Set the trap

No pressure on their
left sided centre back

Go high on the left side

Drop off on the right side of the pitch

Allow the ball to left sided centre

back

number 9 keep play to the left

React immediately and get in

between two centre backs

Squeeze up and pressure

Number 7 and 10
immediately pressure

Cut off pass options

Must block this

channel

Sliding across to lock play

11 comes inside to block ball

diagonally into midfield or switch to
centre back

6 and 8 squeeze across to

block channel and go on right
shoulder of opponent

Force the mistake

9 and 10 to work
together

Can we win the

ball? force a
mistake? Make
sure pressure is
100%

Gaps in between midfield and

defence

A long ball dropping in this area

would break whole trap

Defence to play with high line

We must ensure there is no gaps between the lines and squeeze up to compress the space

Must get their heads down

If we dont get their

heads down then we
will be open to a
diagonal or good
forward pass

If they hit the diagonal the we

should have time to get across
as the ball travels

GK positioning / communication

If we squeeze high the we are open to a long ball in behind our

defence. Therefore our defenders must be aware that this will
happen. The GK must be outside the 18yd box and in a position to
communicate with the defence and to act as a sweeper

Deal with the long ball behind

If we are in position and communicating

with each other then we will deal with the
problem easily