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Subzerooo:
Ndidi and Onyeka in midfield cannot progress the ball meaning that Iwobi has to drop deep leaving the front three on their own,expect a low scoring game

charlesemeka85:
the jersey sweet for eye

Subzerooo:
We usually dog on left footed players like Chukwueze for not using their right but this usually comes from a place of bias lol because how many right footed can comfortably shoot with thier left

charlesemeka85:
the jersey sweet for eye

Subzerooo:
Solace Chukwu expanded more on this point, the Libyans had a soft center that we completely ignored to cross repeatedly from the flank, if we had incisive passing through the middle we would have scored 2 or more

TheGoodJoe:
I wonder where you drew the idea of aimless. Aim is actually key. Watch Lamine Yamal's goal against France in the video below. That is the solution for dealing with low blocks.

When a team plays this way, it forces the wall to break and come out to stop the shots. Thus, creating room for the forwards to exploit.

Tiki taka play is very much key in this. Using the widths to drive the low block deeper, and spreading the wall. Switching play and dropping the ball to the free 8 zone for curling shots.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I2QLTXrk8U

TheGoodJoe:
I wonder where you drew the idea of aimless. Aim is actually key. Watch Lamine Yamal's goal against France in the video below. That is the solution for dealing with low blocks.

When a team plays this way, it forces the wall to break and come out to stop the shots. Thus, creating room for the forwards to exploit.

Tiki taka play is very much key in this. Using the widths to drive the low block deeper, and spreading the wall. Switching play and dropping the ball to the free 8 zone for curling shots.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I2QLTXrk8U

jihday:
I think you are confusing a defensive team with a team on low block, a defensive team doesn’t put 10 men behind the ball but a low block does. So this your theory of playing plenty shots may not hold, IMO the best way to break a low block is what we eventually did to succeed, get a pacy dribbler to run at them, they’ll panic and either cause PK or you start getting plenty corners

ChrisKels:
At 27, Iwobi already has 81 caps for Nigeria. From the look of things, he can still give us another 6 solid years.

Odunayaw:
When you find the foreign coach, let us know

minfelix:
asin eeehnn this is just ittt🔥🔥…an ultra-defensive team doesn’t need those shot narratives
OGA!! get a pacy winger/dribblers and also a tricky midfielder that can split you in nano seconds with mad passes..its either they hack a player down in box18 or clash on each other for an owngoal…
Those kinda stubborn defense needs;
1.Moses simon energetic+skillful run
2. Chukwueze tricky runs that can create space for banana curve/R-2 kinda goals
3. Ejuke’s foolery on a one on one with defender
These guys has to be consistent and not giving up, cos las las them go chop one or two defenders.
Finally an ever ready striker to pounce on the effort of these wingers

minfelix:
once again i will still ask, were the opponents of Mancity and spain playing immobile packed defense?.
Omo bros the only time those guys came out when it was 0-0 was when one of their striker had a break-free run and tried to dive for a penalty against us…those guys did not come to play anything in Nigeria…10players inside and around the box 18, you will play shot so tay you sef go tire…Spain Vs France saw two giants facing off with both having this mentality to win thereby playing a balanced game…
There is one thing to play for a draw by defending and still trying to come out on different occasions to counter hoping for a win. That was not the case of Libya…those guys did not come to play anything, other than to just “die” for 5mins and kill time after a finger push by any eagles player and resurrect another mins to pack their defense with 10man contained inside box 18…na thise kind teams barca of old dey use tikitaka and splitting passes to destroy their defense

Subzerooo:
We usually dog on left footed players like Chukwueze for not using their right but this usually comes from a place of bias lol because how many right footed can comfortably shoot with thier left

minfelix:
once again i will still ask, were the opponents of Mancity and spain playing immobile packed defense?.
Omo bros the only time those guys came out when it was 0-0 was when one of their striker had a break-free run and tried to dive for a penalty against us…those guys did not come to play anything in Nigeria…10players inside and around the box 18, you will play shot so tay you sef go tire…Spain Vs France saw two giants facing off with both having this mentality to win thereby playing a balanced game…
There is one thing to play for a draw by defending and still trying to come out on different occasions to counter hoping for a win. That was not the case of Libya…those guys did not come to play anything, other than to just “die” for 5mins and kill time after a finger push by any eagles player and resurrect another mins to pack their defense with 10man contained inside box 18…na thise kind teams barca of old dey use tikitaka and splitting passes to destroy their defense

Mujtahida:
You see that white skin, until some people see it, they won't rest. White man is the god of the black man.

I support foreign coaches only on the ground that our players respect them more and they bring some discipline and objectivity to team selection. Not that they are more tactically brilliant or more competent than our local coaches in terms of football knowledge or coaching abilities.

At least some of us have been around for a while. There is nothing magical any foreign coach has done, that our own coaches have not done.

Westerhof won AFCON, Keshi did it
Westerhof qualified us for WC, Keshi did it, Amodu did it too.
Westerhof took us to second round at a world cup, Keshi did it.
Bonfrere won Olympics, our age grade coaches have serially won several u-17 championships, (in fact, we hold the global record of winning more u17s, all with local coaches) we have also won bronze and silver at the Olympics and at U-20s


Rohr won bronze, Eguavoen won bronze (twice).

Abeg the records show that there's nothing magical about white coaches. If we do not have confidence in our coaches, it is not due to lack of competence on the part of our coaches. It is 90% due to the fact that the white man is the god of the Blackman and just as man is comfortable in the presence of his God, that is how many of us will only be comfortable when we see that white skin who is our god standing as the Super Eagles coach

minfelix:
once again i will still ask, were the opponents of Mancity and spain playing immobile packed defense?.
Omo bros the only time those guys came out when it was 0-0 was when one of their striker had a break-free run and tried to dive for a penalty against us…those guys did not come to play anything in Nigeria…10players inside and around the box 18, you will play shot so tay you sef go tire…Spain Vs France saw two giants facing off with both having this mentality to win thereby playing a balanced game…
There is one thing to play for a draw by defending and still trying to come out on different occasions to counter hoping for a win. That was not the case of Libya…those guys did not come to play anything, other than to just “die” for 5mins and kill time after a finger push by any eagles player and resurrect another mins to pack their defense with 10man contained inside box 18…na thise kind teams barca of old dey use tikitaka and splitting passes to destroy their defense

Starboytwo:
A right footer still dey try small small. Left footers are worst. They don't want to use that leg at all.

One day i was watching UCL, pre match workout camera showed Arjen Robben doing throw and jab. The trainer throws and he jab with left very easy and sweet. The moment the guy throw to his right, he bundles the ball away.

In that Chukwueze scenario Lukaku would have blasted that ball and scored at the near post.

Van persie would not need to turn to the left.

TheGoodJoe:
I wonder where you drew the idea of aimless. Aim is actually key. Watch Lamine Yamal's goal against France in the video below. That is the solution for dealing with low blocks.

When a team plays this way, it forces the wall to break and come out to stop the shots. Thus, creating room for the forwards to exploit.

Tiki taka play is very much key in this. Using the widths to drive the low block deeper, and spreading the wall. Switching play and dropping the ball to the free 8 zone for curling shots.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I2QLTXrk8U

MetalJigsaw:
He's surely reaching 100

Goke7:
I think back in the day because our local coaches were not ex players who had experience of playing in Europe the foreign coaches would look like a mini god but from the moment we started having coaches like keshi, oliseh, siasia, AE etc. that gap is closing up cos these are ex players that were even playing mates of some foreign coaches we will want to consider today.

7demons:
I will say this for those that need to hear:

ANY TEAM BUILDING THEIR ATTACKING LINE UP WITH IWOBI IS WASTING THEIR TIME.

jihday:
I think you are confusing a defensive team with a team on low block, a defensive team doesn’t put 10 men behind the ball but a low block does. So this your theory of playing plenty shots may not hold, IMO the best way to break a low block is what we eventually did to succeed, get a pacy dribbler to run at them, they’ll panic and either cause PK or you start getting plenty corners

Mujtahida:
Low block is actually the medicine to tiki taka because in tiki taka, what you are advocating for invariably rarely happens as it is not part of the tactics.

Emmy450:
Nawa oh

Goke7:
I think back in the day because our local coaches were not ex players who had experience of playing in Europe the foreign coaches would look like a mini god but from the moment we started having coaches like keshi, oliseh, siasia, AE etc. that gap is closing up cos these are ex players that were even playing mates of some foreign coaches we will want to consider today.

Mujtahida:
You see that white skin, until some people see it, they won't rest. White man is the god of the black man.

I support foreign coaches only on the ground that our players respect them more and they bring some discipline and objectivity to team selection. Not that they are more tactically brilliant or more competent than our local coaches in terms of football knowledge or coaching abilities.

At least some of us have been around for a while. There is nothing magical any foreign coach has done, that our own coaches have not done.

Westerhof won AFCON, Keshi did it
Westerhof qualified us for WC, Keshi did it, Amodu did it too.
Westerhof took us to second round at a world cup, Keshi did it.
Bonfrere won Olympics, our age grade coaches have serially won several u-17 championships, (in fact, we hold the record of winning more u17s, all with local coaches) we have also won bronze and silver at the Olympics and at U-20s


Rohr won bronze, Eguavoen won bronze (twice).

Abeg the records show that there's nothing magical about white coaches. If we do not have confidence in our coaches, it is not due to lack of competence on the part of our coaches. It is 90% due to the fact that the white man is the god of the Blackman and just as man is comfortable in the presence of his God, that is how many of us will only be comfortable when we see that white skin who is our god standing as the Super Eagles coach

TheGoodJoe:
Cut backs is a big part of Tiki taka. Where you get the ball wide and then return it to the free-8 zone to turn explore the half-space.

What I am saying is when returning the ball to the free-8 zone, curling shots should be part of the option.

minfelix:
The past 3 afcons was won by local coaches

TheGoodJoe:
The bolded does not add up. I am talking of how to beat a low block. That is when the team is camped deep defending.

I am a City fan and I watch it week in week out. We have Grealish, Savinho, Doku, Bernardo Silva and sometimes Foden.

I have watched tricky players run at Low blocks repeatedly. I watched The last two games of Bayern and even the Leverkusen game was against a low block. I am not saying running at them does not work but I am about the best approach to break it.

Long range curlers is where the space lies. If we go with time - space theory, you will see that running at the wall is not the best approach.

How do you best beat the set up below? The space in front of them is where players can get more time and space on the ball.