American Football Coach LEARNS about the High Press

[@lukessportsacademy]

Forewarning, I butcher the pronunciation of gegenpressing for the first ten minutes of the video 😂

[@CaptKomy]

Frickin hell man that was hilarious 😂

[@jonisilk]

Yeah, Jinjin-pressing is, as you say, pressing high up the pitch. But no, that's not how you say it, lol

[@kellyfreas]

It's just a minor point, it even makes your content about your learning experience more authentic. We, your audience, feel we're learning together. Such honest things make you stand out from the loads of content creators, who are fake and just seek attention.

[@Cicero82]

You also butchered Sean Dyche’s name.

[@footballforlife2643]

Don't worry its OK Its spelled like that because its a German made word

[@archmaester6594]

Klopp: I don't dress to impress. I dress to gegenpress!

[@rauhan_sheikh]

Klopp is the main man when it comes to attacking and high intensity play

[@ivanoffche]

The best tactic is the one that applies to the skills of your players. Offensive tactics are the most difficult because they require a lot of sacrifice from everyone, and also, you need good players with attack and defend skills. Take a look at players like Casemiro, Busquets, Valverde or Dias from the City.

[@wizarddragon]

'The best tactic is the one that applies to the skills of your players' Gregg Berhalter could learn a few things from you.

[@caldrissian8178]

You could say the best tactics is the one you prepare your teams and your players from the youth academy to the pros as a whole. Where everybody (young players, pro players, coachs, staffes, dirigents, sponsors) all work and think toward a same tactics/strategies. Best exemple is possession oriented club, FC Barcelona with their youth academy (La Masia) which mold players toward possession tactics, also recrutement of players who can play well with this tactic. But yes, most of a time it's hard to do because it's a long term plan, where you need everybody involved in a 5 - 10 or more years project. So the best way to make your team work as a group is to find a coach who can adapt is tactics/stategies to the current available players.

[@agssilv5919]

@@caldrissian8178 difference between trying to get by and building a dynasty

[@JuanceOrtiz]

There is a manager that hasn´t won anything (important at least) and he´s still one of the greatest influences in the world of football. Guardiola said "If you give me his actual team, i couldn´t do what he´s doing right now. And if you gave him my team, he could be unbeatable. That´s his level". If you could watch some videos about the story of Marcelo Bielsa, his carreer and style of coaching it would be a great video

[@jamiesondj]

Gegenpressing sounds great but you need just the right players for it to work and you need a really deep squad of you're going to take part in more than one competition since it's very physically taxing.

[@archmaester6594]

[cries in Liverpool 2022-23] Went from a team on the verge of winning everything to a mediocre team because the midfield aged 3 years in 3 months

[@micheleduritto]

@@archmaester6594 this^

[@thabanentshangase]

​@@archmaester6594😂😂😂😂😂😂so true.

[@donparkison4617]

Its physically taxing when you fail to win the ball, but when you win it you actually run less because you dont have to leave the attacking end. But yea, when the midfield has lost a step (Thiago / Henderson) then they are more likely to fail to win the ball and are in scramble mode.

[@donparkison4617]

@@archmaester6594 And Liverpool never replaced Gini Wynaldum. Non LFC fans didnt realize how much consistency and stability be brought to the midfield until he was gone. Not flashy, but rock solid and played a ton of games.

[@argo9750]

I am no expert, but from what I heard the issue (or one of the issues) with man-to-man pressing is the goalkeeper. Defending side always has one more player than the attacking side. There is always one player that is unmarked. It can cause trouble, especially if the GK is a Sweeper Keeper that is good on the ball.

[@ohnidekrz7518]

It's easy to manipulate man to man defense. Players can be dragged out of positions if they have specific basketball type matchup.

[@Lamian001]

Pulling people out of position with man-to-man press can create holes. Gegenpress was made by Ernest Happel to counter your own mistakes while attackers press the defenders can regroup quickly to ofcourse help the GK, if they get dragged out your leaving space to be hit with counter but also re-counter so there is always advantage and disadvantage to gegenpress. If you wanna check Gegenpress working like a charm watch few of Borussia games while Jurgen Klopp was still there.

[@hjhuber7929]

Gegenpressing is the German phrase because Jürgen Klopp made it popular. So no "Ginger" pressing as you called it. 😅

[@jorisoims3085]

To add to what you say Gegen pressing literaly mean counter press in German

[@archmaester6594]

Actually, Ralf Rangnick popularised gegenpress and inspired Klopp, Tuchel and Nagelsmann... they were just more successful and adapted it to their own unique style.

[@hjhuber7929]

@@archmaester6594 ok, then you have to mention Dynamo Kiew, because that's where Rangnick saw it for the first time.

[@Pedrorasti]

​@@archmaester6594actualy Nagelsman influences come from his time at Redbull....all Key coachs at europeans Redbull's teams have a similar style to gegenpress....

[@christianbuchs8029]

@@jorisoims3085 actually it mean literally against pressing

[@archmaester6594]

Man-to-man marking is often seen as a dying breed in football, often used by teams who prefer to park the bus. It's main disadvantage is that while you are marking their players, by default their players are also marking yours. The three examples actually use a hybrid of man marking and zonal marking. Example; Liverpool's front three could use zonal marking to tie down the passing lane of a Back 4 of a team, forcing their goalkeeper to make a long pass into midfield, where Liverpool's midfield would now have a numerical superiority would easily man mark their opponents.

[@deanc6664]

Man to Man marking is most effective against players with low pace, it'll be seen more in the lower leagues than in the premier league. The premier league favors pace in attackers a lot these days.

[@MiguelStinson88]

Okay, I'll try my best to give some insight, since I know you like to go deeper: A complete man-to-man defense is actually considered outdated. Flexible position changes in an attack can outplay such a defense, because defenders suddenly find themselves in disadvantageous positions and at the same time open up space for attackers. Also, this type of defense requires much more stamina, since you basically have to go every step the attacker goes - in addition to every step you need to go when your own team attacks. Also it may deform your defense line in a way that creating an effective offside "trap" seems impossible. Holes all over the place. Space coverage (is this the right term in English? Zone defense maybe?) is harder to achieve but it makes many things easier, if you can pull it off. Since you don't have to go the extra mile following your designated opponent, you'll have more energy for your own attacks. It also benefits team play. With a well-coordinated team, it is easier to intuitively know the positions of your teammates and you don't accidentally give up important space because nobody feels responsible for it. Man-to-man coverage is applied situationally though. In standard situations, such as corners or free kicks, attackers are very often covered by selected opponents. You don't want to put a Messi alongside a tall striker with a strong header when the ball comes in high. However, we often see individual man-to-man coverage over the course of an entire game to take out key players. In most cases, this is used to besiege playmakers in midfield or outstanding strikers so they never really have space and time. Take the opponent's most valuable asset and you're one step closer to victory. Often this creates hot, emotional duels throughout the game. Man, I love those unpleasant heel-biters! Gattuso, for example.

[@inquisitorsneed2]

Jurgen klopp is the man! Most affable manager in the game

[@nameanteater4772]

“No playmaker is as good as a good counterpress” - Klopp

[@MD30474]

German football is some of the most transition (think counter-attack) based in the world. Nagelsman is from the "Red Bull" school of football, all the Red bull teams love to press and attack quickly.

[@Wastedan]

if you want an example of man-to-man pressing it’s got to be bielsa, it’s that idea on steroids. one of the most high-risk high-entertainment styles i’ve seen in recent memory

[@jameswalmsley9079]

I think it might be worth watching some video examples of these two tactics because they do tell the main tactical story of the last 15 years. Videos like Barcelona Tiki Taka, Two minutes of Klopps liverpool pressing like animals and Borrussia Dortmund best teamplays 2012, Real Madrid fastest counter attacks mourinho. The narrative is that Mourinho/Bentitez style cautious, controlling defensive football was dominant in the 2000s. Barcelona and Spain had exceptionally technical players so they built a system that emphasized this and both teams won everything between 2008 and 2012. Great games that show this match up are Barcelona vs Inter Milan 2010, Barcelona vs Chelsea 2012, Barcelona 5 Real Madrid 0 2010 and Spain vs Italy 2012. It was possible for M/B teams to beat Pep but often they were unbelievably tactically and defensively intense. When Pep got it right however like in the 5-0 Barcelona and Spain looked like teams from another world. Klopp and other managers in Germany didnt have the wealth to buy experienced tactical players preferred by Mourinho/Benitez and there wasnt an abundance of technical players who could play a tiki taka style game either. Young players are often hardworking, energetic, quick, eager to attack and available for low fees and wages . Klopps tactics suited this kind of player. Whereas M/B style teams had allowed Pep to have possession and sat deep with experienced, street wise players seen in the games suggested you cant do that with young immature players. But if youre not going to dominate possession you can be so good out of possession that this becomes your key strength. It's also a reason why so many good young players come out of Dortmund and Red Bull. Its easier to coach young players to play in a proactive, energy intense pressing system than a reactive, mentally intense counter attacking system for the most part. Dortmund 4 real Madrid 1 and Liverpool vs Manchester city 4-3, Liverpool vs Manchester city 3-0 are nice example games. All three main managers Klopp, Pep and Mourinho have altered their style slightly over the last few years. Pep moving to Germany and England especially when Bayern beat Barcelona 7-0 encouraged him to tweak his team. Klopp moving to Liverpool where teams who sit back and wages/transfer fees were not an issue and Mourinho when the availability of mentally and tactically mature players isnt what it was a decade ago. Enjoy the videos keep up the work

[@jacksmith4460]

what you described was basically Liverpool in the 2019 2020 season, Hybrid, Liverpool kept the ball better than anyone (except City) and also pressed the life out of teams when losing the ball and winning it back in counter attack positions near the other teams goal. Liverpool had Firmino, Mane and Salah who were unreal together, one of the best forward lines I have ever seen. Firmino was so clever with his linking but also a goal threat, Salah was a dribbling and finishing Nightmare, and Mane was ultra fast strong but also had a habit of doing the unexpected in dynamic fashion and could score all kinds of goals, and all 3 of them linked beautifully, but also pressed like beasts on strictly relentless settings. I think We might see something similar from Diaz, Gakpo and Salah, with Nunez and Jota coming at point to provide some chaos (Nunez) and some lethal finishing (Jota) If Liverpool FC get 2 more decent mid fielders this window and a good Right/Center back (cover for TAA, and will allow TAA into Midfield where he is exceptional) I think Liverpool will potentially be very dangerous in the coming season. I think Thuram and Maybe Veiga (possibly Gravenberch) are likely to be the 2 mids, dont know about defnder(s) but I really think Liverpool will be a threat. But I also think Newcastle will be and Man United will be again, I think Arsenal will not be as good, very young team, I think it might take a season to be back challenge again, I think they might be a little mentally affected from last season, but will bounce back. Chelsea as well I expect to be better, cant be much worse Spurs I think will be pretty similar to this season. Man city gonna be Man city LOOL Interesting season might be a very close one, I certainly think Man City might have more competition this time around....or they might just blow the whole league away with ease LMAO

[@CF-sd4rl]

100%, as a LFC fan, this couldn’t me more true in that we are good with the ball but even more aggressive without it. That 2019/20 season was something else

[@Cafenoir_]

The important part of gegenpressing is time. Time crisis. If you don't let your opponent breathe, he's going to make a mistake. If you can capitalise on that, he won't have time to organise defensively. There is a catch. This tactic requires a lot of stamina burning. This requires you to have either players who can take it or a deep squad. If you have both perfect. If you don't, then either your player will burn out during a match or mid-season. This is why I like guardiola's novel approach. If the classic gegenpressing ends up in a counterattack style, Pep do his own things with the ball. It's more manageable, in my opinion. (Plus, he has a great squad with quality and depth. Which helps)

[@archmaester6594]

"I think every philosophy of football is going to have pressing involved." **laughs in anti-football**

[@farizalmachdi9703]

Klopp heavy metal football is definitely engaging when it works, so many animal like player and longball

[@n0body550]

If you like the idea of man to man then some videos on Marcelo Bielsa i believe you would like

[@kara86ster]

Marcelo Bielsa is another manager you should definitely check out. Fairly low profile, not as succesful as others, but very influential when it comes to high press, attacking football. Some dubbed him El Loco because of his obsession to details. His tactical when executed correctly, can be devastating & very entertaining to watch...

[@VFLPlus]

Great vid. Don’t worry about pronunciation, this is football not a German lesson. I learnt a lot and I’m a Liverpool fan. This makes sense of what I’ve been watching for the last few years 🙂

[@TokenBlackman7]

At its simplest explanation, gegenpressing is to soccer what a full-court press is to basketball. There's subtle differences b/w the two tactics, for obvious reasons, but both are quite similar.

[@bmr209]

You might wanna check out what Roberto De Zerbi did at Brighton this past season. He was one of the sensations of the premier league and qualified Brighton to the Europe League for the first time in their history. The way they play out of the back and create faux counter attack situations is super interesting. Pep even said that De Zerbi is currently one of the most influential managers.

[@ingolf82]

in Genegen pressing, if the opposing goalkeeper has the ball, your first defender is your striker, the striker pressures the goalkeeper, if he manages to pass the ball, that guy gets pressured and so on and so on. defending from the front and get the ball high up to counter-attack. When it works, it's beautiful to watch. Not quite tiki-taka football though, but still beautiful. Jurgen Klopp has used this at his time at Liverpool, but I think he is finally moving away from it. as a Liverpool fan, it has been a joy to watch when it worked. this style of football requires a lot of energy, you can't be expected to do this for 90+ minutes.

[@Oxley016]

Eddie Howe's Newcastle United is quickly becoming one of the best high pressing football teams in England and maybe Europe too. They just made the Champions League qualifications this season and will definitely be a team to watch. Eddie Howe's philosophy is all about hard working and intensity in the high press as well as being great with crossing and long balls but are also joint best defence with Man City in 22/23. There are a few great videos on KZbin analysing Newcastle's tactics and style of play from 22/23 season showing how they went from being relegation favourites in 21/22 to champions league places in 22/23. All this by bringing in Eddie as manager and bringing in just a few new players to a squad that was otherwise mostly leftover from their time in the championship a few seasons ago.

[@alexanderschwarz242]

something, that differentiates Klopp from the other's is, that Klopp will sometimes use his press as an offensive tool. He will just let his players play long balls to the striker not caring if the pass is received just to start gegenpressing in order to create scoring opportunities.

[@shinybernard0455]

Gegenpress represents the new way to conceive football. The idea of football as a fluid olistic game. Gegenpress unify the three phases of the game, defense, offense and transition. In gegenpress you attack to defend and defend to attack.

[@archmaester6594]

There's one simple trick to understanding the difference of philosophy between Guardiola and Klopp. Guardiola press to create control. He not only dicates his team's play _but_ the other team aswell. Beautiful when done well. Like an orchestra with Pep as the conductor. Klopp press to create chaos. Pressing at high intensity and forcing your opponent into making a mistake. If Pep is an orchestra then Klopp is heavy metal...

[@jammercodm]

Try Football Manager 23

[@mw7851]

It really is the best tool to learn about tactics in depth.

[@alexandersandkamper5565]

To clarify: Gegenpressing means trying to win the ball back immediately after losing it. It is no synonym to a high block or a high press. Also it is no equivalent to the full court press in basketball. This is a very common mistake even in european sports media. 6 second rule means 6 seconds of gegenpressing and after this falling back in a compact formation (block). The reason for guardiolas slightly conservative approach is that he is all about control. He has in mind specific positions for each player in order to have the best chance to win the ball back after losing it. There is not enough time for the players to move to this positions when there is an immediate attack after winning the ball. In football you won't score on most of your attack so there is a danger to get exposed when you attack to quickly. At least this is how pep thinks. Excuse my bad grammar. I really like your channel 😊

[@mw7851]

Love watching you on your journey to learn about the depths of football! Just as a tip for your role as a manager, it really helps a lot to understand the required skills for each role and position. Many of the tactics and tactical innovations that you have recently watched are not really working at the amateur level. Even professional lower league teams usually lack the players to make something like a tikitaka work. Especially amateur teams who only train 3 times a week don't have enough time to get a sufficient team cohesion for complex tactics. So they often stick to the basics. Physical advantages are also much more important there since only a few players have sufficient ball control to dribble well or play consistently good passes - playing long balls and hoping that your tall target man wins against the defender is often a much more effective tactic. Add to that that the pitches are often awful which makes dribbling much more difficult. Sometimes it's also easy to forget how consistent professional players are. Amateurs (and even lower league professionals) make a lot of mistakes all the time. That's an important circumstance that has huge implications on how to approach tactics. However, that also means there are often extreme weaknesses on your opponents side. If you are able to see them and know how to exploit them you can get scores like 10-0. So there is absolutely also fun in managing amateur teams ;)

[@daniellavra3031]

Oddly enough the phrase "park the Bus" was coined by Mourinho from a portuguese expression. It was to criticize managers (specially english) that parked the bus against his teams. Funny how british media turned it around against him.

[@Argenswiss]

It is true that most high pressing teams play direct or counter attacking football, but then there are teams like Argentina, who control the ball beautifully, scoring nicely built goals and retain a lot of possession, but they are absolute masters at pressing up top, allowing them to also score a lot by turning the possession over in their opposition's final third

[@benjaminyeo8341]

I really enjoy your tactical videos reactions. Looking forward to watching more. Next "topic" could perhaps be about the different zones on the field, and also how different coaches/managers set up their zones.

[@ferchrissakes]

Didn’t see it mentioned, but “gegen” is just German for “counter” or “against”. So while “gegenpress” refers to a specific form of counter-press when used in English, in German the word’s not specific on its own; it’s just counter-presssing.

[@OldBrenda]

Remember, everything depends on the type/quality players you have. Very few players are good at everything

[@jessephillips4762]

Pretty soon, we're going to be getting tactics videos from Luke himself! It's been so cool to see your football journey, keep it up!

[@nimasharifi7999]

He'll have some Ted-Lasso-type revelations and implement these tactics in coaching american-football teams :D

[@Machinationstudio]

If you want to learn about man to man pressing, watch Marcelo Bielsa videos, Nagelsman is a student of Bielsaball. Look at how Bielsa transformed Leeds in the Championship and their first season in the Premier League. Regarding Man City's more patient recycling of the ball, it has a fitness element. Man City is usually in four competitions every year to win, often playing over 50 games a season. Guardiola plays most of players around 28+ games per season, compared to some teams that are forced to play their players 38+ games per season. Gegenpressing and man to man pressing is known to completely shatter the fitness of players ahead of their time. Klopp has never been at a club more than 7 years before now, and Bielsa has generally lasted 3 years. Aggressive pressing breaks mentality, morale and physical bodies, sometimes leading to dressing room revolts or just sudden collapses in form or fitness.

[@Zorkolak]

It's called 'against'-pressing. For pronounciation, use the 'g' from 'against' . 'G'-e-'g'-en-pressing, so a harder 'g'. Hope it helps!

[@federicojpp]

The 2 basic defending schools are exactly that, usually you can group coaches defending style into those 2 styles, men to men or defending positions. You need to take into consideration the players on your team as a men to men will require players with speed, endurance and good passing, while defending positions will need more physical players for tackling and with good awareness to understand where they need to be positioned and when and where to move

[@turbaw]

In modern football, there's no exact philosophy to be applied in every match. In some matches (against Arsenal for example), Pep Guardiola plays medium block press and direct pass to Haaland rather than playing high press and low pass (tiki-taka).

[@Wrexham_World]

Watch Wrexham vs Notts County this year. Amazing game that pretty much decided the league winners. Notts played the high line very well but Wrexham managed to counter.

[@TrojansOwl1]

The other thing is that playing possession plus press 18:20 dude you’re gonna run your players into the ground. Football football players don’t have a bench to sit for 10 minutes when the defense is on the field. They’re out there sprinting all the time. So you can only demand so much of your players before they’re out of gas and become ineffective. In the last couple of years, teams are now allowed to sub up to 5 players per game which would really help in this regard. The manager and team that I think makes the best use of this new rule is Inzaghi and Inter Milan, who routinely subs out his two forwards and his two wing backs at the half. Inters forwards do something few others do, they track back harassing the other teams midfielders from behind which is something midfielders are not used to. Likewise the left and right backs are sweeping up and down the flanks with ultimate flexibility as the defensive midfield stays compact. Knowing they’ll be subbed at the half, they can give their all for 45 minutes. The manager who uses the least subs in Europe? Pep. He doesn’t like to sub because he thinks his starters are the most cohesive unit and give him the best chance to keep the ball. So he has to be careful with making them press into oblivion. Anyway, great videos man, I really enjoy your analysis and perspective.

[@kianolner3818]

If you want to watch a game that epitomises the gegenpress, it’s Liverpool 4-3 Man City in 2018. It was close in the first half, but we just tore City apart at the start of the second half with our high press.

[@ars6572]

Naglesmann’s tactics are unique in that they combine the possession based tactics of guardiola with the counterattack tactics of mourinho. The tactic was very successful in the champions league, where talented but overconfident players scoff at man on man matchups and try to dribble past their defender, only to get swarmed by Bayern players. But in the Bundesliga, teams caught on and adapted, and started to constantly move their midfield to catch Bayern midfielders and defenders out of position to expose gaps and score easy goals. Bayern still won the league, but great passing teams like borussia monchengladbach exposed them on occasion.

[@MegaArmo97]

I wonder from your comments if you'd be into Arsene Wenger's style a lot. Was Arsenal manager for 22 years. He's often thought of as a Tiki Taka type manager, but at his best he actually valued what he called 'possession with progression' always playing forward and playing quickly. More aggressive and combative than a Pep, and leading to some of the most captivating football ever. He completely revolutionised the game in England, both tactically and in a whole bunch of other ways, would be great to look into. I will say that pressing was not such a big focus in football during his peak so it's not exactly something he's known for, so you won't get as much of that, but still.

[@mr.nobody4871]

Pls post football manager videos on KZbin as well would really like to see your interpretation of the game

[@Kway32]

Nice one Luke. A possible future or next video might be on the tactics of Roberto De Zerbi at Brighton and how they aim to generate situations similar to counterattacks without simply just sitting in a low block and inviting the other team to attack most of the game.

[@Kway32]

Tifo IRL video on this topic: watch?v=VWcqgj3G51A

[@LJMahomes]

On the topic of forcing the opponent to the wings, because it‘s easier to defend, it makes sense to sometimes force the opponent to the middle. It might be harder to defend them because they have more options to turn and find passes, but winning the ball in the Center is way more valuable than winning it on the wing. Your counter attacks are so much more threatening if you win it centrally. You can play the ball to the fast wingers with a way better angle right away from the Center and the opponent‘s back line gets pulled apart on it‘s own giving the players way more options for the counter attack. It’s basically a trade off between force outside, be more stable defensively, have less offensive fire power and the opposite if you force them inside. You can watch some Bayern highlights if you want to watch a great gegenpressing team on the highest level. I‘ve been waiting for you to watch a bit of our football or anything germany related for a while haha If you really want a deep and amazing video you can watch „Nagelsmann & Rangnick Tactical Philosophy“ by Football KN (that’s a reupload from the German DAZN channel with subtitles put on them. On the other hand you could just watch the Original at DAZN_DE with KZbin’s „auto-translate subtitles“ just search Bayern Decoded and it should pop up. Has 200k+ views) That‘s where Nagelsmann himself and Rangnick, who gets called the „Godfather of the gegenpressing“ talk about Bayern’s positioning in possession and how that leads to dangerous situations. It is in German language with English subtitles, so might be difficult for a reaction video, but definitely watch it if you’re interested. Other than that for the channel there are some good Tifo IRL and football made simple videos on Nagelsmann and Bayern. I can recommend all of them very much

[@andytondereau7705]

appreciate your job, you need to watch Vinicius Junior Ballon d'or level

[@deanc6664]

If you want to see more pressing tactics like this, check out Newcastle United in the last season. They were the best at defending from the front. Joint best defensive record in the league. Low overall posession stats while having a high expected goals, low goals conceeded. Also check out Aleksander Isak, very good talent who displays the defensive duties of the press as a striker as well as insane skill on the ball as a winger taking on 5 players before crossing it in for a goal.

[@LuuucasAvila]

Yeah. You're right (watching the begining of the video). Pressing and counter-pressing are more actions than a specific kind of game. But the german term for counter-pressing - gegenpress - turned into a term for a style of play which relies more on counter-pressing and bc of that not employing as much build-up because losing the ball on the offense isn't as bad since the team is well trained in gegenpressing and being positioned to use the turn-over on the offense more efficiently

[@Dionach]

(Re. 17:18) If you want to attack quickly then your team will lose the ball more, and thus have less control over the game. For possession tactics, it's important to maintain control and attack patiently. In a way it's actually a low-risk tactic in the opponent's half, despite being high-risk when keeping the ball in your own half. (Possession teams are typically weaker when they lose the ball, which is often the reason for their choice of tactic. Possession, high pressing and direct play are basically rock-paper-scissors, in that order)

[@oskarnogalski8178]

2:22 How else do you play defense? I will lay a disclaimer, that this is my understanding, but to answer that, there is a strategy called parking the bus, and that is literally hold the backline, and crowd the box and midfield as much as possible. The point of this is simple: You acknowledge that the team you are facing is either possession based, individually better, or both. Therefore, if you press aggressively, you might actually create more openings because the opponents are just that good. So, the natural solution is to push the ball to the sides, and clog the dangerous areas (namely the box and the mid field) to prevent opponents from getting easy offense. Then, just have your players shift from side to side, holding the position, and pouncing on mistakes, like bad touches or slow passes. Once you retain possession, you want to explode out to destroy your enemy with speed, or if you can, just build up your own play. This is typically employed by weaker teams against more developed, offensive teams. However, that is not to say that high level teams can’t employ this either. Atletico Madrid has played this way for very long, and they haven’t really fallen off much, if at all, using this play style. However, Real Madrid can also boast success with this strategy at the highest level. Lemme know if I missed something, and please include more examples.

[@matthewtorres9033]

I've been waiting for your reaction about gegenpressing for a long time

[@groot_man_]

Good assessment in the beginning. More than 70% of goals are scored from turnovers. B/n 8 to 10 secs after turning the ball over. That's fact. So building your style around something that statistically significant is good

[@automatedcryptoapp4573]

On the plus side when comparing to American Football you said Football Football as opposed to soccer, makes up for the jin jin pressing. Good vid btw for a newbie your picking up these concepts pretty quickly.

[@geraleco]

The style of pressing the manager chooses will also depend a lot on the skillset of the players he has as well... interestingly the Premier League is mostly known for its highly offensive, strong and rapid football when compared to the bit slower, much more possession based Spanish football, or even much more defensive style of Italian football... but Guardiola's Manchester City breaks the mold a bit in the Premier League, mainly because of its much more possession oriented, incredibly skilled players... This is of course by Pep's design... Ironically, the less "Pep styled" player on City right now is Haaland, but Guardiola wanted it because it complements its tactics pretty well, demonstrating that even Pep knows that sometimes tactics need to be adjusted for the benefit of the team... The man is a genius!

[@nathan123483]

The fact you know about Dycheball and what it is beyond the memes means you're more knowledgeable than most British football fans.

[@micheleduritto]

2:54 not really, pressing is very taxing on the players and it need to be done correctly to work, because if not, it leaves your defence even more vulnerable to the opposition attacks, so sometimes, some coaches, prefer not to press in certain part of a match...or even don't press at all from the get go (that is very rare nowdays...but it still happen even with some top tier coaches), because they want (or need because the opposition is too good at possession) to defend deep, that way you create a line or a sort of "wall" in the defence and you don't create gaps for the opposition to attack you from, gaps that are going to inevitably be present if you press and expose yourself.

[@nimasharifi7999]

You'll have some Ted-Lasso-type revelations and implement these tactics in coaching american-football teams :D

[@alexandrustavarache3262]

Like people say klopp is the master for this high press tactic, problem that comes with it is that it requires high intensity run so it literally burns players, thats why klopp has his year 7 downfall where he manages. Pep tactic involves keeping the ball so you need to be close to each other all the time in order to pass one-two( tiki taka) so if you lose it you dont need to press as youre already there

[@pele0069]

Just some things to think about. I am the opposite where my teams typically steer the attack inside because i want to win the ball back at the top of the 18 not out for a throw in. (Which statistacally is 50 50 ball). Also it depends on the players. For instance if your outside backs are fast and are good at 1v1 defending then outside makes sense. Also the different thirds of the fields (Attacking Middle Defending) all have different ways to play defense in them. Teams transition from different presses and if they break you down in a certain way you retreat and drop into a different third of the field and change your tactics.

[@amokafor6713]

Mourihno’s play style being parking the bus is a myth. The guy broke the goal-scoring and points record in Spain with Real Madrid. He is a coach who maximises his team’s skills. He parked the bus vs Barcelona when he was coaching at Inter because no team in the history of football could go toe-to-toe with that Barca team in an open game. He’s not a defensive manager, he is a manager who coaches his team to play excellent defence when they have to.

[@amirianozakwano]

Spot on. JM always ensures his team's defence is solid. Then he will create offence depending on the players he has.

[@Supersd_]

Which is always in big games

[@FraterNiterO]

There is a difference between a normal press and counter-pressing (gegenpressing). Most team's will have some form of press, even defensively focused team. For instance, counter-attacking defensive team will hold position in their own half and give the ball to the opposition but at some point, they'll engage in pressing to try to force a turnover and do a lightning counter-attack. Counter-press on the other hand is pressing instantly after losing the ball, usually very high on the pitch, thus trying to recover the ball on a very dangerous area. I do believe gegenpressing is losing popularity though, mostly because nowadays most defenders (center-backs) and keepers have to be good with their feet (passing and receiving) to play at an elite level thus being good at avoiding high press.

[@dara8D.]

If the opposition has fast wingers, a one-two will open up your whole team. It's situational and managers will tweak their formation against each opponent if they have analyzed the opposition team

[@ibrahima6907]

Bayern vs PSG in 2021. Bayern high line against the likes of Mbappe and Neymar was terrible, they were lucky PSG was bad at finishing

[@ceronibalsamar5352]

You should watch Bayern vs Barcelona 4-0 tactical analysis back in 2012/13, they applied the perfect high press model, and they destroyed the Tiki Taka, a great video and you're knowledgeable enough to understand the concepts and ideas talked about in the video.

[@KatrinaValid]

Yeah great video, it was the start of the end of the tiki taka if that makes sense 😅

[@TimedOut4noReason]

Nah barca just came off their manager passing away. They were affected mentally to play well. Especially considering that was the STRONGEST bayern ever

[@ceronibalsamar5352]

@@TimedOut4noReason ... please tell me you're joking

[@mastniburek5386]

@@ceronibalsamar5352 i mean he’s kinda right like a lot of players injured plus some coming of an injury like that Barcelona team wasn’t fit at all. Like barca would break a press regulary but because Bayern had a better team and barca had a lot of players injured they couldn’t. Gegenpress didn’t kill tiki taka I mean for fuck sake Barca in their prime used gagenpress as a tactic

[@Tom17140]

Also in 2012 the bvb win in Amsterdam. That was also a good example for the high press by klopp. Dortmund had something around 33% of possession but totally destroyed ajax.

[@nielsvanloco644]

Have you played football manager? I feel like it would be a game you would enjoy

[@achimsinn6189]

Or you just use the english word: Counterpress. It also explains the tactic pretty well. If your team lost the ball in offense, the forwards try to regain the ball immediatly. If the other team is trying to do a counterattack tahemself and you regain the ball their defenders are very likely out of possition which allows for good chances to score. Even if you don't regain the ball you're making it more difficult for the other team to launch an attack. The downside of this is that you need to have all your players being on the same page as if some fail to play their part, they might open up gaps which the other team can use for their offence and also this tactic involves a lot of running and efford so it can be exhausting to use this pemenently. That's why teams often either only try to counter press in the first seconds after losing the ball and / or switch between high, mid or low press during the game.

[@skjwork]

You can check out Marcelo Bielsa if you want to see more about man-to-man pressing, his teams are famous for intense pressing across the whole pitch. It creates for very dynamic and exciting football, however better teams would use intelligent off the ball runs to drag defenders out of position and create spaces to exploit all over the pitch. His Leeds team were ultimately very susceptible to this and often beaten heavily by good teams

[@alestev24]

If you want to see the real birth of counter pressing, search for footage of the Dutch national team at the 1974 World Cup. Rinus Michels and Ernst Happel called it "total foitball"at the time,and it was also the basis of what Cruyff did at Barcelona later . That's why I always burst into tears laughing,when somebody tries to sell me this style as "modern football".

[@shallriseunnoticd.1602]

Finallyyyy😂😂😂❤ Ynwa 😅

[@AnyMEmdq]

In a good team, what usually happens with Guardiola's Tikitaka teams, and now his best example of that is Julián Álvarez, I believe (though he was doing it years before being coached by Guardiola, and that's probably one of the reasons Guardiola asked for him), the center forward, the 9, is the first defender. You lose the ball getting into the box? No problem, press and recover it. The centerback played to the goalie? Go press the goalie so he makes a mistake

[@johnluujl]

If you're interested in Nagelsmann/agressive pressing you might want to look into Hansi Flick (Nagelsmann's predecessor) & Bayern Munich during their 2nd triple winning season, there are some great videos there. They played with an extremely high back line and especially in the CL everybody assumed they couldn't keep doing that forever because of the high risk. For more on counter attacking/Mourinho/catching the opposition out of position, there are great highlight videos of Real Madrid counter attacks under Mourinho. Not sure how many tactical breakdowns there are.

[@connoryoung8951]

Gegenpressing although effective is extremely taxing on its players and can lead to lots of injuries and fatigue. Pep’s style is not only better for conserving energy(in comparison to other high presses) but fatigue in its opposition allowing for exploitation as the game goes on.

[@michaelgrabner8977]

"Gegen" `= German term meaning basically "against/opposite/counter" depending on the context - the term "Gegenpressing" is describing an agressive pressing already starting very high/deep in the opponent´s half of the pitch - against .- the opponent player who is currently with the ball + against - his nearest open men in order to close all short pass options....that specific agressive high man to man pressing which got that particular name "Gegenpressing" was developed in Germany...all European Red Bull teams = "RB Leipzig" in Germany + "RB Salzburg" in Austria - are playing that style for over a decade as their implemented playing style constantly regardless and thir "business model is mainly developing "young promising prospects" for that particular playing style (for instance "in their early stage and start of their carreer Haaland + Mane played for RB Salzburg"... and Chelsea bought now this days Nkunku (promising young forward) from Leipzig ..and in the German League more and more teams do play "Gegenpressing nowadays as well because a bunch of coaches there have either coached Leipzig or Salzburg or both in their past.. Also Klopp played it with Dortmund but at Liverpool it is an adapted lighter version with way more own ball position phases...."True Gegenpressing- teams" usually do have only 30- max 40% ball possession during the game. because they get the ball high on the pitch in the opponents midfield or even higher and then followed by quick played just one short pass or two short passes into the danger zone for the goal shot attempt..all within few seconds = not much time to acquire a high ball possession percentage.

[@mohassan9512]

Most too teams use high press nowadays specially when they are playing against smaller teams Teams are more flexible in the modern game they adapt to opposition they are playin against Usually smaller teams don’t press against top teams cause they don’t have the quality. Pressing is also affective depending on the stage of the game for example if u are leadin 2-0 and 10 mins is remains teams usually don’t press at all they sit back and let the clock run out

[@feliomichaels]

As in, say, basketball, the fundamentals of your team often dictate the pressing pace and system you want to run with. Not all teams can employ the Bayern style of pressing the ball handler from an all-man coverage simply because having 10 individuals who can match the opponent position on pace and timing is often a pipe dream (as it requires very high stamina, continuous awareness and body flexibility, as well as good game vision and anticipation to timings). What more recent years have proven is that the Gegenpress, and in general the super high press styles, require certain key positions to be filled by players of extraordinary caliber to not result in merely creating systems that can be exploited by teams savvy to it and picking gaps behind either the covering midfield or the pressing winger with their first pass, as if the press isn't very well coordinated and starts unbalanced, an immediate hole forms that allows quick counters. Teams like Man City are atypical precisely because of their extremely high quality of awareness and anticipation across the board pretty much shutting those gaps down through player initiative. The reason why I'm noting this, and why I saw the Dyche video with good eyes, is that it's good to remember the vast majority of coaches have limited pieces on the board. Fulham can't afford nor would they be successful at playing the Bayern-style press, and a team like Arouca (Portugal's 5th side) in Europe against world-level opposition must choose optimal strategies to limit the damage the better pieces on the board can do, while hoping to ruthlessly exploit what few vulnerabilities are left open to a team of their caliber, as naturally such a team does not have a Bernardo Silva or Kevin de Bruyne caliber player that can create or manufacture chances from almost nothing, and therefore will shy from playing Pep's flexible 6-second-or-less defense, andas they'd be extremely exposed in the back, without a winger like say Trent Alexander-Arnold, Klopp's tactics would require adapting. The sign of the best kind of coach is the one that understands the realities of his team, and what are the key pieces and upgrades that can unlock new modes of play, while building on the existing ones. (for all the negative press Mourinho gets, he eminently understood this with many of his teams) That isn't to say these coaches aren't amazing, just that, if you wish to have a full perspective on the game, you realize the best coaches often start by understanding what each player can do. You can definitely play presses with most quality of teams, you just have to pick which block to press to suit your team's natural tempo, and what players to play, and sometimes parking the bus is simply much better than trying to score 2 only to suffer 5. There isn't quite a video that illustrates this, but this is why a lot of enthusiasts gravitate to simulations like Football Manager with lower teams, which while irrealistic in certain aspects, at least teach you well the lesson of knowing your troops and maximizing your potential.

[@manumanbr]

If you wanna see man to man marking in the modern football, look for Atalanta in 2021/22 season and 2022/23 season.

[@RumoSenpai]

This must be a little bit older video, because Lewandowski left Bayern Munich, Nagelsmann was fired (which mostly ruined Bayern's season) and Mané almost never really gets to play anymore. But DO look into Nagelsmann, he was also really successful with RB Leipzig before joining Bayern Munich. It is nice to see, that you are developing a philosophy you would like to play; one can always dream (to be a coach like Guardiola). But the most important thing (in m opinion) for a coach to know is what/how to play WITH THE TEAM/PLAYERS YOU HAVE. Without having an actual team, you can (and probably even) should develop a certain way you'd like to play, but you always need to stay flexible in your thinking and be ready to adapt with the players you get.

[@gunnar4915]

Our season was in the shit before Naglesmann got fired

[@rednaskela4830]

Man to man marking is mostly only used with exceptional players, example Real would glue Rudiger onto Haaland. Liverpool's pressing three years ago was beautiful and relentless, once the ball was retained it was full sprint in attack. There was barely any team who could survive 90 minutes of that, but unfortunately the core of that team started aging or wore out. Also once Liverpool tried to shift more momentum towards playmaking by bringing in guys like Thiago the intensity of fast paced "action football" also dropped.

[@mattiazinfo]

If you are interested in man man pressing, beside Bielsa (he merits an episode of his own regardless), I would check out the Italian club Atalanta. They go all out in their man to man marking and have achieved consistent success (bearing in mind they are a smaller club and won't win Champions League any time soon) playing in a way most people thought was untenable.

[@EvieWillNotDie]

Hey Luke did you watch the USA win nations league?

[@andreferreira4439]

i think you are understanding things much better now, the thing you lack is experience in seeing football over the years, for example having a prefered style of play is fine but you have to adapt to the players you have, for example for playing a gengenpress you need fast players both in the front to close on opponents and in the back to run for balls that will be trown at the spaces behind you, so its not that managers dont like certain styles of play but its more about getting the better part of the individual caracteristics of the players and fit them into an idea of play, im sure its kinda the same for other sports too

[@paulleach3612]

It's heavy metal football. Fun to watch but also keeps you on the edge of your seat. Which I like. I pay money to be entertained. Sure, winning is nice, but not at the expense of the game being played beautifully.

[@darrenfearon4288]

To play the Pep style means you have to spend lots of money on highly skilled players who have the skill set to keep the ball, his tactics won't work with average players.

[@keebs67]

Any chance u try that video again where u guess the players names see how much better u do now😂

[@MFran248]

Havent watched the video yet but geggenpressing is the guy in madden who calls a cover 1 blitz every play

[@lingnarzihary2492]

One cup of jinjin pressed coffee please.😂😂

[@longwoo96]

A reason why Pep doesn't like counterattacks is because football is a low scoring game. When you attack quickly, you leave spaces in behind and are vulnerable to turnovers against you. So it's safer to recycle the ball and go again.

[@PedroLima-ip5zb]

You dont play without the ball, you just run after the ball

[@cristovoc]

By your oppinions, I think you will like Bielsa style of football

[@Felipe_Robles]

You should try Jurgen Klopp. He’s better than both of them

[@kevthecrow4937]

I keep on have to remind my self every time that American English is different from UK English like for example every time you say Sean Dyche you keep on pronouncing his last name as "Dyke" when it is pronounced as "Dieche".....as an American I think you should know that when it comes to Europe and the rest of the world most words are pronounced way differently than how you would pronounce it in America like for example if you see someone from Europe that has a name starting with the letter "J" you would have to pronounce the "J" as how you would pronounce the letter "Y" (unless they are from Spain then you would pronounced it as "H") like for example the narrator pronounced klopp first name as "yurgen" but it's spelled "jurgen" and "jullian" as "yullian"

[@tomraymond9795]

Guardiola's succes is partly due to having his cake and eating it. As soon as Man City lose the ball they switch from possession based to high press football. It requires supreme fitness and discipline and is potentially threatened by having a superstar forward who's more focused purely on attacking positioning. Maybe this is why despite Haaland's epic run, Man City actually had a relatively poor start to the season as they adjusted to having a player who pressed less. By the end of the season Haaland was scoring less but pressing more and the team benefitted overall. Similar reason to why older Ronaldo doesn't improve an elite modern team despite still scoring goals...

[@mdwellington]

There is no 'best' tactic in football and tactics are always developing. High pressing is very fashionable at the minute but it is not the only way to play. No tactic is perfect and if the same tactic is used a lot, managers will come up with ways of countering it over time. Of course, the quality of players always plays a part. You can have the best tactics but if the other team has better players they can still beat you.

[@qiph]

before I said something about Jen Jen I thought I'd better check the comments :) however I will now forever call it Jen Jen

[@kreesmobeeruun]

I've never heard someone said ginginpressing before, this might be my first lol

[@djjamac]

Pep Guardiola philosophy is if Man City lose the ball they have to be back in posession of the ball within 6 seconds.