Not exact matches
The emergence of Coquelin
in the Arsenal's
deep lying midfield
in the 2nd half of last season of Arsenal games had neutralized most of the
defensive flaws
in the Gunners back -
line.
He has been playing
deeper than usual and has been given more
defensive responsibilities and is pressing more
in the second
line than the back
line to win the ball back and start attacks.
I reckon he could be
in line to start a fair few games next season as well, especially those
in which we expect to be dominant on the ball and face a
deep lying and well organised
defensive unit looking to deny space and frustrate the fluency of Arsenal.
The Cowboys last year, took taco
in the 1st because the run on
defensive linemen, and said that while he wasn't necessarily the best on their board at the time, they took him because the D -
line position was being depleted
in the draft, and the secondary position was really
deep that year.
On the other hand, Wolfsburg wanted to deny Napoli time and space to pick out passes from the back so pushed higher upfield, but still wanted to deny Higuain space behind them though so their
defensive line sat
deeper, resulting
in them being too stretched from front to back.
Both men have a tendency to get caught up
in following their mark and ending up
deeper than the rest of the
defensive line though, rendering the offside trap useless.
The
defensive line was high
in the very early part of the game, but dropped
deeper as the game went on, probably through necessity with the team tiring, as much as being the intention.
improving the ability to create and pass out of diamond overloads
in between the
lines against
deep defensive teams, especially from within our opponents» half - spaces and especially on the left - hand side of our attack.
Defense should be the priority but with Tevez - Morata up front and Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal, Paul Pogba and Claudio Marchisio
in the middle, I think we should take our chances and not put the
defensive line too
deep.»
The
defensive line looked a touch
deeper than
in the last game, which helps Touré, and the full backs were regularly making up a back four rather than being overly attacking.
Liverpool improving the ability of their attackers to create and pass out of diamond overloads
in between the
lines against
deep defensive teams, especially from within their opponents» half - spaces.
Carragher
in particular has had the accusation of dragging the
defensive line too
deep levied at him, whilst Skrtel is considered too weak, physically and aerially, to deal with opposition centre forwards and is seen as a weak link.