Their centre-back follows #9
Their centre-back goes wherever your striker goes. Use that: decide where #9 takes him, and which space his absence opens.
Opponent scouting report
- Aggression 17/20#5 centre-back follows the striker all over the pitch, even out of the back line
- Positioning 14/20#2 right-back tucks in to help the centre-backs and leaves the touchline behind him
- Pace 10/20#4 centre-back slow to turn when a ball goes over or past him
Match prepSet up · then play
Blue is your team. The bright arrows are the runs your choices send, faint ones are team-mates who run anyway, and the dotted line is the pass.
Your setup
Set up the move, then play it
- BenefitTheir #5 follows your #9 out of the line and leaves a hole in the middle of it
- CostThe centre-back your #9 dragged out now stands on the line of the diagonal ball