We can have a clear understanding of the history of the development of the various soccer formations that we have mentioned before by the tree diagram above. In the previous lessons, we have been mentioning the focus of the development of several soccer formations, of which the most important are three, first, the pursuit of a balanced distribution of positions throughout the field, second, to respond to the change in the offside rule, and third, the development from staring at the defense to staring at the defense + zone defense, and all the way to the Nowadays, the main focus is on area defense, supplemented by man-to-man defense. The formations used in modern soccer have developed according to this logical thinking. Unless we see some old and traditional tactics in some regions where the development of soccer is relatively backward, or in grassroots soccer matches for children, the mainstream tactics we see in professional matches or large-scale international matches are generally more or less the same.
In this lesson we will introduce some of the formations that are commonly seen in major international matches. The first is the 442 formation, which, as its name suggests, is the "Eternal Formation", is the basis of all soccer formations, even at the highest level of professional play. The first is that the two wingers are traditional breakaway players.
This formation is suitable for teams with tall wingers and wingers who are good at breaking through passes. The two players in the middle of the field are mainly responsible for defending, as well as giving the ball to the two wingers at the right time, e.g.
England Premier Soccer League
(used form a nominal expression)
Manchester United Football Club
The second is the diamond midfield, a formation suitable for teams that lack the ability to break through on the sides, utilizing a denser setup in the midfield to increase control in the middle of the field, when Mourinho first led the
Chelsea
The time was dominated by such a formation.
There are also major variations of the 442, such as the 4132, which is used when there is a very strong defensive midfielder in the team who can play exclusively in defense, and when more attacking personnel can be put in the midfield
The 4312, on the contrary, is used when there is an extremely powerful attacking midfielder in the team and the rest of the players are expected to assist in defense.
In the late 1990s, 442 also gave rise to another variant, 451 or 4411, the formation itself is 442, but due to the shortage of strikers, or the team's midfield control is not as good as the opponent's, they have to sacrifice a striker, so that his position is closer to the midfield, and now the most popular 4231, is the completion of this formation, the 451 allowed France to win the World Cup in 1998. The 451 allowed France to win the World Cup in 1998, and now many European teams are using the more mature 4231 formation, such as the
Bayern
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
With Real Madrid.
The 433 is a weapon used by Barcelona and Spain in the past few years, and is also used by the Netherlands. The 433 has three players in the midfield with great ball control ability, and there are several main ways to play in the forward line, the first one is to have a winger or an attacking midfielder on both sides of the field.
Bayern
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
Ribery plus Robben. That's the type.
The second is where all three players are strikers, a true three up front, which Barcelona has used before on the wing with Sanchez, Pedro, Davidovia, or the current
Neymar
It's that type of thing.
Also, now
Bayern
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
(used form a nominal expression)
commander-in-chief
GUADIOLA used to be in Barcelona and still is.
Bayern
München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
Instead, a strikerless tactic has been developed, which actually takes what we have just described, the first 433 formation, with this one striker in the middle, and uses a non-traditional center forward, for example
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
Or Fabregas, which has been jokingly referred to as the 460 formation, though in principle it's mainly 433.
There are still some teams in Italy that like to use 352.
This formation can be offensive or defensive, if the position of the two side players is more backward, the formation of defensive 532, 352 requires strong mobility of the side players, in Italy in the past to the Udinese more often used in the past few years, Napoli, and these two years the
Juventus, Italian football team
All use such formations as well.
In addition, we can also see some special unbalanced formations in the matches, these formations are usually for special purposes, for example, in the 2002 and 2006 World Cup, the Dutch manager Hiddink had South Korea and Australia use the 361 formation respectively.
Because he knows that these two teams are nowhere near as strong as world class midfielders, he has trooped heavy in the middle of the field and fought for control of the midfield.
Milan (Italy)
In order to cope with the presence of KAKA and SEEDORF in the squad, and the presence of Inzaghi, who is very good at counter-attacking, Carlo Ancelotti placed two attacking midfielders behind the strikers to form a 4-3-2-1 formation.
It is also known as the Christmas tree formation because the shape of this formation resembles a Christmas tree.
From the above, do you also have a better understanding of the entire history of soccer formations?
