tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987180767773852035.post470201749431417115..comments2022-10-29T00:31:52.862+11:00Comments on Pass And Move: Central Coast 3-1 Heart: Match AnalysisPass and Movehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743035847207063959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987180767773852035.post-12914142981311708492011-11-27T13:57:03.596+11:002011-11-27T13:57:03.596+11:00Thanks Bela, as always, your contribution is appre...Thanks Bela, as always, your contribution is appreciated. <br /><br />Yeah that perceived set piece vulnerability is another curious Arsenal parallel for Heart.<br /><br />I think the only thing I can add about the set pieces is both teams let obvious threats free and didn't mark them properly. Take Babalj - he's an obvious target man and very imposing physically, so why wasn't he marked tighter? And Zwaanswijk, he's scored half a dozen goals from set pieces for the Mariners - why wasn't a closer eye kept on him? I suppose the damning thing for Heart is that they had three nominal central defenders on the field, all tall and robust lads, so they were better equipped to defend from set pieces yet were still breached.<br /><br />It did bring to mind an article by Defensive Minded about how Barca use zonal marking to defend set pieces and corners, which overcomes an obvious physical disadvantage, whereas pretty much every other team uses man marking at set pieces. <br /><br />Most of their players are 5'7 or in our language approx 170cm, so there's an obvious disparity in height when they come up against other teams. <br /><br />What Barca do is put their best headers Pique and Puyol to defend the penalty spot, and another player parallel with the near post to clear low and flat corners. Most attacking teams put a man on the goal keeper, so the team defending respond by guarding the keeper with another defender. Barca ignore that man, defend the penalty spot, clear the first ball, advance to create an offside trap and then press.<br /><br />Barca ignore what the opposition do, which I suppose is suitable given tika taka is about passing around opponents. The thing that riles most people is that Barca don't put any body on the posts, which is considered risky, but if Barca did put bodies at the posts, it would prevent them from immediately creating an offside trap.Pass and Movehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743035847207063959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987180767773852035.post-31767321137712678392011-11-27T13:23:19.104+11:002011-11-27T13:23:19.104+11:00Another insightful analysis. Would you also like t...Another insightful analysis. Would you also like to look at some specific tactical challenges, for instance defending from corners or set pieces? Some teams (like Heart) seem particularly poor at this aspect of the gameBela Guttmannoreply@blogger.com