Playing the kind
of deep defensive line that we saw today, as well as various points during the round of 16 against Tottenham Hotspur, will be suicide against Real Madrid.
Not exact matches
With a
deep collection
of big - but - quick bodies, the Saints have a
defensive line that can limit gains on the ground and mount an effective pass rush.
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.
Rarely do we see our
defensive line so
deep, with all the defenders within touching distance
of each other.
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.
What we've missed a lot
of last season was the speed
of Ox and Walcott out wide to stretch the
defensive lines and force them to defend
deep — which they don't like to do cos it gives our creative midfield space to work their magic.
With their safety help floating close to the
line of scrimmage and focusing on the tight end's motions up the seam, the Titans effectively dared the Chiefs to throw
deep by investing extra
defensive back help on Kelce.
It starts up front on the
defensive line where the Wolverines have one
of the most talented and
deepest groups at that position.
But the pass from a
deep area takes the organised Burnley
defensive line out
of the game completely.
With Watford playing a very
deep defensive line Ake never looked like making any sort
of attacking movements but was sold on the flank against Joel Campbell for large portions, and the youngster was covered when he struggled.
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.
The freedom he was afforded as a No. 10 saw his game go up another level — he wasn't just shackled to a certain part
of the pitch; he was dropping
deep to take the ball off
of the defenders before weaving his way past the opposition and breaking the
defensive lines.
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.
One
of his signatures is the measured, chipped through ball over a
deep defensive line.
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.