box, watch Germany x Algeria at 2014 world cup.
Algeria would win by 10x0 if Neuer didn't position as a defender covering that space.
Manuel Neuer - Masterclass SWEEPER KEEPER Skills?
Watch a Manuel Neuer highlight. He is the face of the modern goalkeepers because he was the best and played as a sweeper keeper, in my eyes the best keeper ever. At least the best in my lifetime so far. You will understand then I guess
Onana at man utd that's why
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I also think the goalkeeper should always stay in the goal unless the defenders need him