Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): FAW/UEFA A Match Prep 6 - Pressing in a 4-4-2 Diamond

Block 1 (5 mins)

• Blue Team Build up from the back.
• Utilise overloads
• 3/4 Pitch

Ball: Starts from GK and look to build up

Red team: Look to win possession back & score within 10 seconds. 

Blue team : Look to build up successfully over the half way line and score against the keeper.

 

 3x6 mins blocks - 2 minute intervals

Frame session on board with both, send opposition to set up - in possession team have detail on tactic board.

 

Conditions: Ball Starts with keeper, If team building out lose possession red team have 10 seconds to score.

Problem 1 - Opposition getting out through the full back

Solution 1 - Side of the diamond presses the full back, team move across leaving the furthest man

2 Strikers - Start on the edge of the box and take the two CB's - force one way

10 stay on CDM, if the full back gets on the ball mark ball side on he CDM to stop the ball getting to him

2 Sides of the diamond start on the outside shoulders of the blue CM's - if the ball is played to the full back, the side of the diamond presses, showing down the line. The other side on the diamond now moves ball side

CDM - Start more as a screen, but as the side of the diamond jumps, the CDM will now have to jump onto the blue midfielder

Rb - Takes the winger and marks channel side to stop any balls being threaded down the line

Rcb - tight enough the 9 but also marking the space in behind incase the ball is played over the top

Lcb - Also close the 9 and also preparing to mark the space in behind - if the 9 drops in, nearest Cb to follow.

Lb - marking inside the winger almost in line the the post

Block 3 (5 mins)

Problem 3 - We have decided to press high, so the opposition are going more direct into the 9

Solution  - Put one cb slightly in front of the 9 and one slightly behind.

2 strikers - start wide and prevent balls from the centre back into the full backs

10 - play ball side on the CDM to encourage them to go long

Sides of the diamond - outside shoudler of the cm's, ready to press the fb's if the opposition clip a ball over the striker, but also ready to make recovery runs to get goalside

CDM - central and ready to press either way if the team play out, but there to protect and balls into the 9

Fb's - Inside the opposition winger, ready to defend the space in behind

CB's - one slightly in front to prevent any passes into feet or the chest, one slightly behind ready to defend the space behind

What if the blue team get out through the full backs?

Wide of the diamond to jump and everyone shuffles across and show line