IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
OVERLAPPING AGAINST A LOW DEFENSIVE BLOCK AND IN COUNTER ATTACKING
Carlo Ancelotti & Paul Clement REAL MADRID
In securing the Champions League crown for Real Madrid in May 2014, Carlo Ancelotti achieved the incredible feat of clinching major silverware in four different countries.
Having enjoyed hugely successful times managing teams including Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea and PSG, he is only the second person to win the Champions League three times (twice with Milan and once with Real Madrid).
Additionally, he won the European Cup, (now know as the Champions League) twice as a player with AC Milan.
Carlo Ancelotti is expertly assisted at Real Madrid by English coach Paul Clement, with whom he won a Barclays Premier League and FA Cup double at Chelsea. Clement then joined Ancelotti at PSG where they won the French League title. He holds a UEFA Pro Licence and has also coached at Fulham and Blackburn Rovers.
“We are looking for good positioning, technical quality, quick ball movement and clever movement off the ball.”
5 JANUARY 2015
Attackers know that to defend the overlap and diagonal run, defenders have to slide together, closing the space between. If they do this, the ball should be switched back quickly to the opposite side.
Phase of play (20mins)
This is 10v10 plus one keeper (4). Teams are organised in a low defensive block, with the attacking team aiming to create space by spreading out end to end and side to side - note the spacing between players and the positioning between the lines of the opposition.
The attacking team attempts to exploit the green shaded areas as this is where most space can be found. Should reds recover the ball, they attack any of the three small goals.
We are looking for good positioning, technical quality, quick ball movement and clever running off the ball, smart decision- making, switches of play, overlaps, crossing and finishing, and balance in order to prevent counter- attacks.
Game (20mins)
This is a conditioned game to encourage overlapping (5). The wide areas are marked off into zones where only one defender and two attackers can enter, while the pitch is divided into thirds with offsides ‘live’ from these lines. A goal scored that uses an overlapping movement counts double.
3 The central attacker looks for a space to exploit between defenders
2 The use of a quick overlap after an initial pass is key
3 1 The server begins
4 The opposite full-back stays wide in order to be available for a switch
Green shaded areas represent key attacking spaces
Again, a wide overlap is essential for beating the block
4
Reds can counter with the aim of scoring in any of the three goals
Reds set up with a low defensive block (4-4-2)
5
In the game situation, the set-up is conditioned to encourage overlapping, with only one defender and two attackers allowed to enter the channels, and offsides applying beyond the ‘third of pitch’ lines
KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
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