Counter Attacking Football | Football Tactics
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- Counter Attacking Football | Football Tactics
Counter-attacking is a football philosophy embedded in unity. With roots tied to former Huddersfield Town and Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman, the counter-attack can help sides composed of seemingly ordinary players to achieve extraordinary feats. Modern examples of such achievements come in the form of Greece in 2004 and Leicester City in 2016. The Greeks went from never having won a single game at a major international tournament to counter-attacking their way to a European Championship in 2004, while Leicester City followed up a relegation-threatening season by stunning the world en route to lifting the English Premier League title.
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The constant for all counter-attacking teams is the same: defenders and midfielders must be capable of dealing with sustained pressure, anticipating the play, winning the ball and making the right pass at the right time. The first pass out of defence is the most important, as it could be the difference between creating a chance on goal or giving one away.
Moving forward, pace is essential to any counter-attack, along with quick-thinking and technical players with composure in front of goal to add the final touch. Decision making should be more simplified by the time the ball reaches wingers or strikers, as the opposition will be caught in a transition with several players out of position. Players must have the dribbling ability to drive into space, as well as the situational sense to delay a run or pass, allowing time for a teammate to make a run from deep. Width between forward runners is another important element. By staying wide, the counter-attacking team will force the defender into a decision: either stay central to keep any inkling of a defensive shape intact, allowing for space on the flanks, or by moving out to close the player, leaving a gaping hole in the middle. Overall, successful counter-attacking demands concentration, discipline, timing and, above all else, team cohesion.
Manchester United’s 2007/08 side is a perfect example of a well-drilled counter-attacking unit. United secured the Premier League and UEFA Champions League off the back of rock-solid defending and lightning quick counter-attacks from the fearsome quartet of Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs.
Ferguson mostly used a 4-4-2 with little-to-no focus on pressing in the opposition half. He preferred his players to sit back and wait for the right moment to pounce, only pressing in the event of mistakes such as loose square balls or back-passes. He kept two deep banks of four behind the ball with two forwards, usually Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez, staying high. Michael Carrick protected the defence and prioritised feeding passes to midfield partner Paul Scholes, the fulcrum of United’s counter-attacks.
His pinpoint passing range released the attackers as they ran into space against teams who had committed numbers forward. One of Rooney or Tevez would drop off into space as the other provided an option in-behind, while Ronaldo’s unpredictable movement made him a constant nuisance for defenders. The trio were all capable of switching roles, leaving opposition defenders clueless as to who they should be marking as United charged forward at pace.
Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid of 2011/12 were another dangerous exponent of counter-attacking - scoring a whopping 122 goals and winning La Liga for the first time in four years. Mourinho hardly deviated from his preferred 4-2-3-1, using Sami Khedira and Xabi Alonso as holding midfielders ahead of the back four of Alvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Pepe and Marcelo. Mesut Ozil played behind the striker with Angel Di Maria and Cristiano Ronaldo either side of him, while either Karim Benzema or Gonzalo Higuaín were up top.
The 4-2-3-1 was central to Mourinho’s counter-attacking philosophy for several reasons. Firstly, the four forward players were allowed vast amounts of freedom to roam, bursting towards goal in numbers when the ball was won back. All four of them were versatile in their style of play, allowing Cristiano Ronaldo to take up his preferred central position while his teammates drifted wide or dropped deep to pull opponents out of position. Secondly, the two midfield pivots provided substantial cover if the counter-attack failed. That cover was also needed for their adventurous full-backs, especially on the left side, where Brazilian left-back Marcelo had free licence to join the attack.
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Nice video! Would like to have heard more about Greece in Euro 2004 though. Such an extraordinary achievement.
Totally, that Greek side were immense, and it was no fluke. They topped their qualifying group ahead of Spain, before winning Euro 2004. Beat the hosts, favorites, and holders along the way. All with no major stars or household names.
Although I enjoyed the video, I think it deviated from its most interesting point, which is: how to be dangerous as a team with more average players, like Greece and Leicester. Instead you focused on 2 teams with enough quality to achieve similar things using different tactics than counter attack
I once used Morinho's tactics in PES 2019 game and surprisingly it worked! 🤣🤣
Yup. I am playing Fifa 21 Career Mode as Tottenham.
Against Man C/Man U usually possession is 60/40 towards opponent. Counter attacks save me wheb stronger opponent is against
Now I know why I still lover counter attacking football
Good job!
Another great vid mate!
Very well explained! Thank you!
Great video
Great video, though I am not sure if Greece were such great counter attackers in 2004. If memory serves well, they just had a really solid, cohesive defence and midfield that maintained its structure, and then hurt teams by scoring from set pieces and crosses etc.
Yes, set pieces and corners was their main weapon but everytime they got the ball, they tried to counter attack fast.
So basically using defense to create offense. Almost like a basketball that scores from layups and dunks by playing a full court press.
or zone defense to fast breaks
i always try to make fifa tacics for simulating in career mode out of videos like this but i somehoe always fail xD
The Busby Babes because there are no tactics in fifa :(
Yeah try PES
Nice video!
I learn from a lot
Favourite type of football
Inter Milan treble was also due to counter attacks
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So ronaldo loves counter attacking
Great video