Sentences with phrase «play possession»

Pep Guardiola made it clear when he arrived the best way to win major trophies is to play possession - based, high - pressing, attacking football.

Both teams were looking to play a possession based style of football and it was the Germans who were achieving that in the early stages.

They beat some team in red and white who were doing their best to play a possession based controlling game but just ended up looking like the poor - man's Wolverhampton Wanderers.

First, we'll try to play soccer with them — try to keep the ball, to play possession.

The midfield which last season scorned to play possession football, and only knew to pass the ball forward, last week seemed to be playing hot potato; no one wanted it, and if they got it, they quickly got rid of it, usually by giving it to a Barcelona player.

Against Bayern we had only Ox, Carzola and Kos capable of meeting those criteria, not good enough at this level if we choose to play possession football.

BFG is great when we play counterattacking style and / or have to defend high balls; however, when we play a possession style game, BFG is slow FG.

I would say play possession football, pass and pass and pass, let them chase the ball.

I expect us to play a possession game that also looks to punish on the counter.

As there has been invincibles talk on here lately, I'll go back to them as the example — they did play possession football.

Here, you are talking about two Footballing sides that play with different philosophies; Arsenal play possession football, embellished by intricate passing moves.

Wenger seems to think that he can play the possession game at all times and expect there to be success.

Thus, if Arsenal do play their possession - based Football, and guard against pacey counter-attacks from Martinez's side, the game could become an atritional one, with both sides working out each other and attaining parity at the end of 90 minutes.

Dortmund don't even play possession football And who cares if Ancelotti is a rent - a-coach as if having a manager for 2 - 4 seasons is a bad thing?

Our defensive strengths last season were bolstered by the fact that we play possession football so well and in the prem bar a few teams none really have the attacking power to test it, however for those that did you could see the results.

We, for the most part, play possession football and are pretty lethal on the break.

In the second half, we must be aggressive again for first 20 minutes and play possession football for next 25 mins.

The captain is intelligent in getting the attack started and takes many, many touches, enabling us to stay in possession and a play a possession - based style of football.

The new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is well aware that Arsenal play the possession football that he wants his own team to play, but realises that it is too early to try and match them at their own game and instead is working out a plan to stop the Gunners taking control of the game tomorrow night.

We need the skills and confidence to play the possession game but also mix it with fast breaks and medium to long passes.

It feels like we have more of a determined and gritty CM who can still play the possession game, been a bit too long for us fans but our future looks good with those 3 all being young still.

Cech Bellerin - Kosc - Mert - Gibbs Coq - Cazorla Ox - Özil - Sanchez Walcott A squad with this pace should not be allowed to play possession football.

I am proud of ev, I want him to stay because he can at least hand us doubles while we rebuild our squad and resurrect our style many are mad and sad but honestly with this squad we deserve to be 4th and struggling for cl qualification next year without CD - R dreams let us not forget that while RM Roma Bayern, even PSG built we slept, laporta will never sign paulinho denis, gomes, vidal signed, (he would not even sign coutinho and dembele because we play possession based football where you act fast and hold onto the ball though they are not suited for that.

Dominate possession in the first half, these teams can't play possession based teams.

When we play our possession passing game Sanchez would get trampled from behind when he meets a ball coming in.

If we gonna play possession football then he is a better option as he is able to protect n keep the ball well as opposed to the Ox who is better suited to counter attacking football.

Chelsea do nt know how to play possession, attacking football against good clubs.

No biggie... Tried to play possession football with two players completely out of their depths who were vital if we had any chance of playing that way.

When we needed to play the possession game, Coquelin could drop deep knowing that he did not need to join in attack because Santi is capable of handling matters all by himself.

Talking Points Now, let us not be delusional of the fact that Arsenal play possession based football, which, some days, does work against you.

I think this performance has something interesting, players losing the ball recklessly, in essence no ball players on the pitch, dembele, denis, gomes, paulinho and coutinho were all part of the midfield, imagine their ball losing skills put together (coutinho and dembele are good players, paulinho did well in this match) but one only wonders how you play possession and positional football with so many positionally poor players and no ball holders.

Wenger wants faultless attractive passing and to play the possession game..

We play possession based football, great to watch at times but extremely annoying and frustrating for the opposition.

And also we can easily play our possession game with those 4 but then have a quick outlet pass in walcott (which we haven't had with him out).

Loew for me guys, even though he doesn't have League Experience i like how his teams can play possession football but can also be fast on the break kinda like Arsenal.

These guys play every possession like it's their last and I think in the Playoffs that is something people don't want to play.

Style of play: we need to play possession to beat most clubs, but we need better players with a football brain to beat Liverpool the way Bayern beat Dortmund.

Over dependence on Alexis: He brings in urgency, goals and desire, we need another player like him or else when he is out, we play a possession game with no real intent to score.

I'd still wager we're going to look to play a possession game against 90 % of the PL teams.

Play possession football or play to win?

We like playing possession football??? Since when?

Hunter and Nate Washington will stretch the field while Kendall Wright plays his possession role.

Playing possession football and pinning teams deep while committing numbers is not «tiki taka» it's applying pressure!

You clearly just like talking because I never said we should simply be playing a possession game and hoping for a win.

Wenger is starting to realize that playing possession based football all the time is not necessarily the way to beat each and every opponent.

Part of the problem IMO, is that Wenger is so intend on playing possession football.

«I know my shot wasn't falling and I was definitely frustrated by that, but just had to keep playing and just keep trying to run basketball plays each possession and cheer my guys on and encourage the team.»

Wilshere kept on giving the ball away so Wenger had to think outside of the box and stop playing possession football.

A new formation, playing a possession game and pressing are just a few of the changes, but so too is how we are trying to score goals.

Marquette's recent run of consecutive Big East regular season titles was built on playing a possession control style of soccer, so it definitely seems like Johnson could be the next in a line of midfielders who can make sure the ball stays with the Golden Eagles.