During Qatar, the deterioration of national playing philosophies will be exposed

During Qatar, the deterioration of national playing philosophies will be exposed

Gareth Southgate has become more knowledgeable about football over the past few months compared to any other manager England has before a World Cup. The variety is greatly astounding.

Every World Cup team is planning to use counter-pressing tactics, so copying will be as common as originality.

When you step back, you can see all the models and manuals that, in essence, distill hundreds of minutes of football in order to explain to managers "how World Cups are won." When you close the distance, you can see each team's unique evaluations.

           Among all the data, some things stick out. One is the widespread use of counter-pressing throughout this World Cup.

The senior soccer administrator of the Welsh FA, Dr. David Adams, claims that it has become a widespread tendency across all teams. Even lower-ranked teams no longer immediately go into a defensive wall after losing the ball. Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp came up with that idea, and it has spread throughout the entire football culture.

It highlights one aspect in which this World Cup differs from virtually every one that has come before it: its similarity. It's extremely doubtful that teams will play in an unique "country manner" any longer for spectators around the world. That works both against and in favor of the tournament.

 

               And besides, introducing fans to various football cultures has long been one of the World Cup's customary delights. It was a component of both its patchwork and thrillingly foreign aspect.

The most well-known of these was Brazilian inspiration, which peaked between 1970 and 1982. Possession Football existed. More particularly, there was the creativeness of Balkan central midfielders in regards to their position. There were Italian centers made of stone.

This is far more than just a memory that has worn away due to comfort and the abundance of football we can currently watch. The game and globalized telecommunications are equally important.

             Innovative strategies quickly gained traction. Impact can have a far major influence.

Barcelona's top management for many years, Pep Segura, has been keeping an eye on these changes.

He claims that movements couldn't be seen with such clarity before this time. There was the World Cup, the European Championships, and one knockout team in the European Cup. You weren't really able to learn how they accomplished it.

 

"Information may now easily reach every conceivable nook. And as a result, ideas that are successful can be quickly implemented in several nations. It implies that each football culture's foundations may alter significantly.

         In all the upheavals that have molded the contemporary game, this is the one that is most evident and most pertinent to this World Cup.

Spain was affected by Dutch pressing-possession, and Germany was impacted by that, leading to those countries' subsequent World Cup victories.

England then turned to Germany to change their strategy, and today, much of the rest of the globe is interested in England's talent development.

Additionally, because they do it, it reaches far further than the major nations. All other nations have no choice but to catch up due to the triumph of this philosophy.

It resembles a space race, We compare ourselves to teams who routinely qualify if you examine the formulas that governing bodies employ, according to Dr. Adams.

What a standard team looks like is one of the things we strive to analyze since that's a major difficulty.

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Both invention and replication have been influenced by this requirement. It inspired similar coaching tenets all around the world.

Segura says, "This notion was learned and duplicated, so all the nations and clubs practice it." "That also applies to a nation like Italy, whose entire growth in football was based on defense. They used it as a means of both self-expression and tournament victory. These nations all work to develop the idea of play.

             With reference to this World Cup, this indicates that, with some blurring of the lines, all 32 teams essentially fit into four major strategic setups.

Dr. Adams states, "If you were going to bucket it, you would bucket it quite that way." "The five or six best teams have a distinct personality that, in my opinion, is very, quite identical. They all attempt to control possession. They all attempt to press hard. All of them attempt to counter-press, and the better players they have are probably genetically predisposed to it.

Then there are the teams on the opposing end, who frequently guard far more deeply and prioritize counterattacking as their primary offensive strategy.

Although it says a lot that Qatar, despite all of their resources, have indeed earnestly attempted to emulate the Spanish play, Carlos Quieroz's Iran will likely serve as the primary illustration of the last technique, perhaps producing a hard first game for England.

             

The discussion about Southgate's football, along with that of Didier Deschamps and Fernando Santos, likewise largely revolves around these disparities.

It's possible that this is what made the Euro 2020 final something historic. The winners in 2016 and 2018 adopted this stricter model, which reflected the state of the international game at the time. It appeared that Southgate's England, the champions-elect for 2021, would follow suit.

 

Rather, Italy prevailed following a campaign that showed a change in both their own and the game's strategies. It seems like a more comprehensive strategy that makes use of club game staples.

In comparison, France and Portugal continue to rely more on "occasions" and personal motivation. That brings up another effect of this, namely that different football cultures don't necessarily create the same player characteristics. It explains some of the drop in conventional center-halves and traditional No. 9s.

Of course, the impact of certain national settings shouldn't be entirely disregarded.

Today, the majority of winners come from nations with underdeveloped academies.

Many skilled players still come from Croatian street football. Just as Southgate has bemoaned the lack of that precise type of "playmaking center," even England has become famed for wide-forwards who can come in from the wing.

Through youth football and academies, he claimed, "I don't think we develop that sort of player well." Other nations likely place a little bit more emphasis on that.

 

That might indicate how this World Cup will proceed and possibly determine its outcome.

Managers are attempting to enhance the best basic guidelines with distinguishing traits when it is no longer about various national approaches.

Dr. Adams explains, "You do attempt to bring in something of your own." "The Welsh have that Genetics; we have a Welsh way."

Argentina is arguably the strongest example right now and might very well produce the eventual champs.

The nation's top division's veteran observer and director, Diego Huerta, believes Lionel Scaloni's teams performance is noteworthy.

"In my opinion, he did a fantastic job. He plays with guys from la nuestra but displays a lot of Guardiola's positional football philosophy in the way the midfielder presses.

           "That implies a link to the classic Argentine game, which involves dribbling and one-touch moves.

"I believe his approach to the style of play is the right one, but it's actualized until 2022. It's a part of both this modern football period and our DNA. I really enjoy it."

There are both good and bad implications for the World Cup as a whole. Although the trend has significantly reduced the tournament's exotic variety and richness, this does not immediately imply that football is getting worse.

It might result in greater things.

Due to the increased number of teams devoted to playing intense football, it may result in better matchups occurring more frequently. The homogeneity itself could produce stark contrasts.

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