Coaching the Juventus 3-5-2 Tactical Analysis and Sessions: Defending

Athanasios Terzis

Print: COLOUR | Topics: 54 | Practices: 40 | Age: U14-Pro | Pages: 236

Soccer Tutor

Paperback Book 28.95 €EBook 24.95 €Paperback + eBook 33.95 €

This book in FULL COLOUR contains a full and extensive analysis of the most successful team using the 3-5-2 formation in modern football. This tactical blueprint is explained clearly with supporting diagrams, notes and detailed descriptions.

Juventus have won 4 consecutive Serie A league titles (2012-2015) which included an incredible 49 game unbeaten run. They scored 291 goals (1.91 per match) with a total win percentage of 72%. During this time they also won the Coppa Italia and reached the Champions League final in 2014.

 

THE SUCCESS OF JUVENTUS USING THE 3-5-2

Juventus are a very successful defensive team. They focus on maintaining a numerical advantage at the back, pressing to force the ball wide, tightly marking all potential receivers, keeping a compact formation and blocking through passes.

There are 54 tactical analysis topics which have been used to produce 12 sessions (40 practices) including:

  • Functional Practices
  • Opposed/Unopposed Zone Play
  • Game Situations
  • Small Sided Games
  • Transition Games
  • Small Sided Games

This book will enable you to coach your team to defend like one of the most successful defensive teams in Europe and shows you how exactly how Juventus defended, providing the positioning and movement of the players in all possible game situations.


Session and Practice Topic SAMPLES:

  • Horizontal Shifts of the Centre Backs (Pressure, Cover and Balance)
  • Cohesive Movements of the Centre Backs: When to Drop Back and When to Push Up
  • Defending an Open Ball Situation in a 4 Zone Positional Practice
  • Defending Against 2 Opposition Forwards by Applying Pressure, Providing Cover and Maintaining Balance
  • Defending With the Wing Back On the Weak Side in an Effective Position
  • Retaining Shape and Cohesion to Block Through Passes in Midfield
  • Defending Against the Opposition Midfield (Pressure, Cover and Balance
  • Defending Against the Opposition Midfield in a 3 v 3 End Zone Game
  • Defensive Reactions to Retain a Numerical Superiority When Closing Down the Full Back Against the 4-2-3-1
  • Defensive Positioning of the Forwards to Block Passes into Midfield
  • Pressing With the Front Block and Preventing the Switch of Play in a Dynamic 7 v 7 Game
  • Pressing on the Flank With the Opposition Winger in a Deep Position - Functional Practice


Full Book Contents: Click Here

Coaching Juventus 3-5-2