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Jack Lacey-Hatton

Spacing: football tactics explained

Marcelo Bielsa.

Why is football the sport where, so often, the underdog can triumph? If one team has a significantly better eleven than their opponents surely winning a game should be straightforward?

Go for a man-for-man marking system, match them for work rate and watch the goals roll in. Well there’s a key tactical concept that goes some way to explaining why football isn’t as simple as this.

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