6 thoughts on “MIKE PHELAN COACHING – CREATING SPACE TO RECEIVE THE BALL”

  1. We call it “contro movimento” in Italy, the movement he uses to lose the marker

    Guardiola would say of Roberto Baggio, whom he had the privilege to play with in Brescia, he would always “feint” towards the marking player before moving to receive the ball

  2. also, in brazilian, urugyan and argentinian futbol each of these has an actual name, otherwise its just seems like you have to think about all this on the fly?

  3. if you orient to the position of the defense, you do the "esandinha" instead of the "play up" where the mechanics are slow and awkward, for instance the first player might "pin" and then slip wide on the exchange while the top guy checks down then you have the "escandinha" ladder in place when they play up the turn down field so the defender never sees the ball and you effectively build a line of control that triggers the automation

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