Attacking Midfielders Profile (#8 and #10)

  • Technical
    • Collect and turn under pressure
    • Passing- penetration and goal-scoring chances
    • Dribbling or striking to score goals
    • Technically advanced-receiving and turning in tight spaces, passing range including final pass
    • 1v1 ability
    • Receiving & Turning with ball
    • Variation in passing ability and range
    • Long Range Shooting
    • Variations in finishing ability
  • Tactical
    • Mobility- create separation from opponent
    • Create scoring opportunities for teammates
    • Transition- join 1st line of defending pressure 
    • Recognizing when to play forward, switch play and keep possession (ball security)
    • Breaking down compact defenses and finishing the attack (insight and creativity)
    • Providing offensive/defensive balance
    • Dominating positionally and individually, controlling and protecting central area 
    • Positioning between lines (spatial awareness and body orientation) and quick decision making (360° scanning)
  • Physical
    • Explosive movement- separation from opponent
    • Acceleration- change direction or change speed
    • Strength- shoot from distance, challenge for ball
    • Survive with ball- use of body to protect ball
    • Ability to make repeated accelerations
    • Quickness
    • Endurance (repeating sprint ability)
  • Mental
    • 360 degree awareness- mental focus
    • Ambitious attacking mentality
    • Perception- focus on multiple, complex cues
    • Confident
    • Communication to organize players defensively
    • Determination to take risk attacking
    • Aggression
OFFENSIVE

BUILD UP PHASE OFFENSIVE
OFFENSIVE

ADVANCEMENT PHASE OFFENSIVE
OFFENSIVE

CHANCE CREATION/SCORING PHASE
TRANSITION

ATTACKING TO DEFENDING
  1. Break lines to progress
    • Correct body shape to turn and face forward in possession
    • Diagonal Support to CBs 
    • Support any straight ball into teammate to create third man situation
    • Dribble the ball to commit opponent and isolate teammates
    • Align movements with other central midfielders/rotate positions and triangulate
  2. Start attack on one side; finish on the other
    • Correct body shape to turn and face forward in possession
    • Move to support the ball in wide areas
  3. Time on the ball; stay away, no time; come to support
  4. If we play long, support FW and Wingers for 2nd balls
  1. Start in half spaces between the lines
  2. Body shape to switch play
  3. Dribble forward when there is no passing option and there is open
  4. space, look to create 2v1, also create 2v1 by switching the field
  5. Position for 2nd ball if long diagonal pass is played
  6. Weak side AMF prepared to drop into wide space as ball switches field externally
  7. Playing behind the back line
  1. Last pass ability/assist
  2. Penetrating runs behind the back line into the penalty box
  3. Weak side AM attack space between CB and FB
  4. Attacking wide, reaching finishing positions
  5. Shooting from outside the box
  1. After loss of possession
    1. Nearest player pressures the ball.
    2. Surrounding teammates close passing lanes to make pass predictable.
    3. Weak side players move central to close the middle
  2. Drop and regain shape
    1. Mark player in possession to win ball or foul
    2. Attacking players aim to get behind the ball and close central space.
  3. Delay
    1. Nearest players to our goal attach to form a line and close the middle
DEFENSIVE

PRESS
DEFENSIVE

MID BLOCK DEFENDING
DEFENSIVE

DEFENSIVE THIRD
TRANSITION

DEFENDING TO ATTACKING
  1. Coordinated team movement to move forward as FW and Wingers begin to press
  2. Decide to pressure the ball, stay in zonal space, or track
  3. Move forward when opponent plays backward (ready to release the
  4. line)
  5. When pressure is broken recover towards goal to regain compactness
  1. Prevent central passes, limit opponent’s passes between lines
  2. Release the line to prevent opponent from playing a long ball
  3. Build Pressure on the Ball when Cover is Present
  4. When pressure is broken recover towards goal to regain compactness
  5. Move forward when opponent plays backward (ready to release the line)
  1. Prevent central passes
  2. As teammate leaves line to pressure ball, surrounding players shift
  3. to protect the middle
  4. Recover into defensive third to assist 6 when needed
  5. Reduce Space Between Teammates in Red Zone
  1. Complete first pass. Furthest safe pass possible, preferably forward or diagonal
  2. No pressure
    • Pass – Longest forward, safe pass available
    • Dribble – Isolate defender to create numerical advantage
    • Two to Three runners immediately join the attack at high tempo to move defense and open space: (Occupy Three Channels)
  3. Under pressure
    • Pass out of pressure

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