Between The Posts
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Between The Posts
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Tactical match reports from Europe's top five leagues, Champions League, Europa League and International Football. Find us on bsky.












I wanted to share a snippet of the article that I wrote for @BetweenThePosts, covering the PSG - Bayern Munich game (link attached below - free to read). For PSG's opening goal, I thought that were a few important details worth delving into. The first concept is the idea of decompressing the opposition defensive block, as @Jon_Mackenzie calls it, to create space between the lines. As seen in image 2, Doue is able to receive between the lines since Bayern's block has been decompressed having been attracted forward. PSG managed to do this by recycling the ball at the back until Bayern jumped up, which they knew would happen. Then, we come to the below-beyond movement by Kvaratskhelia. It results in Kvara going against Stanisic's flow, as @PaulMcG8 would refer to it, when Doue makes the pass. That movement is timed so well. He simply goes beyond to attract before making a run beyond to attack. It then leads to an isolated 1v1 from which Kvara does brilliantly to cut in and score. A well-worked and executed goal. On a side note: I poured a lot into this article to try and do justice to the game's quality - genuinely one of the best matches I've ever seen. I'd highly appreciate if you guys could give this a read (it's free, by the way) and provide feedback. It's an in-depth 2.7k+ words report. Hope you enjoy it. 🔗betweentheposts.net/paris-saint-ge…

Es ist vollbracht: #UnsereElv schlägt Preußen Münster und steigt in die Erste Bundesliga auf. 🤯 Nach 2022 und 2023 der dritte Aufstieg innerhalb von vier Jahren – von der Regionalliga bis in die Erste Liga. 💯🔥 3:0 I 90. Minute #DieElv #UnsereElv #ELVSCP









We saw a different high press approach from Stuttgart against Leverkusen's 4-2-4 build up compared to what they used against a similar Dortmund shape. The focus was on preventing the goalkeeper, Flekken, from having time on the ball. There's an immediate 5v5 pressure on Leverkusen's backline and goalkeeper while they underload the double pivot. Logic is that it'll be difficult to access them whilst a Stuttgart marker can pressure the ball-side Leverkusen pivot. Therefore, short build-up is very difficult and risky.





Análise completa do FC Porto de Francesco Farioli. Em 17 minutos, resumi todos os padrões da equipe. Material que vale ouro, mas que disponibilizo de graça para quem se interessa.






