Xabi's whole life has been immersed in football. He is a good student of the game having played under three of the best managers of the modern game. Football is literally in his DNA
@@youwillneverknow8643In terms of bundesliga results Leverkusen has been in the top 6 since 17-18 season so I'd called them top tier team in terms of bundesliga but in Europe mid tier.
Florian Wirtz is fantastic. His vision and passing is Özil-esque but without the moping and the going-missing. Oh and his first touch and ball control!
@@immanuelalk9108Look at a few passes from Wirtz, especially „first-touch-Passes“ or attempts that his squad mates could not process. These passes remind me a little of KDB, although the rest of the playing style is vastly different. I have not seen such a fast identification of small gaps in the defensive lines in ages. Xavi is a more straightforward player with a hell of a shot and exquisite dribbling, but he does not posses the vision and passing skills of Wirtz. Hence, I believe the impact of Wirtz is quite a lot higher. I believe Olmo comes close to Wirtz in terms of his abilities if he is not injured.
True. Liverpool should top the table by now in epl if they won that match. Liverpool is the only one Tottenham can't suffocate if not for referee. Europe league will be between Liverpool, Leverkusen, and Roma
@@Yoputrakey word IF. They still had 10 men and would’ve been 1-0 up with 70 minutes to play. At the most it likely would’ve ended in a draw or spurs could’ve gone on to win it during the second half, if so liverpool wouldn’t be first on the table.
excellent analysis. i would only add that the principle of diagonality plays a much more fundamental role in alonso´s strategy. the team have been taught to avoid standing in vertical lines as much as possible. this allows for more diagonal passes. the core benefit of these diagonal passes, apart from obvious space gains and forcing the opponent to defend more space as you mentioned, is the fact that the receiving player does not have his back turned to the opponent´s goal as it were the case with vertical passes. these split second advantages are what give leverkusen the edge.
You seem to imply that a 50 to 70 meters diagonal pass constitutes Alonso’s idea of competitive advantage. 71 viewers seem to agree with you. That’s interesting. Can you substantiate this claim. As a coach, I am interested in actionable tactics (avoid the word strategy please). If you have ever been on the receiving end of just a 50 meters diagonal pass you must know that facing the goal is the least of your worries. But please show us how Xabi Alonso made Diagonal ping passes the base of the success of his team.
@@XStoffe he doesn't imply that at all. It's more so the direction of the passes played, that Alonso arranges his 11 in possession that way to play more expansive football, as the players can pass diagonally more than trying to directly attack opposition completely vertically up the pitch (if that makes sense). In other words, create more passing lanes by forming passing triangles. He is not saying that Alonso instructs his players to ping 50 yard passes diagonally to switch up play.
Xabi Alonso was one of the few Madrid players I always respected as a Barca fan. You could just tell how smart he was by his style of play. It's no surprise he is such a great coach now.
This is what modern football is, flexibility at its best. Days were gone when team used to play with fixed and rigid formation and players used to stick their position only.
The goal against Köln is truely a blueprint of his style. One addition to the pass following 6:00. Everytime I watch this scene, I expect Xhaka to pass diagonally, either to Tabsoba on the left hand side, or to Hofmann on the right hand side. But not vertically. Most managers would be furious if someone deliberately passed to a teammate under heavy pressure like that. Alonso on the other hand actively encourages this, and it makes his style exciting to watch.
This is the kind of football i love the most to see. Not some boring long ball counter or reliance on wing play. Just beautiful tactical pass play and overwhelming with great positioning
Football gets more, when attempt to do attacks through passing, but it goes nowhere, when the ball is just passes back to the defenders, when they dont find way through.
I really hope they win the bundesliga this year. Not only do they have some spectacular players like Wirtz but Alonso is a mastermind. I can see him getting a big move in the future. Madrid most likely after Carlo leaves.
One thing I really like when watching Leverkusen is that they are always looking for that linebreak. Like at 6:11 Xhaka could have passed horizontally to the left side and it would have been fine, but decides for the vertical pass that allows to break through the midfield line faster and more directly. Many teams would likely prefer the saver route which often leads to boring games with not many chances being created. I hope that this way of playing will succeed and become the norm for other teams as well as it makes for much more enjoyable games to watch
@@antoniobergara7878 Míchel is a great contender. But imo, i still think Xabi is better by a tiny margin. Michel is still good though, that 4-2 win against Barca was unexpected
@@ogobbbyde winning a race with a ferrari is not more impressive than doing it in a fiat, no premier league manager comes close to what xabi is doing this season when you look at the players and funds that are available
His vision and application are 2nd to none. I have never seen someone apply the principles of football so well in the first season of football at the highest level. All praise to XAVI ALONSO, he has been outstanding and without any doubt, he will win the German league because no one deserves it more than him.
Thanks for your ever so interesting analyses. One note though on Alsonso’s « relationism which you mentioned in the lead to the video. Ball passing between players in close proximity does not constitute relationism. Pep’s Barca did that very well and we’re not relationists. Alonso’s tactic is more resembling that of Real Madrid that that of Diniz’ Fluminense. For relationism to exist, there need to be a clear emphasis on : 1: diagonal short/médium progression passing. 2- creating massive overload on one side of the pitch and progressing within (or because of) said overload using a variety of short passing tools/tricks. 3- relationism has no interest in moving the opponents lines. Hence no interest in creating space on the other side of the pitch and suddenly switching to that empty side. By definition relationism needs players to pass the ball and thus to operate in areas that are overloaded with both opponents and team mates. 4- in relativism receiving players will move towards a designated area where the ball is expected to be passed by the team mate. One-twos only at the root of relationism only work if player are constantly on movement towards the ball. Villarreal is a better example than Alonso’s Leverkussen of that dynamic. Finally, defensively, players are told to systematically push the opponents towards the sideline and to use the line as an extra set of defenders. Defense line are thus not horizontal in shape but actually rather vertical, running parallel to the side line to some degree. In conclusion, Xabi Alonso’s team is much more reminiscent of the well established, well oiled and disciplined Real style of play (and to their Bavarian counterpart) than to that of the all out flamboyant fluminense.
Very good Insight, thank you! I guess yeah there are some similarities with relationism in the sense of creating overloads in certain areas, but the objectives are different
@@FootballMetayeah. I could understand what you were relating to. There are really some similarities, but it's not the core of his strategy. It's a mix-up of these tactitica you pointed out, although some times we can see the one-two, overload and short.-medium passes forward. That's why it's unpredictable. Diniz relies upon solely on the players skills, as he doesn't care much about very fast players, and then he insists that he must play inwards and onwards while overloads the pitch.
This is amazing, i think this is what a lot of top managers are implementing across euorpe, Pep, Arteta even Ancelotti the set up formation isn't what the structure is and is dependent on transition and creating over loads in attack while setting up with a 4 or 5 in defence , either full backs becoming wingers and then depending on who you have one of your midfielders becoming defenders too. Its actually amazing to watch
I think Xabi Alonso would be the perfect upgrade for Inter Milan style of playing. To me his style look like an evolution of the Inzaghi ball with the double playmaker wings and the back three with quality. I really would like to see what he would do with Inter Milan, especially with that midfield (like barella, chala, miki, frattesi, klassen, asllani) I think he would build an amazing team. But, unfortunately, i think he will be the next coach of Real or Bayern
This tactic is very efficient also because leverkusen has possibly the best left and right back in the world currently. Grimaldo and Frimpong has more goals and assists together than many teams combined in all top 5 leagues. As wing backs.
As a Tottenham Hotspur supporter, there was a rumour that we could go after Xabi Alonso especially when there was a photo of Chairman Daniel Levy & Scott Munn (Chief Football Offier) spotted at the London City Airport & a plane departed to Düsseldorf. I think the thought was they were going to Köln where Julian Nagelsmann agency is located. But a closer drive - according to Google Maps - is to Leverkusen. I was kinda open to the the idea of Alonso coaching Tottenham - especially according to The Athletic, Tottenham wanted "a young coach with an upwards trajectory." But then Alonso stated that he wanted to continue with Leverkusen & then the rumors ended. I didn't know how good Alonso was. Only knew that Leverkusen who collected five points in eight games, managed to finish in sixth with 50 points. Looking forward for their accomplishment this season.
Exceptional player and exceptional coach, moved to Leverkusen from our Academy team at Real Sociedad. He could not become the main coach because Imanol performance is probably the best in our History, not now but we will see when he returns back home in the future.
No creo que vaya a la Real sociedad ya, creo que el querra dar un siguiente paso muy ambicioso, tipo un real madrid, liverpool o quien sabe si un manchester city en caso de que guardiola se vaya pero eso ya no creo pq su sustituto seguramente sería un de zerbi
Mourinho knows a ton of football... hearing him talking about Ronaldo in his Barcelona days is great, and gives a great idea of how much greater he would be without all of his injuries.
One of the best football tactics channels, a lot of them are very basic or don't quite understand that beating the press of the opponent is the most important part of any tactic.
I'm an old follower and I almost watched every video , this one is amazing I think based on your analysis that he is more principal like ancelotti than positional I would love to watch a video like this one about Carlo's Real Madrid
I’m an Ipswich Town fan here and after seeing this video it’s this same system we utilize accept a few tweaks: 1. We keep the ball on the turf less using the long and short pass 50/50 essentially enforcing no one particular style of play. 2nd we are using the wingers more for crosses and cutback passes, where Leverkusen is direct up the middle mostly. The rest is pretty much identical. The system works back to back promotions and fixing to see how it translates to the EPL. Seeing the positive results for Leverkusen gives me confidence.
Distinguished video and analysis! Sharp, on the point, elaborately and covering every important aspect. You just missed their defensive approach which is not that bad either. They are mainly receiving goals via standards. Thank you very much for your excellent work!
as i've thought football tactics will evolve into a more dynamic philosophy combining all philosophy of previous managers. Just like in basketball, before there was the triangle, princeton, dribble drive and etc. Now we see teams applying all those philosophy in their plays.
Yh this tactics works much better with 352 because if the cam stays more in the center, the striker of the specific side could try to get a bit wider to get free and the cam is then able to advance to his st position. It is a very similiar approach, but the benefit about this is, that the cam doesn't need to run that much and the same tactic is less stamina consuming. Also it is much faster to play this way. And if the cam waits until he goes into st position, the other striker can predict the change of the wings and can go to the long poest and the cam help the other winger. E.g: The Ball is passed to the RM in a 352. Than the RS can try to help, get back and the rdm can advance to cam and the ldm to rdm. The cam could then decide whether he wants to go on rs or stay in the center, because he knows that in the end the ball will be played to the LM. The LS could then run to the long poest, and if his CB will follow him, he will taunt two defenders to the long poest, which creates a huge space between the right back and right center back. Thus huge space can then be used by the cam, which is lurking for this opportunity. The LM has then 3 decisions he can make. 1. Cross to the long poest. 2. pass to the cam who goes on ls. 3. run into the center on cam position and doing a chip pass on the cam who strikes over the LS side or try to do a Robben shot. Highly depends on the skill of the winger. But i think a good winger in the bundesliga must be goo at it, otherwise its probably not the right player for the top clubs. This is in a way also the reason, why Bellingham does so many goals recently. Because Bellingham is playing exactly this way. It is very similiar, but i think it will work a little bit better this way. I could imagine, that Alonso might try it out,too. Especially, if he wants to become trainer for real madrid. I think he might want to be trainer for Bayern Munic, but if he can become the trainer of real madrid in the meantime, he could accept an offer. It is funny, because this tactics comes mainly from Fifa Pro Clubs. It was the Meta of the top Teams there. I am surprised, how well it works in real life.
They interestingly almost do opposite to city at times, city defend with a back 4 but stones moves forwards to create a double pivot and a back 3 in possession. where as leverkusen defend with a back 3/5 that moves to a 4 in possession with the double pivot splitting to become a single pivot. love all the new developments in movement and possession being brought about by the likes of de zerbi, alonso and the likes, fascinating to watch some of the tactical battles unfold on the pitch
A lot of tactics seem to rely on movement of players up forwards or diagonally to the next line to create a different attacking structure. Here I feel its more about twisting the shape to whichever side the ball is on so to overload and then switch play.
FINALLY a channel that actually addresses why they are where they are. Heard other channels mention "dark arts" and "deals with the devil" It's down to next level cutting edge tactics employed by Alonso, that has changed the understanding of football. He is a master tactician who is re-inventing the wheel they just report on scores, no understanding of football!"
Wow I love the play progression and structure of this. I need to start watching them more often, I've usually only paid attention to Bayern and Dortmund in bundesliga, and laliga the most due to their play style. I really like the structure of the clustering and how the attack into the box is so well organized. Really makes me wonder how teams can react to this quickly without scrambling. Really good video.
It's a perfect system however it relies more on efficiency and effectiveness in attack. Overloading the attack leaves huge gaps at the back exposing the team to counter attack in the event of loosing the ball.
This is somewhat similar to what klopp used when Henderson used to cover for TAA. Basically the concept was similar. But they had prolific wingers to get the goals
Amazing video! I always only watched football! But now I'm learning so much about the tactics from you! Phenomenal job! Can't wait for your next video!
Nice video you’ve explained the tactics well and it could be good the I now understand their tactics because my favorite football club Werder Bremen are going to play against Leverkusen next weekend
Your vedio is very interesting I like it so much , i guiss alonso can finish 2nd or 3rd maybe he can win the bundesliga if his team concentrate more and more he needs patience and power plus experience Thanks alot for your analysis Im milan fan i hope you talk about milan and italian football Wish you luck Your friend marwan from sudan
This is why as a United fan I’m saying we either get an interim manager till the end of the season or fire ETH at the end of the season. This gives us time to scout managers like Xabi Alonso, especially if he goes on to win the Bundesliga. In the meantime we can also prepare to clear out the squad and identify top talent through the likes of Paul Mitchell and Ashworth. And before anyone says he’s ex-Liverpool, Carragher grew up an Everton fan yet became a Liverpool legend.
xabi alonso on which club he preferred out of bayern, madrid and liverpool: "i would say liverpool. it was strange because i thought i’d feel at home in madrid due to it being my country but compared to liverpool it wasn’t. liverpool is like my 2nd home." He will never take the Man United job. He has played 5 years for us and now Klopp is leaving, he will have the choice between Liverpool and other clubs he will choose us. I don't think any ex Man United player would manage us.
Since Guardiola at Barcelona was heralded as re-inventing the wheel, these new managers are called tactical genius and football philosophers when in reality this is how football was played and teams where set up before the 4-4-2 shape was widely adopted 60 years ago
"I'm not surprised by how he has transformed Bayern Leverkusen into title contenders. He has had the privilege of playing under esteemed managers such as Mou and Pep, as well as benefiting from his father's coaching expertise. The young lad has truly learned from the very best.
Ancelotti and Benitez too, even at Sociedad when he was very young he had John Toshack who was very impressive for a while, despite not being on the level of the other managers named, plus obviously Del Bosque with Spain.
xabi is just started the second phase of his career...... Had an illustrous first half and the second half has started in a way that messi announced himself in barcelona....
5 MONTHS LATER
Bayer Leverkusen wins the Bundesliga for the first time.
Truly Special.
Without loosing a game
What we are witnessing is indeed special
@@JularnoYT bro, I can guarantee u Xabi will change Bundesliga in next few years or forever. Just like Pep did at Bayern
Pray for the first unbeaten Treble in history.
Xabi's whole life has been immersed in football. He is a good student of the game having played under three of the best managers of the modern game. Football is literally in his DNA
Not to mention he's dad was a good manager
Not literally though
@@lucaswerneck479 Underrated comment.
He played under ancelloti, mourinho, Guardiola and rafael Benitez
Del Bosque is a better manager than Benitez and u left him out lol
"All the time you have to leave a space" seems to be an Alonso thing
Making Mid Tier Teams look like contenders too.
Love the F1 reference
World class comment😂
Spainards love some space
@@youwillneverknow8643In terms of bundesliga results Leverkusen has been in the top 6 since 17-18 season so I'd called them top tier team in terms of bundesliga but in Europe mid tier.
Florian Wirtz is fantastic. His vision and passing is Özil-esque but without the moping and the going-missing. Oh and his first touch and ball control!
Weight of pass and dribbling are probably his greatest strengths. Irreplaceable player
Between xavi and wirtz who impacts the game more ?
@@immanuelalk9108Look at a few passes from Wirtz, especially „first-touch-Passes“ or attempts that his squad mates could not process. These passes remind me a little of KDB, although the rest of the playing style is vastly different. I have not seen such a fast identification of small gaps in the defensive lines in ages. Xavi is a more straightforward player with a hell of a shot and exquisite dribbling, but he does not posses the vision and passing skills of Wirtz. Hence, I believe the impact of Wirtz is quite a lot higher. I believe Olmo comes close to Wirtz in terms of his abilities if he is not injured.
Don’t forget he actually presses
Think before touching compare ozil was legend go check stats and his gameplay from schalke days
Leverkusen is my favorite team to watch this season. Arguably the best team in Europe currently
I agrée I want psg to face them, it’ll give PSG some more experience
Along with Spurs!
You mean Liverpool? Spurs are below Liverpool if justice and fairness prevailed in that forsaken cursed game
True. Liverpool should top the table by now in epl if they won that match. Liverpool is the only one Tottenham can't suffocate if not for referee. Europe league will be between Liverpool, Leverkusen, and Roma
@@Yoputrakey word IF. They still had 10 men and would’ve been 1-0 up with 70 minutes to play. At the most it likely would’ve ended in a draw or spurs could’ve gone on to win it during the second half, if so liverpool wouldn’t be first on the table.
excellent analysis. i would only add that the principle of diagonality plays a much more fundamental role in alonso´s strategy. the team have been taught to avoid standing in vertical lines as much as possible. this allows for more diagonal passes. the core benefit of these diagonal passes, apart from obvious space gains and forcing the opponent to defend more space as you mentioned, is the fact that the receiving player does not have his back turned to the opponent´s goal as it were the case with vertical passes. these split second advantages are what give leverkusen the edge.
You seem to imply that a 50 to 70 meters diagonal pass constitutes Alonso’s idea of competitive advantage. 71 viewers seem to agree with you. That’s interesting. Can you substantiate this claim. As a coach, I am interested in actionable tactics (avoid the word strategy please). If you have ever been on the receiving end of just a 50 meters diagonal pass you must know that facing the goal is the least of your worries. But please show us how Xabi Alonso made Diagonal ping passes the base of the success of his team.
@@XStoffe relax mate. why the pissed off tonality? next time i will ask you for permission what kinds of words i may use in my own comments, ok? smh
@@XStoffe he doesn't imply that at all. It's more so the direction of the passes played, that Alonso arranges his 11 in possession that way to play more expansive football, as the players can pass diagonally more than trying to directly attack opposition completely vertically up the pitch (if that makes sense). In other words, create more passing lanes by forming passing triangles. He is not saying that Alonso instructs his players to ping 50 yard passes diagonally to switch up play.
That sounds insane ngl.
@@XStoffe What are you on about, mate
Xabi Alonso was one of the few Madrid players I always respected as a Barca fan. You could just tell how smart he was by his style of play. It's no surprise he is such a great coach now.
Watched every game from them this season, its just beautiful to watch. If you love football, don't miss out on their games.
This is what modern football is, flexibility at its best. Days were gone when team used to play with fixed and rigid formation and players used to stick their position only.
It only started happening now bro lol
Because of One
Pep obviously and also he too is flexible
just its difficult to see kinda
The goal against Köln is truely a blueprint of his style. One addition to the pass following 6:00. Everytime I watch this scene, I expect Xhaka to pass diagonally, either to Tabsoba on the left hand side, or to Hofmann on the right hand side. But not vertically. Most managers would be furious if someone deliberately passed to a teammate under heavy pressure like that. Alonso on the other hand actively encourages this, and it makes his style exciting to watch.
This is the kind of football i love the most to see. Not some boring long ball counter or reliance on wing play. Just beautiful tactical pass play and overwhelming with great positioning
Football gets more, when attempt to do attacks through passing, but it goes nowhere, when the ball is just passes back to the defenders, when they dont find way through.
@@Jout8-re1ijpatience is good. Forcing the play in an unfavorable situation is bad. I hear you, but this seems to be a fair rebuttal to your take
I really hope they win the bundesliga this year. Not only do they have some spectacular players like Wirtz but Alonso is a mastermind. I can see him getting a big move in the future. Madrid most likely after Carlo leaves.
Lever kusen without wirtz and alonso is nothing
He is coming home to Liverpool
He's coming to Liverpool now.
Carlo isn't going anywhere rn
He is Liverpool supporter. That’s fact. Sorry Baby.
Genius by Xavi Alonso. Finding a new principle based on the correlation between three systems.
Xabi
One thing I really like when watching Leverkusen is that they are always looking for that linebreak. Like at 6:11 Xhaka could have passed horizontally to the left side and it would have been fine, but decides for the vertical pass that allows to break through the midfield line faster and more directly. Many teams would likely prefer the saver route which often leads to boring games with not many chances being created. I hope that this way of playing will succeed and become the norm for other teams as well as it makes for much more enjoyable games to watch
I watched many football tactics on yt,
But your content is just on another level
Especialy the edit🔥
Xabi always gave me that vibe even as a player, that he knew more than most. I really hope he takes over from Ancelotti at Real Madrid next.
He is Liverpool supporter. Baby
He decided not to leave Leverkusen this year.
Gegenpress , position play and relationism😮!!
No wonder they are top of their league🔥🔥
So far in this new season Xabi Alonso is the best coach. Postecoglu is also up there but Alonso still the best for now.
What about Míchel? Gironas head coach
@@antoniobergara7878 Míchel is a great contender. But imo, i still think Xabi is better by a tiny margin. Michel is still good though, that 4-2 win against Barca was unexpected
Yeah let's leave out the manager who currently sits at the top of the PL hahaha
@@ogobbbyde winning a race with a ferrari is not more impressive than doing it in a fiat, no premier league manager comes close to what xabi is doing this season when you look at the players and funds that are available
Hey, its me from the future. In 6 months time they win the league and go unbeaten all season!
His vision and application are 2nd to none. I have never seen someone apply the principles of football so well in the first season of football at the highest level. All praise to XAVI ALONSO, he has been outstanding and without any doubt, he will win the German league because no one deserves it more than him.
Thanks for your ever so interesting analyses. One note though on Alsonso’s « relationism which you mentioned in the lead to the video.
Ball passing between players in close proximity does not constitute relationism. Pep’s Barca did that very well and we’re not relationists. Alonso’s tactic is more resembling that of Real Madrid that that of Diniz’ Fluminense.
For relationism to exist, there need to be a clear emphasis on :
1: diagonal short/médium progression passing.
2- creating massive overload on one side of the pitch and progressing within (or because of) said overload using a variety of short passing tools/tricks.
3- relationism has no interest in moving the opponents lines. Hence no interest in creating space on the other side of the pitch and suddenly switching to that empty side. By definition relationism needs players to pass the ball and thus to operate in areas that are overloaded with both opponents and team mates.
4- in relativism receiving players will move towards a designated area where the ball is expected to be passed by the team mate.
One-twos only at the root of relationism only work if player are constantly on movement towards the ball.
Villarreal is a better example than Alonso’s Leverkussen of that dynamic.
Finally, defensively, players are told to systematically push the opponents towards the sideline and to use the line as an extra set of defenders. Defense line are thus not horizontal in shape but actually rather vertical, running parallel to the side line to some degree.
In conclusion, Xabi Alonso’s team is much more reminiscent of the well established, well oiled and disciplined Real style of play (and to their Bavarian counterpart) than to that of the all out flamboyant fluminense.
Very good Insight, thank you! I guess yeah there are some similarities with relationism in the sense of creating overloads in certain areas, but the objectives are different
@@FootballMetayeah. I could understand what you were relating to. There are really some similarities, but it's not the core of his strategy. It's a mix-up of these tactitica you pointed out, although some times we can see the one-two, overload and short.-medium passes forward. That's why it's unpredictable. Diniz relies upon solely on the players skills, as he doesn't care much about very fast players, and then he insists that he must play inwards and onwards while overloads the pitch.
This is amazing, i think this is what a lot of top managers are implementing across euorpe, Pep, Arteta even Ancelotti the set up formation isn't what the structure is and is dependent on transition and creating over loads in attack while setting up with a 4 or 5 in defence , either full backs becoming wingers and then depending on who you have one of your midfielders becoming defenders too. Its actually amazing to watch
I think Xabi Alonso would be the perfect upgrade for Inter Milan style of playing.
To me his style look like an evolution of the Inzaghi ball with the double playmaker wings and the back three with quality.
I really would like to see what he would do with Inter Milan, especially with that midfield (like barella, chala, miki, frattesi, klassen, asllani) I think he would build an amazing team.
But, unfortunately, i think he will be the next coach of Real or Bayern
Inter under inzaghi is already amazing and much better then under Conte..
@@jaspergabriels8933 rIGHT! Inzaghi is already doing good. Why change?
He will come to Liverpool... replace Jurgen Klopp...
All the tactical nuances you explain have made me understand the game even more. Thank you.
Facts
This tactic is very efficient also because leverkusen has possibly the best left and right back in the world currently. Grimaldo and Frimpong has more goals and assists together than many teams combined in all top 5 leagues. As wing backs.
As a Tottenham Hotspur supporter, there was a rumour that we could go after Xabi Alonso especially when there was a photo of Chairman Daniel Levy & Scott Munn (Chief Football Offier) spotted at the London City Airport & a plane departed to Düsseldorf. I think the thought was they were going to Köln where Julian Nagelsmann agency is located. But a closer drive - according to Google Maps - is to Leverkusen. I was kinda open to the the idea of Alonso coaching Tottenham - especially according to The Athletic, Tottenham wanted "a young coach with an upwards trajectory." But then Alonso stated that he wanted to continue with Leverkusen & then the rumors ended.
I didn't know how good Alonso was. Only knew that Leverkusen who collected five points in eight games, managed to finish in sixth with 50 points. Looking forward for their accomplishment this season.
But... Ange guy is doin so well aye?
The agency is located in Leverkusen funnily enough.
Not a chance if he comes to England there is only one team he will go to .
@@Mrpowpow100this unfortunately for every other club in pl
Exceptional player and exceptional coach, moved to Leverkusen from our Academy team at Real Sociedad. He could not become the main coach because Imanol performance is probably the best in our History, not now but we will see when he returns back home in the future.
It will be interesting to see which job he takes next in a few years: bayern, real madrid or liverpool
No creo que vaya a la Real sociedad ya, creo que el querra dar un siguiente paso muy ambicioso, tipo un real madrid, liverpool o quien sabe si un manchester city en caso de que guardiola se vaya pero eso ya no creo pq su sustituto seguramente sería un de zerbi
Aged like win mate, bloody amazing
Do a Ruben Amorim's Sporting next, love to watch your videos, keep it up!
Such a brilliant video. Delivery, analysis, graphics. Keep it up mate!
Thanks mate appreciate it 🙌
Alonso is playing Football Manager in real life and absolutely killing it.
Jose Mourinho called it years ago when he said Xabi would be a very good manager. Always listen to Mourinho.
Mourinho knows a ton of football... hearing him talking about Ronaldo in his Barcelona days is great, and gives a great idea of how much greater he would be without all of his injuries.
He also rated de bruyne and salah and made them a key players at chelsea
One of the best football tactics channels, a lot of them are very basic or don't quite understand that beating the press of the opponent is the most important part of any tactic.
The balance in that final third is a thing of beauty 😮 dangerous dangerous team
I'm an old follower and I almost watched every video , this one is amazing
I think based on your analysis that he is more principal like ancelotti than positional
I would love to watch a video like this one about Carlo's Real Madrid
I’m an Ipswich Town fan here and after seeing this video it’s this same system we utilize accept a few tweaks: 1. We keep the ball on the turf less using the long and short pass 50/50 essentially enforcing no one particular style of play. 2nd we are using the wingers more for crosses and cutback passes, where Leverkusen is direct up the middle mostly. The rest is pretty much identical. The system works back to back promotions and fixing to see how it translates to the EPL. Seeing the positive results for Leverkusen gives me confidence.
This is total football by Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen.
Xhaka signing has been massive for Leverkusen
Even grimaldo too
truly shocking how he has been completely rehabbed. bless xabi
Need a video analytics of Stuttgart too
Distinguished video and analysis! Sharp, on the point, elaborately and covering every important aspect. You just missed their defensive approach which is not that bad either. They are mainly receiving goals via standards. Thank you very much for your excellent work!
A lot of their players are shining Grimaldo, Boniface, Wirtz can't wait to see them play again
Grimaldo was already good in Portugal, however german style of play suits him more.
@@DanielSantos-jx9oi agreed he's playing much better than he did in Benfica, 7 goals 4 assists already. He's a complete player
as i've thought football tactics will evolve into a more dynamic philosophy combining all philosophy of previous managers. Just like in basketball, before there was the triangle, princeton, dribble drive and etc. Now we see teams applying all those philosophy in their plays.
In a way, bundesliga coaches should thanks this channel for making their job easy by making this analysis
Want to see him as RMA coach next season
What formation would he use?
4231 or 3241 like leverkusen
@@HT3897 3241 i dont see it.
He will be to 90%
Not yet. He should marinate a bit
Yh this tactics works much better with 352 because if the cam stays more in the center, the striker of the specific side could try to get a bit wider to get free and the cam is then able to advance to his st position. It is a very similiar approach, but the benefit about this is, that the cam doesn't need to run that much and the same tactic is less stamina consuming.
Also it is much faster to play this way. And if the cam waits until he goes into st position, the other striker can predict the change of the wings and can go to the long poest and the cam help the other winger. E.g:
The Ball is passed to the RM in a 352. Than the RS can try to help, get back and the rdm can advance to cam and the ldm to rdm. The cam could then decide whether he wants to go on rs or stay in the center, because he knows that in the end the ball will be played to the LM. The LS could then run to the long poest, and if his CB will follow him, he will taunt two defenders to the long poest, which creates a huge space between the right back and right center back. Thus huge space can then be used by the cam, which is lurking for this opportunity. The LM has then 3 decisions he can make.
1. Cross to the long poest.
2. pass to the cam who goes on ls.
3. run into the center on cam position and doing a chip pass on the cam who strikes over the LS side or try to do a Robben shot. Highly depends on the skill of the winger.
But i think a good winger in the bundesliga must be goo at it, otherwise its probably not the right player for the top clubs.
This is in a way also the reason, why Bellingham does so many goals recently. Because Bellingham is playing exactly this way.
It is very similiar, but i think it will work a little bit better this way. I could imagine, that Alonso might try it out,too.
Especially, if he wants to become trainer for real madrid. I think he might want to be trainer for Bayern Munic, but if he can become the trainer of real madrid in the meantime, he could accept an offer.
It is funny, because this tactics comes mainly from Fifa Pro Clubs. It was the Meta of the top Teams there. I am surprised, how well it works in real life.
This is very well articulated👏 brilliant base analysis for the youngsters watching
Sarri´s Napoli and Lazio next pls
I hope xabi doesn’t immediately leave after this season, and continues to build the team for a few more years
Been waiting for this one! Thanks for rolling it out, man. Awesome work as always!
They interestingly almost do opposite to city at times, city defend with a back 4 but stones moves forwards to create a double pivot and a back 3 in possession. where as leverkusen defend with a back 3/5 that moves to a 4 in possession with the double pivot splitting to become a single pivot. love all the new developments in movement and possession being brought about by the likes of de zerbi, alonso and the likes, fascinating to watch some of the tactical battles unfold on the pitch
FSG's perceprion among the fans depends heavily on whether they get this man at Liverpool or not. This is big.
Xavi Alonso would have always made a great manager as he was studying football strategy and tactics even as a player.
A lot of tactics seem to rely on movement of players up forwards or diagonally to the next line to create a different attacking structure. Here I feel its more about twisting the shape to whichever side the ball is on so to overload and then switch play.
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FINALLY a channel that actually addresses why they are where they are. Heard other channels mention "dark arts" and "deals with the devil" It's down to next level cutting edge tactics employed by Alonso, that has changed the understanding of football. He is a master tactician who is re-inventing the wheel they just report on scores, no understanding of football!"
Gifted footballer and now a gifted manager.
Wow I love the play progression and structure of this. I need to start watching them more often, I've usually only paid attention to Bayern and Dortmund in bundesliga, and laliga the most due to their play style. I really like the structure of the clustering and how the attack into the box is so well organized. Really makes me wonder how teams can react to this quickly without scrambling. Really good video.
I like the relationalism aspect of this.
It's a perfect system however it relies more on efficiency and effectiveness in attack. Overloading the attack leaves huge gaps at the back exposing the team to counter attack in the event of loosing the ball.
This is somewhat similar to what klopp used when Henderson used to cover for TAA. Basically the concept was similar. But they had prolific wingers to get the goals
Great Analysis ! Xabi Alonso is arguably the one of the best managers this season
Can you do a video explaining football terms, like playmaker, anchor man, libero, trequartista, sweeper and many "unique" terms
Fernando Diniz was mentioned for relationism, however was it not Wenger who brought that style of play with intricate one-two's to the Premier League?
Amazing video!
I always only watched football! But now I'm learning so much about the tactics from you!
Phenomenal job!
Can't wait for your next video!
now i got why he was always in free space in WC10 Euro08 and Euro12
He was doing his own style with Del box.
that pass map is the coolest thing ive ever seen. the man said screw triangles, im making an entire hexagon
Who are watching this after leverkusen winning bundesliga undeafted??
Similarities to Nagelsmann in terms of overall shape and the 2v1 vs opposition FB and the numerical advantage against the opposition backline
very impressive!!!, he will be sought by the big clubs before very long for sure
What a fantastic video! So good explained. Thanks for give it us
Hopefully LEV will break Bayern dominance. I can't watch Bayern winning another trophy anymore.
Great content and greetings from Germany
Same😅
Also fits nicely that Kane actually has bad luck
Man imagine being Kane if that happens. Especially if the impossible happens and Spurs win the league xD That much irony is lethal.
Harry Kane really can’t catch a break..
Double pivot of Jones and Macca and Szobo as the 10 when LFC will shift to a 4231 formation.
Florian Wirtz???
@@spring_213 He plays left of a front 3
@@telephonic that's good
Alisson
Gomez Konate VVD Robbo
Trent Macca
Diaz Zsobos Wirtz
Jota
Bench : Kelleher, Bradley, Tsimi Quansah, Hincapie(hope), Jones, Elliot, Gravenberch, Douglas luiz(hope), Gakpo, Nunez, Salah.
@@spring_213
Diaz over Salah😂
He’s a great player and a great manager
come home Xabi!!! plz
Great video. He just looke like the next big thing in terms of management.
Nice video you’ve explained the tactics well and it could be good the I now understand their tactics because my favorite football club Werder Bremen are going to play against Leverkusen next weekend
Your vedio is very interesting I like it so much , i guiss alonso can finish 2nd or 3rd maybe he can win the bundesliga if his team concentrate more and more he needs patience and power plus experience
Thanks alot for your analysis Im milan fan i hope you talk about milan and italian football
Wish you luck
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Nice video, nice analysis, nice editing. Good job mate and thanks for ur video
Welcome to Liverpool ❤
This video will help me in FM24! Thanks
what a masterclass observation from you. great content bro
They won it 🎉 today
It's always the team. As long as they are smart, focused, and motivated.
Soon, this style of play will be overwhelming for every european team.
3421 too much creativity and versatility
Alonso and Mbappe heading to RM will be crazy❤
This is why as a United fan I’m saying we either get an interim manager till the end of the season or fire ETH at the end of the season. This gives us time to scout managers like Xabi Alonso, especially if he goes on to win the Bundesliga. In the meantime we can also prepare to clear out the squad and identify top talent through the likes of Paul Mitchell and Ashworth.
And before anyone says he’s ex-Liverpool, Carragher grew up an Everton fan yet became a Liverpool legend.
xabi alonso on which club he preferred out of bayern, madrid and liverpool: "i would say liverpool. it was strange because i thought i’d feel at home in madrid due to it being my country but compared to liverpool it wasn’t. liverpool is like my 2nd home."
He will never take the Man United job. He has played 5 years for us and now Klopp is leaving, he will have the choice between Liverpool and other clubs he will choose us. I don't think any ex Man United player would manage us.
Great analysis! Very enjoyable to watch!
Since Guardiola at Barcelona was heralded as re-inventing the wheel, these new managers are called tactical genius and football philosophers when in reality this is how football was played and teams where set up before the 4-4-2 shape was widely adopted 60 years ago
"I'm not surprised by how he has transformed Bayern Leverkusen into title contenders. He has had the privilege of playing under esteemed managers such as Mou and Pep, as well as benefiting from his father's coaching expertise. The young lad has truly learned from the very best.
Ancelotti and Benitez too, even at Sociedad when he was very young he had John Toshack who was very impressive for a while, despite not being on the level of the other managers named, plus obviously Del Bosque with Spain.
What is helping the team to be confidence with five attackers upfront is because the team rest defense is very strong and sharp.
Man united would be killing to get Alonso in! i've followed him for sometime & i'm impressed...
He wouldn’t ruin his career before it’s even began by going to that club
Alonso plays his midfield as if it were him Gerrard and Mascerano
Another quality Football Meta video
Its only a matter of time before bundesliga teams learn to sit deep n organize a low block. This essentially was arsenal last season
Ironically, Arteta is Alonso's best friend
xabi is just started the second phase of his career...... Had an illustrous first half and the second half has started in a way that messi announced himself in barcelona....
with different cars on the street, Xabi Alonso is like a Rolls-Royce
Pep, Mou and Carlo all combined
wow im impressed how ppl outside brazil are talking about fernando diniz playstyle
Great analysis. Now I know y Leverkusen r playing so well