World Class Coaching Tactical Analysis Chelsea Jan 2014

World Class Coaching Tactical Analysis Chelsea’s Midfield Rotations

Jose Mourinho has had unparalleled success since 2 004, he has won every possible po ssible trophy domestically in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain, while winning the Champions League twice in this period. His teams are always defensively strong, have a very organised system to deal with defensive transitions and are always incredibly dangerous on the counter-attack. One aspect of Jose Mourinho’s teams that don’t get the praise they deserve, is the fluid attacking

play that he gets from his teams, and this Chelsea team have some great players which allow for a fluid and attractive style of play, but the Mourinho defensive transition is always an element to look for, which explains why Juan Mata is being left out of the team in favour of Willian.

Chelsea Movements –  Lopsided  Lopsided 4-2-3-1  –  higher  higher on the side that Hazard plays in Blue; Back 4. Black; Mid 2. Yellow; Mid 3. Red; Striker

Left side (3 + 11 controls c ontrols the movements); When Ashley Cole plays at 3, he will overlap and give Hazard more freedom to move inside. As he does this, 10 will drop off to help keep 3 in central midfield and allow 6 to cover left centre and protect the move forward from the left back. 9 will drift right and give more space for 11. If 3 doesn’t go high, 9 will drift left and re -create the width on the left side as 11 moves inside. If 9

drifts left, 7 will move inside to have both 11 and 7 between the lines, where 8 will drift wide (if Ramires is playing)

Central (10 and 8 controls the movements); When 8 (Lampard or Ramires) R amires) moves forward between the lines, 10 will drop deep and help build the attack. If 8 arcs around to the centre-left side, this opens up a diagonal pass from 6 into 7 between the lines for either Hazard/Mata or Willian to come inside as Oscar helps balance the play in central midfield.

Right side (7 and 10 control the movements); 7 must help protect the right side to re-balance the ream as 11 (Hazard) is to stay high in the lopsided formation. He will move inside as 10 drops deep when 8 moves forward between the lines to the left-centre, as 11 stays high and wide on the left side.

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Chelsea v Liverpool Lampard (8), Oscar (10) and Hazard (7) Rotation

Here, Luiz is in possession, and has Oscar in support on high right, as Lampard moves into Oscars position between the lines. Henderson has dropped deeper to block the pass into L ampard, which opens up space for Hazard to move into and receive, drawing out Agger and opening space outside.

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Oscar breaking forward form midfield

Oscar helps overload central midfield 3v2, and when possession is won, he finds Hazard between 3 players and breaks ahead of him into the space behind Lucas and Agger.

Hazard drags Agger out of position

As Hazard dribbles inside, Agger is unsure if he should go with Hazard a nd follow his run, or leave

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Right to centre rotation –  Lampard  Lampard moves Lucas to make the space

Again, Oscar drops deep as Lampard moves between the lines, as Lampard moves to ri ght centre, this opens up more space for Hazard to move into between the lines and into a position to attack the back 4. Ivanovic will move forward to occupy the wide position as Hazard overloads centrally.

Willian diagonal run to open up the space to free Hazard in the centre

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As Oscar has a 2v1 on the side, he takes the preferred option which is to attack inside and look to combine with Hazard. Note Skrtel has had to drift wide to fill i n at right back, as Lucas moves to centre back, leaving the space that Hazard wants to attack. The run of Eto’o across Sakho makes him uncomfortable and stops him from moving he back 4 up to squeeze the play.

Hazard releases Willian on the left and overlaps to change positions

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Hazard overlaps to make a 2v2 on the side with Oscar free in zone 14

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Hazard’s 1  time pass to Willian is followed up with an overlap to help support his team mate.

Willian should pass into Oscar but tries to dribble inside, but eventually finds Luiz who shoots. These are just a few examples of different ways that Chelse find space between phase 2 and phase 3 to create scoring chances

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Training Session for Rotation and Moving from Wide to Centre and Centre to Wide

Practice 1 –  Creating  Creating space for team mates to move from wide-centre

Make a 40x30 yard box, with a 15 yard central zone (15-15-10) with a GK 15m from the end line Number 10 (Oscar) must move the defender marking him to create space for 7 or 11 (Hazard/Willian) to move inside and receive between the lines, who will turn and find 9 (Giroud) who will receive to play 1v1 with the GK to score.

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If 10 moves to the side of 11, 7 drops in, and vice versa (diagonal penetration)

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The front 4 can rotate, 10 can go left as 11 moves forward as 9 drops to disrupt marking

Progressions/Variations: 

Add in a last defender who will rush from the goal line to press the CF

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One of the 2 CB ’s can recover to defend 1v1 or 2v1 with pressing defender

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Change angle of last defender pressure if you want to

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Add in a 2  defensive midfielder  – look for pass into CF if pass into AM isn’t on

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Practice 2 –  Building  Building from Phase 2 into Phase 3 to cross the end line and score (attack v mid-block)

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Possible Movement pattern to create space a nd move opponents around the field

An example of the movement patterns could be; Pass from 8 to 6 to 7 to 9 

11 drops deep to offer short wide pass on line 1

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10 moves into the ‘half space’ between channel and centre on line l ine 2

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7 moves into centre and brings FB with him on line 3

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8 moves to support 7 on line 1 (Triangle with 11, 6 and 8)

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9 moves wide to open up space to play around CB if he presses 7 on line 3

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As 7 receives, he can pass 1  time into 9 who should have 8 on right and 10 on left

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