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Racing Santander Show How NOT To Use A Five Men Defense

October 31, 2010

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Racing Santander used a five men defense to try to neutralize Real Madrid but this was a massive failure and showed why such a strategy is not suitable against a 4-2-3-1. Racing lost the game 6-1 and it could have been worse as they played into the hands of the Real Madrid attackers. The two […]

How Chelsea are Freeing Their Wingbacks

October 30, 2010

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If  you watch Chelsea play then you will notice just how attacking their wingbacks are. Ancelloti’s system is heavily reliant on the wingbacks for width and to create overloads on the flanks  so he sets up his midfield and defense in such a way that the fullbacks can get forward on a regular basis without […]

New Email and other stuff

October 19, 2010

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Hello readers. Google has disabled my email account for unknown reasons so I have created a new email for the blog  defminded@yahoo.com. I apologise for any inconvenience this has caused and please resend any emails to the new address. There haven’t been any new posts because I lost my laptop but I have a new […]