Build-Up Play Explained | Why Playing Out From the Back is the Best Tactic | Football Tactics
Summary
TLDRThis video explores the growing trend of building from the back in football, a tactic where teams start their attack from the goalkeeper. It discusses the benefits, such as creating a numerical advantage and opening up space for strikers, while analyzing managers like Pep Guardiola, Thomas Tuchel, and Luciano Spalletti who excel with this approach. It also touches on how rule changes and positional shifts in recent years have increased the value of ball-playing defenders and goalkeepers. The video ends by teasing an upcoming discussion on high pressing as a counter to this tactic.
Takeaways
- ⚽ Building from the back in football is a hotly debated topic, with opinions split between playing short or going long from goal kicks to reduce risk.
- 📈 A 2019 rule change allowing players inside the box during goal kicks increased the frequency of short passes, especially among defenders and goalkeepers.
- 🔝 Ball-playing goalkeepers and center-backs have become highly valued, as their passing abilities are now critical in build-up play.
- 👥 The numerical advantage of 11 vs 10, with the opposition goalkeeper not defending, makes it easier for teams to create space and control the game from the back.
- 🔺 Build-up play relies on creating triangles, freeing up passing lanes, and stretching the opposition's formation to find space for attackers.
- 🛡️ Fullbacks often stay wide to stretch the opposition, while wingers pin defenders, preventing them from pressing and opening space for others.
- 📊 Pep Guardiola's build-up strategy involves using a 3-2-4-1 formation, often with an inverted fullback moving inside, creating overloads in key areas.
- 🧠 Thomas Tuchel’s 3-4-2-1 system at Chelsea focuses on stretching teams horizontally, using wingbacks to pin fullbacks and attacking midfielders to balance the midfield.
- 🔄 Luciano Spalletti uses a flexible backline, often employing central midfielders in half spaces during build-up to trick opposition into leaving gaps.
- 🚧 High pressing is seen as the main counter to building from the back, leading to tactical battles between pressing teams and those using short passes to progress.
Q & A
What is the concept of 'building from the back' in football?
-Building from the back refers to the tactical approach where teams start their attack from their goalkeeper and defenders, emphasizing organized and structured play to move the ball forward rather than launching long passes.
Why has building from the back become more common in recent years?
-A 2019 rule change that allows players inside the box during goal kicks has encouraged more teams to build from the back, leading to an increase in passes by goalkeepers and defenders, and a shift in tactical emphasis towards this approach.
What is the main advantage of building from the back?
-The main advantage is the numerical superiority it creates, as the goalkeeper adds an extra player, leading to an 11 vs. 10 situation, which can help lure opposition players forward and create space in other areas of the pitch.
How do fullbacks and wingers contribute to building from the back?
-Fullbacks often stay wide to stretch the opposition, while wingers 'pin' opposition defenders, preventing them from pressing and creating more space for their teammates during build-up phases.
What tactical innovation has Pep Guardiola introduced in recent years regarding build-up play?
-Pep Guardiola has introduced the use of the inverted fullback, where one fullback moves inside alongside the central defensive midfielder, creating a 3-2 shape that helps break opposition presses.
How does Thomas Tuchel's approach to building from the back differ from Guardiola's?
-Thomas Tuchel employs a back-three system at Chelsea, with wing-backs pushing high and wide, which stretches the opposition both vertically and horizontally, and uses rotations with attacking midfielders to balance the midfield.
What is the concept of 'pinning' in football, as discussed in the script?
-Pinning refers to positioning players, often wingers, in a way that forces opposition defenders to stay back and not press forward, ensuring that teammates have more time and space on the ball.
How does Napoli's Luciano Spalletti innovate in build-up play?
-Luciano Spalletti uses a flexible backline where a central midfielder moves into the half-space during build-up play, creating passing options and forcing the opposition to make difficult decisions on how to press.
Why has the value of ball-playing goalkeepers and center-backs increased?
-Ball-playing goalkeepers and center-backs are crucial in modern football's build-up tactics, as their ability to pass effectively from the back is essential for creating attacking opportunities while maintaining possession.
What are the risks of building from the back?
-The main risk of building from the back is losing possession close to one's own goal, which can leave the defense vulnerable to high pressing and lead to conceding chances or goals.
Outlines
⚽ Building from the Back: A Key Football Strategy
This paragraph introduces the ongoing debate in football about 'building from the back' as a tactical approach. While some argue that this strategy increases the risk of losing possession near the goal, others view it as an essential way to structure attacks and create opportunities for strikers. The discussion touches on how the game has evolved, especially following a 2019 rule change allowing players to be inside the penalty box during goal kicks, making goalkeepers and defenders more involved in building play from deeper positions.
📈 The Shift Towards Ball-Playing Defenders and Goalkeepers
This section highlights how the role of defenders and goalkeepers in football has evolved, with a notable increase in the number of passes completed by these positions in recent years. Premier League data shows a shift in passing responsibility from attacking midfielders to defenders and holding midfielders. This change has elevated the value of ball-playing defenders and goalkeepers, with top clubs investing heavily in these roles to ensure a smooth build-up from the back.
👥 Exploiting Numerical Advantage in Build-Up Play
Here, the discussion focuses on the strategic advantage of having the goalkeeper involved in the build-up, creating an 11 vs 10 situation. This numerical superiority forces pressing teams to stay highly organized. The paragraph explains how this setup draws attackers in, creating space higher up the pitch, which managers exploit by positioning players in key zones. The concept of 'pinning,' where wingers prevent opposition full-backs from pressing, is introduced as a crucial element of effective build-up play.
🔼 Triangles and Passing Lanes: Key Components of Build-Up
This section delves into the mechanics of build-up play, explaining how teams use triangular formations and quick passing to open up space. It emphasizes the importance of full-backs staying wide to stretch the midfield, allowing for more central passing lanes. Even attackers, though seemingly uninvolved, play vital roles in the early stages of build-up, particularly in 'pinning' defenders to maintain space and time for the team to execute passes.
🏆 Pep Guardiola's Innovative Build-Up Tactics
The focus here shifts to Pep Guardiola's renowned build-up style, notably his early use of the 'salida la volpiana' tactic at Barcelona, which aimed to ensure a numerical advantage by having a midfielder drop deep into the back line. Guardiola's current approach at Manchester City involves using inverted full-backs and goalkeepers in a back three to manipulate space and break high presses. His flexible positioning has become a hallmark of his teams' ability to dominate possession and build attacks.
🔄 Thomas Tuchel’s Unique Build-Up Approach at Chelsea
Thomas Tuchel's distinct build-up method is explored, with a focus on how his 3-4-2-1 formation stretches teams both horizontally and vertically. The system allows Chelsea to pin opposition full-backs while maintaining a solid defense. Tuchel's approach uses wide center-backs and high wing-backs, with players like Mason Mount and Kai Havertz dropping deep to support the midfield, ensuring Chelsea can bypass the opposition's press and move the ball fluidly up the field.
🔷 Luciano Spalletti’s Flexible Build-Up at Napoli
Luciano Spalletti’s innovative approach to build-up at Napoli is highlighted, particularly his use of flexible formations that shift from a back four to a back three during attacks. His strategy often involves central midfielders drifting into the half-space, which creates difficult dilemmas for the opposition as they try to cover both the flanks and central areas. This method provides Napoli with versatile options to progress the ball forward, making it harder for opponents to apply effective pressure.
🔝 High Pressing as a Response to Build-Up Play
This paragraph concludes by introducing the rise of high pressing as the most effective counter to teams that build from the back. The text hints at this being the focus of an upcoming video and invites viewers to share their thoughts on different styles of build-up play. The video wraps up with a call to action for viewers to engage with the content and subscribe for more insights.
🎬 Thank You for Watching!
A brief closing statement, thanking viewers for watching the video and engaging with the content. The paragraph also contains a reminder for viewers to like, subscribe, and leave comments about their favorite style of build-up play.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Building from the back
💡Numerical advantage
💡Pressing
💡Goalkeepers' passing statistics
💡Inverted fullback
💡Triangles and passing lanes
💡Pinning
💡3-4-2-1 formation
💡La Volpiana
💡High pressing teams
Highlights
Building from the back is a growing tactical approach in football, with divided opinions on whether it's a smart strategy or risky for goalkeepers.
The 2019 rule change allowing players inside the box during goal kicks has influenced the rise of passing among goalkeepers and defenders.
Over the past 11 Premier League seasons, the number of passes per match has shifted from midfielders to defenders and holding midfielders.
Premier League goalkeepers now make significantly more passes per season, increasing from 650 to 850 on average.
Ball-playing goalkeepers and center-backs have risen in value, with teams investing heavily in these positions.
One key advantage of building from the back is the natural 11 vs 10 situation, with the opposing goalkeeper not participating in defense.
This tactic helps lure opposition players closer, creating space for strikers and playmakers further up the pitch.
The fundamental concept of build-up play is creating triangles and passing lanes to stretch the opposition and force gaps.
The role of full-backs in this tactic is crucial, either stretching the field or offering passing options if the opposition stays narrow.
Pep Guardiola’s use of the 'salida la volpiana' involves a holding midfielder dropping between center-backs to outnumber opposition attackers.
Guardiola's recent shift includes using a goalkeeper and inverted full-backs to break high-pressing teams.
Thomas Tuchel's 3-4-2-1 formation at Chelsea stretches teams both horizontally and vertically, with wing-backs playing high and wide.
Luciano Spalletti's Napoli uses innovative tactics where central midfielders drift into half-spaces during build-up to offer passing options.
Teams building from the back has led to a rise in high pressing, seen as the best counter-tactic to this style of play.
Different managers like Guardiola, Tuchel, and Spalletti are pioneering unique build-up methods that exploit defensive gaps and force teams into difficult decisions.
Transcripts
building from the back is an
increasingly discussed topic in football
and seemingly everyone has an opinion on
whether it's a good idea or you just end
up with your goalkeeper looking foolish
some believe the latter and would rather
see their goalkeeper go long from gold
kicks to reduce the risk of losing
possession close to your own goal
however others are more inclined to the
former and believe that building up in
an organized and structured manner is
the best way to create meaningful
chances for the strikers but who is
right in today's video we're going to be
answering that question by taking a look
at some of the best managers that use
this tactic and why every team is slowly
transitioning to build up play
now building from the back is not a new
concept and has been a common tactical
principle for many years but the style
and frequency has changed drastically
over the past decade a key component of
this was the 2019 rule change that
allows players inside the box when
starting from a gold kick we can see
this in the number of passes that
goalkeepers and defenders have completed
steadily rising in the past few seasons
over the past 11 premier league seasons
the most amount of passes per match has
slowly shifted away from attacking
midfielders to defenders and holding
midfielders with players such as van
dijk georginio rodri and hoiberg
dominating the passing statistics in
recent years
it's a similar story with goalkeepers
with the average amount of passes per
season going from 650 to 850 in premier
league goalkeepers
this is one of the main reasons as to
why ball playing goalkeepers and
centre-backs have increased in value
exponentially and why it's not uncommon
for teams to spend large amounts of
money on players in this position
so what's the key theory as to why
managers believe this is the best way to
start an attack well to put it simply
when the goalkeeper has the ball the
team in possession will naturally find
themselves in an 11 vs 10 situation
given that the opposing team goalkeeper
will not be involved in defending with
teams pressing high up on the defenders
they will have to be extremely well
organized to stop the ball getting out
given this natural numerical
disadvantage
it's also extremely useful for creating
space further up the pitch as the team
who is building up will look to lure the
strikers into a trap drawing in players
closer and closer to the ball increasing
the space between defenders and
midfielders before finding a striker or
playmaker in this position
with this being the key motivation as to
why managers believe it's the best way
to play let's take a look at the main
components of build up play the key
behind this style of play is to have
players in each of the key zones on the
pitch and using the man advantage that
the goalkeeper creates to add more
support in a certain zone that you want
to exploit
playing out from the back is reliant on
creating triangles and freeing up
passing lanes with fast passes and
movement to slowly force the opposition
into a position that leaves gaps it's
common for the full backs to stay wide
to stretch the midfield meaning there
are more passing options through the
middle if the opposition stay narrow
then the full backs hold the key as they
will be the ones with time and space
although seemingly not important during
build up the attackers and wingers have
a crucial role to play during the first
phase of play also known as pinning
pinning refers to the concept of
preventing an opposition defender from
pressing as if they did it would leave a
dangerous gap behind them
for example the wingers in a 433 will
often pin the opposition full backs
meaning that the fallbacks in possession
can receive the ball without being
pressed giving them more time to find
the players ahead of them
so without the way it's important to
note that no two buildups are the same
and can vary greatly depending on the
players and the manager to gain a good
overview of the main components of build
up we're going to be taking a look at
three key managers the first is pep
guardiola arguably the best known
manager for his style of build up and
the success he's achieved with it the
second is thomas tuchel since his
arrival at chelsea he's already won the
champions league and turned chelsea into
one of the toughest teams to beat and a
big part of this is how he chooses to
build up from the back and finally we're
going to be taking a look at napoli
luchanos paletti who has a very unique
and innovative way of playing out from
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football and let's take a look at pep
guardiola's style of buildup
in his early days at barcelona guardiola
was a key proponent of the so-called
salida la volpiana the term refers to a
concept used by the argentine coach
riccardo lavolbe in which he would
always ensure he had a numerical
advantage in defense by having one
midfielder drop into the back line
the centre-backs would split and one
holding mid would drop deep helping the
team outnumber the opposition strikers
in a 3v2
by doing this the fullbacks would have
space to push further up meaning
guardiola's teams would immediately
switch to a 3-3-4 or 3-4-2-1 when in
possession
this method meant teams could not afford
to press with too many players as this
was exactly what guardiola wanted as it
would create plenty of space in midfield
for the wingers to come and collect the
ball and for the team to immediately
attack the back line
now in recent years guardiola has
shifted away from having the cdm dropped
between the centre-backs and is a lot
more reliant on using the goalkeeper
the key innovation we've seen from pep
in recent years is the use of the
inverted fullback to break the press
it's now common for manchester city to
build with a back three the two
centre-backs and the goalkeeper and
while one full-back will push up and
stay wide the other will drift inside
and play narrow alongside the cdm
adopting a 3-2 shape during the first
phase of attack
a look at last season shows us how diaz
would play close to the goalkeeper and
stones would start a lot wider on the
right of the back three
the right-back cancelo would drift
inside next to rodrigo or fernandinho
with zinchenko stretching the pitch on
the left
this lopsided 3-3-2-3 shape was a
nightmare for teams to stop cancellous
position will often attract the left mid
meaning the team has a direct channel
into the right wing often riyad mahrez
who has time to receive and start their
attack if the opposition closed this
passing lane then channels open up
centrally for gundugan and de bruyne
meaning the opposition have a tough
choice to make when starting their press
guardiola is certainly one of the best
in the world at his style of build-up
and has proved countless times to be
able to adapt his tactics to suit the
needs of the game however last season
pep was bested by chelsea's thomas
tucker who has a very unique approach to
build up the first important difference
to note is the choice of formation while
guardiola has used the 433 or 4231 for
most of his career tuchel's time at
chelsea has seen him use the 3-4-2-1 an
extremely versatile formation that can
stretch teams vertically and
horizontally
with a back three there is no need for
the holding mid to drop deep into the
defensive line and with mendy in
possession the two center backs will
split and the right center back
azpilicueta will shift further out on
the right flank adopting a very wide
back four with the goalkeeper
given the extra man in defense it means
rhys james and either chilewell or
marcus alonso will immediately play high
and wide looking to pin the opposition
full-backs
now while this is an excellent way to
stretch teams horizontally it could
potentially leave a lot of gaps in the
center given there only being two
midfielders against a possible three
however given that the fallbacks are
pinned and the centre-backs are occupied
with lukaku it means the two attacking
midfielders usually mount and habits can
drop deep to help level out the midfield
for example the bull could move out wide
to aspiraqueta who will have support
from georginio in the center but also
mason mount coming short into the half
space to collect who can then help
rotate out of pressure
or on the other side rudiger could
immediately break the lines to habits
who will lay the ball off to kovacic
before finding either lukaku or
switching play to a less crowded area of
the pitch
having these attacking rotations along
with aggressive wing backs means the
opposition will have a difficult time
keeping track of who to pick and allows
chelsea to easily break the first line
of pressure
tukul's methods are proving to be
incredibly difficult to stop and chelsea
look like serious title contenders this
season
finally the last manager we're going to
cover is napoli's innovative luchanos
paletti
from his time at inter and roma we've
seen how spalliti has a preference for a
flexible back line usually starting with
a back four but building with a back
three with one full back pushing
immediately high up on the flank
but more recently spallity has changed
how he structures the back three his
ploy is to have one of the two central
midfielders move from the center towards
the half space and outside of the two
pressing strikers
from this position the midfielder
becomes an easy passing option for the
centre-backs and is a tricky one to
defend as it leaves the opposition in
two minds
if he's pressed by the winger then it
leaves space for the full backs to
receive the ball however if he's pressed
by the midfielder then it leaves a
central gap for the cdm to move the ball
forward
while we've seen how fundamental the
half space is on attack rarely do we see
managers use this position during build
up but we've seen with these methods how
it can be an extremely tricky situation
to stop especially when defending in a
442
these three managers are just the
beginning of innovative and unique
styles of build up but they're certainly
not the only ones and there are hundreds
of other managers that have a great
approach to this part of the game
now with teams building up from the back
this has naturally led to the increase
in high pressing teams as this is seen
as the best counter to playing out from
the goalkeeper however that is a topic
of our next video for now let me know
what your favorite style of buildup is
in the comments down below if you
enjoyed this video please leave a like
and subscribe for more thanks for
watching
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