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Originally Posted by echappist
You are most welcome. Any time to talk about the nuances of the game.
And while I'm quite dismayed at the way the U.S. played, the saving grace is that it seems that a few Canadian players are also deficient in the tactical nous side of things. Look at the Canadian dude most adjacent to the Canadian #3. He's running toward and behind CAN #3, instead of into the U.S. half, where there's acres of unguarded space he could run into.
This reminds me of one of the quotes by the great Johan Cruijff ( see video here, in Dutch but with English caption), who said that if he has the ball and his teammate is trying to help, the teammate should run away from Cruijff (as opposed to toward him), as that would really open up the options. |
Quoting Cruyff as the best way to help a teammate overlooks one major thing - 99.9999% of players are not Cruyff. In a space like that a player does need other players to take defenders away BUT they also need some support players. IN this case the Canadian player is not bringing any extra defenders with him.
Your image is limited in one thing, it doesn't show Yedlin. IF you look at the video Yedlin is indeed "at home". The major problem is that at the start of the sequence Davies is goal side of him. Yedlin is gesturing for help BUT until you are sure of that help stay inside / goal side of Davies he is much more of a threat than any other Canadian player on that side of the pitch and a simple, easy pass inside beats Yedlin.