yesterday dortmund played bayern munich in the german bundesliga . now in the game every aspect of the game is important and the smallest of detail makes a world of difference in the outcome of the game and the opposition tries to exploit the smallest of advantage it has . also what i had stressed in my previous post is that you can make plan but how you improvise it is the most important thing . i dont think that in the game between two good opponents their plan A works but the coach who improvises and who's players execute it are the ones who come out victorous . while writing about this game i remembered former ac milan coach ariggo sacchi . tactics were there from the day this game was invented but sacchi was the one who was particular about the distace that needs to be the players . he was particular about the distance between players and the lines and he was very particular about the positions of the players with respect to the formation . i had said that the coaches are there are on the sidelines to observe and change things if the things are not working . for me dortmund coach marco rose was just didnt do enough . he could see that his team is struggling but he just didnt change the things . he could have asked his players to be more crisper on the ball and pass it quickly . he could have asked his players to be more compact because they were far too apart and far too much stretched for their own good . bayern were just picking their spots as to when and where they could press them and regain the possession .
dortmund started the game with 4-2-4 while bayern started with 3-4-3 formation . the reason i am saying that dortmund started the game with 4-2-4 was that both the wingers and the front players played in a line and were high off the pitch . as i had said in my previous post that you may device tactics but the opponent will not respond to the way that you had calculated and that is where you need to improvise . i dont have any problem with dortmund coach playing 4-2-4 formation . for me dortmunds offense was just one dimensional . they were playing on the counter attack . rose had calculated that bayern like to press when they loose possession and they play a very high line which is required for pressing opposition . now here bayern just didnt press that hard . instead first they crowded the midfield and made sure that dortmund had to move the ball through the wings . the other reason for dortmund to move the ball through the wings was that they had winger who were high and wide and forwards too playing on the shoulders of the last defender . dortmund only had two in the middle so they tried to move the ball through the wings . now bayern just waited to right moment to press . they made dortmund slowed down the game and made them move the ball through the wings . now dortmunds failure is that they should had met fire with fire . they should had moved the ball more crisply .
now as i had talked about the distance between the players in my first para . you cannot help notice the distance between dortmund players . they were too much distant for me . marko rose thinking might be correct that in trying to doing so he will stretch the opposition . but thinking requires proper execution and improvisation . first off they he didnt calculate that bayern will sit back slightly and press at the appropriate time but i wouldnt laud bayern but i would criticize dortmund . he should had realized that they were drolling on the ball and were not moving the ball crisply . most importantly they were just one dimensional in their offense . they were trying to release either halland or reus behind the back line. my question is how many times did they take the ball wide and tried to cross the ball in the box and test bayern's centre backs . just compare hallands height with bayern back three and see who has the advantage . in doing so would had give another added dimension to dortmunds offense . the only thing that dortmund were doing was trying to release halland behind the back three. if you had seen that bayern can be caught if you can bring ball from back to front then there is space on the either side of the back two since either pavard or hernandez comes out to press . even the goal that is scored by dortmund was a result because ball fell kindly to brandt because of the long clearance and he found reus in the box only to be fouled by kimmich .
for the majority of the match dortmund were just poor they couldnt piece four passes together and kept on losing the possession. they just didnt had enough players involved in the build up and players stuck to their positions instead of involving in the build up which is nothing but lack of coaching since they should be first try to take the ball into the final third and then create from there . the lack of coaching is evident from the fact that the playes were trying to find passes and this happens when you are not properly coached . i think i dont need to write about bayern since i have wrote about them in past posts and they just execute their game . in this game they first slowed the game and then upped the tempo when they would take the ball upfield .
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