Football Tactics in Real Time

Game Plans, Game States, Substitutions and the Decisions That Win Modern Soccer Matches - The Evolution of Football Tactics, Volume 3

von Valerio Di Rosa

128 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Ideas exist before kick-off. Evidence exists before kick-off. Then the whistle goes, and for ninety minutes somebody has to decide.In the 70th minute of a bad game a manager stops watching the ball and stares at a piece of empty grass. He is checking whether something he was told on Thursday is still true. The previous volume ended on that image. This book begins there.The third volume of The Evolution of Football TacticsVolume 1 told the story of the ideas, from Herrera to Guardiola and Klopp. Volume 2 told the story of the evidence, when expected goals and tracking data made those ideas arguable. This book is about the one thing neither could cover: what happens when ideas and evidence meet a clock, an opponent and eleven tired players.- The week before: how a game plan is really built on a Tuesday, why a plan with more than three ideas is not a plan, and what survives the tunnel- The match clock: what the first fifteen minutes reveal, how the score changes the behaviour of both teams, what half-time can fix, and how five substitutions turned the bench into a second eleven- The levers: changing shape without changing players, controlling tempo, the priced tactical foul, the referee and the clock, set pieces in the moment- Beyond ninety: how leads are protected and lost, how to chase a deficit without losing by three, extra time and penalties, and why a knockout tie is not one match- The decision-maker: what a coach's mind actually does under pressure, the staff behind him, and what the match still decides on its ownIstanbul 2005, Conte's Chelsea and the 3-4-3 born from a defeat, the Euro 2020 final and the penalty takers sent on at the last minute, Real Madrid's comebacks: the cases are famous, the question is always the same. Who decided, with what information, in how much time, and what did it change on the pitch?No code. No formulas. No spreadsheets. For anyone who wants to watch a match and understand not just what is happening, but what is being decided.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174214576
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published