Why Brighton defenders put their studs on the ball
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Brighton have lit up the Premier League this season, playing some beautiful and bold football that has seen them fly toward the European places.
While they have transitioned from Graham Potter to Roberto Di Zerbi - they have picked up a new form of transitional play, which sees Brighton defenders often standing still with their studs on the ball.
Why are they doing this? Jon Mackenzie explains.
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Love my transition watching Tifo videos from 'this clearly has no impact whatsoever' to 'every single team in the world should be doing this'
Was this a natural transition or an artificial transition?
This does not make sense.
Most teams that sit in low block are underdogs, they are not going to come forward just because you put your studs on the ballđ€·đŒââïž
@@DemonetisedZone Brighton is sitting in the low block. Thats the entire point of the video.
Brighton get studs on and will just sit waiting for a press to make space they don't have the ability to create through expensive talent
@MR Blaze Pukka I think it's the fact that for Brighton it's a tactic and for other teams it just happens when a player wants to take more time on the ball. The video came because it's relatively unseen
@@DemonetisedZone itâs psychological.
When you play football and see a player with their studs on the ball, you naturally feel instinct to press and tackle them, because studs on the ball looks very relaxed and potentially unaware.
Interesting thing : De Zerbi said that he learned the importance of this technique during his period at Foggia because he had a player called Antonio Vacca who used to do this all the time. When RDZ asked why is he doing it all the time the player answered that he noticed that when he uses his sole to control the ball the opponent presses with more aggressivity which it means that he frees a lot of space to be exploited.
That's crazy
Now that's what I call ,learning on the job', a sign of a good coach
Antonio Vacca, never knew him, now I know him.
He used the earth to control the ball?
Aggressivity isnât a word
tifo deserve a broadcast footage licence! would be great to see real-time examples of these from recent games.
Would cost more than itâs worth, Iâd rather them focus on the script ect but Iâd do agree it would be good if they had some access to more footage
â@@jamesmcalinden8718they are a pretty big entity. I'd imagine they can find the money somewhere
What a tactical game football can be, itâs amazing
Yep... So many little details can go into a performance and even more can go into a result and it's often very wondrous to notice some of them as the games unfold
I bet in 2050 where players are be more better and less making mistake, football will just gonna be human chess and everyone can play it
@@velderyx2135 so you say it becomes better, yet everyone can play it....
Makes sense đ đ€Ł
@@colouredIncognito my bad, I mean become manager
@@velderyx2135 which still doesnt make sense, considering the fees for them go up massively
I beg you fix the pictures on the wall, not in line at all
Why you gotta point it out like that đ
It's killing me
Bruh really. Why you had to write this, now I canât watch the video đ
didn't notice it until you said it and now I cannot focus on anything else anymore đ
OCD
For those wondering: the shirt is from Sport Clube UniĂŁo Torreense, that plays in Portugal's 2nd division
Para mim Ă© a camisola mais bonita da segunda Liga este ano sem dĂșvida.
Dammit, thought it was Braga
Thanks for the info! I was looking at it too! đ
Portugal caralho!
@@alistairwall5470 so did i...
De Zerbi has always been my nemesis in Football Manager. This guy always turns out to be absolute domestic force with anyone he ends up with, and a World Cup winner with Italy down the road, too. Been that way since FM 2014.
Not in the new one he always gets sacked and goes to qpr or somewhere đ
He has turned Brighton into a yo-yo club this FM for me
@@nofraser always gets Brighton relegated too
@@kylemelia2112 this fm hates Brighton since release, saw them even in league one
Centre backs doing kick-ups to bait the press is the next step in football evolution â€
Lmao
Accurately predicted by FIFA then
I can see Harry Maguire doing the Anthony twirl to force the press
This subject certainly de-zerbd a great video, nailed it.....
Studded it...
Thanks to TIFO, I've actually learned to interpret games more comprehensively and watch every player more thoroughly than just looking at their stat. This has led me to learn more about football and what makes a footballer a proper player. Thank you guys!
It was always the hallmark of a quality player that they could âput their foot on the ballâ. Coached out of players in the last 20-30 years, but maybe weâre seeing it comeback. Like 442 đź
442 isnt making a comeback, formations are far more fluid than some numbers, they change constantly depending on the situation
@@car9melo It could be argued that because of fluid formations 442 has made a comeback already
@@ZacargoGaming no it cant be, it's not the same rigid 442 of the past.
@@tf-ok but still is 442, the objective its not be accurate, just drawn a pattern that easy to absorve
Except indoor players do this all the time
De Zerbismo getting its due recognition by Tifo, what a way to start my Monday morning đđŒ
I know that shirt. Thatâs Torreense, my hometown club!
Is it the away kit?
@@gordon1545 Third kit.
oooh I thought it was maybe a Parma one, lovely shirt!
same I was so surprised the moment I opened the video, I have the gold one, from last year
looking for this comment... this was a big WTF to me :D
I find it really hard to notice these things when I watch football. Like, im trying to understand what each team is doing, but I get caught up in the emotion of the game. The extent of my analysis is invariably, âoh, team A seem to be sitting back and inviting pressureâ. Thatâs all Iâve got usuallyâŠ. Also, itâs really hard to see patterns when the camera angles arenât showing everything. Anyway, thatâs my pointless mid morning Monday musing. Good day.
Always begin with watching the entire pitch during a football game when trying to analyse what's happening rather then just what's happening around the ball. To analyse football, what matters is the position of every single player in the game with relation to every single other player at any given moment.
@@shottskies agree, but it's really hard to do watching games on TV since the cameras seldom show the whole field and when they do you can't always make out fine details, like a player putting his foot on the ball
I was the same way.. There are some great books that help you understanding what youâre seeing. One of them is Tifos own book; how to watch football. Another classic is Inverting the Triangle, and Zonal Marking, etc.
But in all honesty, it could take away your enjoyment. If your enjoyment comes from the emotional aspect then thatâs completely fine too.
@@SaracenNL You can read all you like, but unless you have access to coverage that shows the whole field rather than closeups and angles (these days this is behind a paywall on scouting sites) or ability to watch in person, you're screwed. Several broadcasters used to have this functionality, but no longer do.
I'm exactly the same!
5 points to guess the shirt? But... Points are bad. They're really really bad.
I'll take you up on this. Watch this space.
Braga
Give me minus 5 points, and we have a deal.
SC UniĂŁo Torreense, from Portugal Liga 2.
This exerts dominance over the ball itself ... once confirmed you are the alpha, the ball behaves.
The Ball Whisperer
Lol what?
Jaja
We (Arsenal) played Brighton twice now, and Ive noticed this so much and its soo annoying. We usually press regardless but they can play through the press using creative build up patterns and feed it to the wide players who can dribbled to the final 3rd. From there, they also have a few final third patterns which they use to break the defense shape and create space. Man u also does this, (not ball on the studs thing), play through the press, ball to eriksen, then Fernandes then rashford.
We'll soon see premier league coaches pressing with a mid-block. 1 CF, not Engaging the ball holding CB, a la Mourinho. Whilst, man marking the CMs and inside positioned WGs cutting outball to FBS.
We hate arsenal
This comment aged well. Brighton smacked Arsenal upside the head in a 3 nil hammering to basically put the nail in the coffin of Arsenal's title hopes.
As a Leicester fan, I feel we used a version of this tactic under Claude Puel and latterly Rodgers where we just kept passing it slowly around the back endlessly to bait a press rather than trying to build through the phases.
Problem was teams got wise to it, let us have the ball and waited for a misplaced pass then inevitably scored, and sat back. Which we couldn't then break down. So it's a good tactic of the team does come looking for the ball, but if not, it produces some of the most dull football where you can have 70% or more of the ball but actually be playing defensively and create nothing at all.
Yeah I still long for the counterattacking days with Claudio they werefun while they lasted
Puel ball warra nightmare
I hope you guys talk more about Brighton's football this season...They're simply incredible to watch
What they did against Liverpool was brutal đ„đ„
Brighton have now scored 17 goals in their last 5 games and their free flowing style is brilliant to watch.
Still stings đą
@@stephennewton2777 i canât believe this is Brighton, I still sit in the same seats since the championship and itâs amazing knowing itâs the same club Iâve been supporting my whole life, it will be massive if we qualify for Europe, BHAFCđđ€
Yes, unfortunately, took us to the cleaners!
Really interesting video. Also on the foot on the ball thing, possibly not relevant here but my futsal coach at university used to insist on this technique as the best way to control the ball and then move it in the direction you wanted to go in one motion, particularly useful when under pressure or in a tight space.
I immediately thought of futsal when I saw the video title. I remember when I started futsal my coach told us it was against the rules to not control with the sole of your foot because he believed it in so much haha. definitely helped me as a footballer though
@@jamie2155 haha maybe we had the same coach!
My first thought was it's easier to quickly move the ball either left or right (or any direction) when your foot is on top of the ball. I didn't realise this was a Brighton thing. And yes this was a common thing to do playing futsal.
It makes a lot of sense in futsal as the way the ball and shoes grip means itâs the best method to control it. Itâs not as efficient in football due to grass and studs (rather than a court) as itâs easier to control normally. But could be useful in the manner they talk about here.
@@absolutespoon2074bingo. 5 a side and futsal are almost different sports to football simply because of the footware. Both the former sports are dominated by players dragging the ball in different directions with the undersole, itâs almost the definitive skill required. Whilst you can occasionally do it in football, it becomes a lot harder with studs, the ball is much less manoeuvrable with the undersole and indeed in wet conditions particularly, you are likely to lose the ball if you do this too often.
I'm a PL casual enjoyer, never sided with a club before but becoming a new Brighton fan this season when Graham Potter make Brighton look pretty good on the field, when he left I thought Brighton would fall down the table with Roberto De Zerbi but how wrong I am! I think I'm more enjoyed seeing how Brighton plays now with more control of the ball, they build up their game from the back to the midfield, and fast passes from the player, it's an interesting thing to see how well RDZ will do on Brighton.
Brighton is the gay capital of the world so it makes sense
Thats absolutely spot on! As always, great analysis. But to me what really is amazing is that they still put the ball there (gross, caicedo) when they are tightly marked. They are very brave and it shows they have confidence. A lot of managers have brilliant ideas but can't bring their players to do them with full confidence.
Everton used to do this a bit with Gareth Barry just sort of pootling on the ball. This was probably under Martinez. Under Moyes, when Everton were the better team, we pinned back the opposition a lot, but their low block stopped us far too much. Martinez wanted to generate the space by inviting a press, from a slow DM. Though we did get caught too much.
Interesting video!
Excellent video! More Brighton content please and thank you.
Excellent explanation. Biggest key is composure and enticing the opponent to win the ball.
De zerbi is one of the best coaches in the world. If Arteta ever got lured away I'd want him over anyone at Arsenal.
He'll be at Chelsea & Hove Albion after Potter gets sacked
After De Zerbi moved on from Brighton, they'll go for Farioli next
@@loubloom777 Ange Postecoglou
â@@tjr2109đ
love the camera work for today.. I noticed the transition and change lol
I noticed it too. I thought it was something only Colwill does because I watching the game only for him.
Every time I see a tactics vid like this I often think about how I'd recreate it in Football Manager haha
Great video my friend! Very easy to understand. Amazing đđđ
Marsh using the bottom of his left foot to turn and go forward was great and something you don't see often
I did something similar to this when I played for my school team. I would stand completely on top of the ball, which would always bait the pressing player to lunge. Whenever an opposing player would lunge, I would nutmegg them. The crowd goes wild. I do a knee slide. Queen Elizabeth is there
When Brighton get the ball into midfield, it's zerbin' time
Crikey, football is complicated. All I know is as a Brighton fan, I have my heart in my mouth when they are passing it around Sanchez at the back!
Your honest
They took it to a new level in the Leicester game. Dunk receiving it in the left back position and then when under pressure firing it square to Sanchez who was on his goal line, then to fire it to a midfielder to break the press. High risk but high reward football!
This might sound a bit daft but this is sort of what I do on FIFA.
I get my center back on the ball (usually my RCB) and press RT which stops the ball dead and then just wait a moment to see what the opponent does.
If he stands still I'll move forward with it until he presses then I'll pass it to whoever is available
I think you need to make the 'promised land of De Zerbiism another 50times' it was absolutely hilarious the first time....
as a liverpool fan it was a tough watch, but also nice because brighton are great fun
Transition is when you go from defending to attacking (having the ball) and the associated team shape/formation - not necessarily about going from end to end.
You have a master's degree in explaining tacticsđ„đ€
That might be the next step in world football. After Tiki Taka impacting how we work on the ball to gegenpress impacting on how we attack without the ball not to (for now) zerbiism - impacting how we deal with the ball while the other team is attacking us. Its just a shift of focus one could say, but I argue it might have a uge impact on world football.
Torrense shirt, i love it! If you need a scout to work in Portugal let me know!
This was fantastic
Been doing this in futsal and 5-a-side football for years. Itâs the clever way to play small sided games.
tifo, can i request a video on modern offside rules and handball rules? i watch football regularly but every time those rules seem changing and the call wasnt consistent to the point i dont know what's on and off or hand or not anymore.
Excellent video! đ
I think de zerbi use feet on the ball for defender because
1. his defender are not well awared of the ball like midfield or forward. Feet on ball makes them aware of the ball while looking for a pass. How many time have we see while building up that defender keep looking up for a pass and then get press, panic and forgot where the ball actually is and took half a second to find it and lost the ball.
2. Many player donât aware of the ball keep rolling while take a touch and then looking up for a pass. That 10cm roll can traslate to 0.5sec faster for opponent successful press. Feet on ball secure the ball position while defender keep looking up for pass. Player can be more certain when timing how long will it take for opposition press and more successful baiting for press as this cut the chance of defender error of misjudged the ball roll.
Great video. One thing I'm unsure about is why Caicedo's marker in this example would suddenly become preoccupied by GroĂ when GroĂ drops deep and receives possession. Wouldn't he still be sticking pretty close to Caicedo rather than getting drawn into closing down GroĂ?
a very good vid
the kind of stuff that attracted me all these yrs ago
so nice of jon to come up with attack names for De Zerbi . Next time he can grin and shout it out on the pitch like an anime
Learned a significant new thing today. Happy day!
The crest gives it away with a Portuguese coat of arms designâŠToreense
Torreense actually but yes!
Can you do a tactical video on Fulham and how they've made it up to 6th in the PL?
They have a very well-structured mid-block and Mitrovic is a beast. There you have it
@@Flash4ML Oversimplification at his best. It's not only that, they can be really dangerous on the counter because their attacking players are all around good passers and Andreas and William are really creative, so if they have space and time they can be rather dangerous, but they also really competent in a slow build-up. They are also really effective in counter pressing when they loose the ball near the opponents penalty box, they have a lot of set piece threats as well(Mitro, Palhinha, Tobin, Issa) and great set piece takers (William and Andreas).
@@lourencoteles8414 Naturally, my comment was intended to be an oversimplification. You're right about them though, it's hard to believe they were just promoted, not only with their performances but also with the quality of their squad, they feel like a well-established mid table team, not a side that won the Championship last year
@@Flash4ML But also you have to take into consideation their past. Since 2018 they have been going up and down between the championship and the prem, and because the money prize rules have changed they we're able to maintain PL quality players while still being in the championship (Mitro, Tete, Tosin, Reed.) They also had a great transfer window (a result of the healthy finances of going up and down) getting Diop, Mbabu, Kurzawa, Palhinha, William, Andreas, Carlos Vinicius, Leno, Chalobah.
Artifical transitions. Brilliant! As a united fan I've seen us be a counterrattacking side for so long this concept would've been incredible for us over the last 5-6 years. Would still be great for us but we wouldn't be overly reliant on it
This is absolutely brilliant
What a great insight !!
Use to play futsal loads when younger and can say at a basic level it kills the ball and you get instant control to move in any direction, makes it harder for opponent to read your next movement as body shape canât be read easily.
Ive always found when you need to move the ball a bit before a pass, rolling it with your sole is better control than the toe or side foot (either side)
This was stellar.
Enjoyed that, thanks
Background music too nailed it
Pes 2021 OG will always remember him for the 4-1-2-3 formation
Charlton fan here. Couldn't break our low block! Tbf we basically weren't baited, we just kept low and defended for our lives for 90m, and rightly so, Brighton would have slaughtered us with any other approach
To be fair, the players were all hideously stale because of the World Cup break. Losing to Charlton freshened it up for the league, so many thanks for the defeat.
@@alexthompson3887 Always happy to see Brighton do well!
Are many teams implementing this? Love this video Jon. Tifo rules!
This is actually one of the finest analysis recently
Video is a little long but good content! Question: is Brighton so good now partially because of what potter did or totally because of de zerbi?
Partially, yes. Without the football education Potter gave to that Brighton squad, there's no way they could interpret and execute RDZ's instructions so quickly. They'd take far longer and RDZ would probably be fired by then if fans are impatient.
11 minutes đ
It's a constant i've noticed watching Bruno GuimarĂŁes this season, nearly every first touch is with his studs.
Might be futsal inspired
@@charliedavey3893 99% sure it is, it isn't uncommon for players from Latin American, Spain and Portugal to use their studs more often than other players.
Probably need to look out for that live, I might've been persuaded to try and get an away ticket for this weekend at Leicester.
Tried to identify your shirt badge with Google lens, somewhat on topicish, it showed Sussex police, got to Torreense in the end.
Cheers for the analysis, that I'd missed.
Great video and very accurate 8 months later....
This guy is wearing a Torrense shirt!
Forte! đ€
Yes I love the torreense jersey â€â€â€
The premier league should create a way to license short segments of games for low fees for these "educators". Using real footage in these videos would be golden
Reminds me a bit of the England USA game. It was begging for either Rice or Bellingham to drop and take it off Stones or Maguire.
I wish all of these irl videos were produced like the normal Tifo videos
I liked the what I like to call 'Mackenzian mannerisms'.
The what I like to call 'promised land of de zerbianism', creating what I like to call 'artificial transitions' and of course the what we like to call 'De Zerbian S'.
I like calling things what I - or wé even - like to call them!
The last framed shirt is higher than the rest and it makes me wince every time.
I canât unsee this now.
Like all of the shirts are off. Xavi is crooked and lower than Messi.
It's actually funny because my coach did the same thing back when I was younger though instead of standing on the ball he wanted me and my centreback partner to pass the ball between each other while dribbling up the field to initiate the other team to press one side and once that happened we'd shift it and exploit the space and hopefully have a chance to attack spaces where we'd have a numerical advantage
A big woof woof to John the Dog for this video â€
Brighton is playing beautiful football
Im pretty sure this video just describes is to use triangles in possession, and to use "false" forwards to bait defenders into deciding to let go or keep marking. ThereÂŽs very little new or unique to this and brighton. This is a fundamental thing in football.
Jon McKenzie, the Goblin King!
What you called the de zerbi âsâ is literally the exact same movement you do in a horizontal stack in ultimate frisbee when the disc is in the middle of the pitch
I knew this stop game play from football manager where u get a good game reading defenders to have that trait
Think Iâll forward this to Brendan Rodgerâs as he needs all the help he can get this weekend.
I didnât think there would be anyone else in the U.K. beside myself with a Torreense top?? Any connection or just liking the Boca look?
Love the "Torrense" shirt from Portugal
I've noticed even wingers doing it when receiving the ball with their back to goal and the marker tight to them.
Great video
seria A have been doing this since the 90s (probably before but i wasnt born lol) .... they always have defenders that can make long balls that lead to attacking chances.
Powerful Trofense shirt!!!
it's hardly surprising that players are returning to this technique, after all, the very origins of football were centred around this tactical nuance. Even the word "football" derives from the Latin abbreviation of "foot on the ball"
The word âfootballâ derives from Old English (fot + beal).
@@jonteunon2977 what is old English for foot on the ball? That's what it used to be called. There was no moving of the ball back then, it was an illegal manoeuvre. The entire sport was standing still with your foot on the ball. It's all in the football museum in Manchester on Langworthy Road. The actual ball is there. It is encrusted with ye olde mud and pockmarked with dents where players would place their foot (on the ball)
Great shirt! đ”đč
Great video! Just one question; why on Godâs green earth are you wearing a Torreense football kit? Theyâre not even in the third Portuguese league! Absolutely surreal to see, would love to see how you got it (This is coming from a Portuguese as wellđ)
I knew Iâd seen it before! I was like âagrilojaâ is PortugalâŠ
EstĂŁo na segunda liga
Ă Ăłbvio que o gajo foi ao Carnaval de Torres đ€Ł
I donât know for sure, but Iâm almost certain Brighton are playing a lot of Futsal in training.
Johnâs shirt is Torreense Third shirt kit for 22-23. Easy one.
i think transition is when you change from defensive formation to atacking formation, and vice versa
Now do an analysis of Graham Potter I wanna see what on earth he's trying to do
I donât think anyone can analyse what heâs trying to do at the moment đ
âBrighton donât have many technical players â.
They do have plenty of technical players thatâs why this type of football works so well
Good video though
Man's explaining Brighton-ball like he's writing a PhD
The Torreense shirt thođ„