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Attacking

1 v 1 Situations – Attacking Out Wide and Switching The Play in The Final Third

A functional practice designed to improve players passing, dribbling, movement and finishing with transition to defend.

Key objectives

Dribbling 1 v 1, .i.e. skills/feints to beat an opponent
Quick acceleration while dribbling
Quality and selection of pass
Movement and communication
Finishing
Quick transition in both attack and defence

Organisation

Area 40 x 35 metres
4 Blues v 3 Yellows + 1 Goalkeeper
Blue Team starts with possession

Center Midfielder passes to Wide Left (11)
Wide left dribbles inside and switches the play to Wide Right (7)
Wide Right goes 1 v 1 against Yellow defender going either way as shown in the diagram
Final product? i.e. pass to Forward (9) or try score themselves

Center Midfielder to stay central and drop a bit, provide defensive cover.
If the Yellow team win possession can they transition to attack and score in either one of the two small, can Blue team transition to defend quickly?

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