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Nuno Espirito Santos Winning Tactics vs Arsenal
This blog post is a video analysis highlighting the winning tactics used by Nuno Espirito Santos in Wolves dominant performance vs Arsenal this past April.....3-1 win in favour of the Portuguese tacticians side.
Their offensive shape was 352 and 532 during the defensive phase - Enjoy the below videos and summaries! Footy Analytics
Video Summary #1:
- Qualitative Advantage - Ruben Neves playmaker Role
- Overload Weakside
- Mobility to unbalance OPP
- Change of Tempo
Video Summary #2
Corner Kick:
- Exploit the Short Corner Opportunity (2v1 on Arsenal)
- Draw Arsenal out of the box to open space & overload back post
Transition Play:
- 532 Defensive Shape as springboards for Counter Attack
- Depth Movements from the 2 Centre Forwards
- Penetration Mentality......Split Passes/Breaking Lines/Runs Behind
Wolves 532 Defensive Shape/Block vs Arsenal:
- Force Arsenal into their traps in the wide channel
- Moutinho and Diogo Jota deny the switch of play
- Create numbers up around the ball
- Jiminez & Diogo Jota are in positions to counter attack
