Sentences with phrase «counterattacking teams»

Although Mourinho's Real were always under the shadow of Pep's Barca, they were easily one of the best counterattacking teams in this era.

mahrez plays in a counterattacking team with almost no defensive responsibility.

when facing a counterattacking team, gabs should play.

Xhaka - 3 one competent pass doesn't make up for a rather careless performance... a handful of times he telegraphed passes in the worst part of the field when playing a counterattacking team and this needs to stop if he has any chance of maintaining that role... reminds me of a taller Arteta at Arsenal, which isn't a good memory

OK so I watched the game again and I feel Lingard and Mikis performance was largely due to the red as it seems we where not planning to play against a counterattacking team instead I think the plan was for us to counter attack so the change meant everything we trained for coming into the game would be changed leaving players confused on what to do next.

Not exact matches

Kante was the best player on the best team in England this season, the speedy box - to - box midfielder who unlocked Leicester City's devastating counterattack by defending well and distributing even better.

I am hoping to see the same team for monaco, reason being, monaco will be playing counterattack football, they have goods size forwards and wingbacks, who has good pace.

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Arsenal could hit them from a fast counterattack, because the 3 -4-2-1 would be very ideal for punishing attacking minded teams, since we would have five defenders in the back.

the truth is that arsenal are not a coherent team anymore... not clear what their footballing strategy is... seem to have given up on passing game for counterattack which might work in odd games but wont win us anything unless we have a midfield that can hold on to ball because we will be under the kosh most of game and will eventually buckle... but the problem was clear at half time in this gane and wenger did nt do anything about it... and if he is paid for anything it is to make those kind of critical decisions....

The first thing you need when you plan to defend and hit a team on the counterattack is pace.

A counterattack formation would be our most deadly bu, t as most teams seek draws against us, is virtually impossible to implement.

they do nt concede lots of goals because they have 70 per cent posession most games... as quality teams worked this out and focused on defending deep and counterattacking, their weak points were quickly recognised and that was pique....

And we only play counterattacking football against teams like Bayern and Barca, and maybe City.

Lightning pace on the counterattack — perfect for a team like Chelsea that like to sit back and let their opponents press high against them.

He's tactically flexible and although he's a defense - first manager he's no slouch in setting up his teams for carrying out devastating counterattacks (e.g. Champions league final against Bayern and THAT Costa goal against Arsenal).

Playing Walcott as our striker will give us a different dimension, we will b tearing teams apart wid a front 3 full of pace trickery and goals, our attack will become very dynaminc, we will b hitting teams on counterattacks (giroud always slows d play because of his speed) and our midfield will flourish as Dey will find it easy to provide running passes and thru balls.

For the last 4 - 5 matches we have performed s ## t We can't beat big teams We still concede counterattack goals Players out of position

jim; got news for u. teams have figured out when playing at arsenal they just park, sit back and counterattack when possible.

this seems more a defending team playing on counterattacks.

We struggle when we have to break teams down, but when we counterattack, we're lethal.

He used the same game plan that he used against City.He wanted the team to sit deep and hit Tottneham with counterattack.

Last season Chelsea played every game with almost the same team week in week out and thats how they flourished on their counterattacking system.

this article typifies everything that is wrong with our club... if you had any balls you would have started with that Mertz nonsense, but instead, like Wenger, you started out pretending to be a rational individual only to reveal your true unintelligible in the final paragraph... I feel like you have never watched Mertz play except for in the FA Cup final last year... how does someone help defend corners, crosses and the like when you can't man - mark, you have a negative vertical and you close your eyes whenever the ball comes in your direction... this was a panic buy that didn't make sense then, considering how most teams were setup to counterattack us, and it makes even less sense now... he was well past his prime when he arrived, like Podolski, Arteta, Flamini 2.0 among numerous others, and was used by Wenger to trick the uninformed fans into believing he cared about turning this team into a true contender

Ramsey has had one good season for us since his horrible injury, he needlessly gives the ball away much too often and his finishing is even worse than Giroud's... once again we have fallen in love with the idea of what could have been... Ramsey has only scored 2 meaningful goals in his entire Arsenal tenure: one in Turkey and the other in last year's FA Cup, which is not near enough to make him a centerpiece of this offence... likewise simply his presence on the team sheet has led Wenger into making horrible tactical blunders because he will force Ramsey into the lineup even when it doesn't make sense... just think of all those games when Ramsey was played out wide on the right, which forced the RB to come up into the play far more often, and deeper, because Ramsey invariably would find himself in a more central position leaving us far more vulnerable to the counterattack..

Sunderland will try and do exactly what Swansea tried to do, which is exactly what every single team that comes to the Emirates tries to do — sit back, defend deep and try and counterattack.

Can't be any worse, since most of his turnovers lead to counterattacks for the other team.

You have as well as psychological consideration and as well I have to rotate a bit without destroying the balance of the team and I felt we had counterattacking chances and he would be ideal for that.

We do nt need pace and counterattacking traits against a team that is going to park the bus at us.

If we keep throwing numbers forward like we always do against big teams, then we are gonna get caught on counterattacks and get our asses kicked....

Wenger's team then stopped playing, relying heavily on the counterattack to trounce Tottenham.

Every night, the opponent knows what's coming (just as with almost every team), and tries to counterattack.

Let's face it chelsea are easily in the top 5 teams in Europe ryt now (no shame in admitting that) I feel they are one of the teams that know how to counterattack

However, given the team's personnel, Barcelona working slightly harder to contain counterattacks rather than blow them up makes sense.

It's exactly the kind of counterattack that playing with two advanced fullbacks leaves a team exposed to, and it's exactly what playing with a back three is supposed to help prevent.

And if Real want to get something out of their trip to Camp Nou later this month, then they will need to defend like a Jose Mourinho team would - deep and compact — which Barca struggle against, then you can catch them on the counterattack.

The back three leaves teams more protected against the end of a counterattack, with that extra defender to rotate and protect the goal, but more vulnerable to the start of one.

Should the press break down, though, Liverpool have been vulnerable to counterattacks, and with the team pushed high up the field, there's plenty of space behind the defense, which leads to clearer shots on goal.

With this in mind, as Louis Van Gaal shapes his Manchester United team next season his love for counterattacking football can only be maximised and used to perfection if the team possesses a superfast Arjen Robben - type player.

Ousmane Dembele, Barcelona's record signing made his first appearance for the Spanish team and contributed to the counterattack that put the Catalans in front.

Newcastle took advantage of Southampton's current problems, Rafa Benitez knows how to set a team up away from home, to hit teams on the counterattack, which they did.

Manager Rafa Benitez has a long track record of building teams that stay tight and compact while trying to spring counterattacks.

A common sight at the Emirates Stadium in the past decade has been the away team storming into acres of space to seek reward on the counterattack, wit -LRB-...)

They've so far been eclipsed by Borussia Dortmund, who have allowed only one goal in domestic play and top the German table, while PSG turned Ancelotti's team into David Moyes — era Manchester United: soft against the counterattack and out of ideas in the final third.

Blind chose a counterattacking strategy for his young team and it eventually delivered.

Vito Doria from Forza Italian Football labelled their style of play as simply «the Doria - style»; with priorities set in keeping possession and hitting teams on the counterattack

Plant scientists from the United States, Britain, and Latin America have teamed up with chocolate manufacturers to plot counterattacks, such as introducing benign fungi to displace the bad ones and planting cacao between taller coffee trees that supply fungi - stopping shade.

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In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, if the player doesn't defeat a Gold Beanie (with lacking success to counterattacks), he may flee from the battle.

Other such intricate components of combat include counterattacking an enemy which is within a certain range of a normal attack, although enemies can counterattack any of your team if they are within range of whoever is attacking them, while a back attack is when an attack happens from the rear, therefore catching the enemy off guard and increasing the damage dealt in the process.