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Enzo Maresca vs. Luis Enrique. — 3-2-2-3 IP vs. 4-3-3 OOP — Wide Overload with Palmer & Gusto — Cole Palmer as the free man — Entire backline of PSG pinned — Space between the lines — PSG pressing M2M: Overcommitting

Luis Enrique vs. Xabi Alonso. — 3-3-4 IP vs. 4-3-3 OOP — 1st Phase: 3V3 in theory → Mbappe & Vini — 4V3 Overload in 2nd phase — Masterclass in pinning opponents & creating space — Madrids narrow shape — Nuno Mendes inverting: Free-man — Hakimi as ball-far fullback: Free-man

Xabi Alonso vs. Niko Kovac. — 3-2-2-3 IP vs. 5-3-2 OOP — 1st Phase: 3V2 — 4V2 Overload in 2nd phase — Arda Güler as the free man — Vinicius pinning Ryerson inside — Fran Garcia with space to receive — Counter-movement btw. Bellingham & Gonzalo

Filipe Luis vs. Enzo Maresca. — 3-1-2-4 IP vs. 4-1-4-1/5-4-1 OOP — 1st Overload: 5V4 — 2nd Overload: created dynamically (4V2) — 3rd-man pattern to escape covershadow — Pinning Cucurella, enabling RB to receive — Opening passing lane through pinning — Danilo: Line-breaking pass

Luis Enrique vs. Diego Simeone. — 3-1-6 IP vs. 4-4-2 OOP — Numerical superiority in 1st phase — Overload in wide area — Nuno Mendes in the half-space; pinning Koke — Similar pattern as vs. ARS & LIV — Opening central passing lane to Ramos

Ruben Amorim vs. Ange Postecoglou. //1st phase. — 3-2-1-4 IP vs. 4-2-3-1 OOP — Onana going long despite 6V4 numerical advantage — 2V1 in centre due to Maguire inverting — Mount pinning Bentancur; creating space btw. lines — Possible 3V1 wide if Onana played it short

Hansi Flick vs. Carlo Ancelotti. — 3-2-5 IP vs. 4-4-2/4-5-1 OOP — 4-3-3 in 1st phase — Two passes to arrive in front of Courtois — Pedri & De Jong pinning Valverde & Bellingham — Exploiting gap in Madrids MF — Balde luring Vazquez — Yamal, Pedri & Torres with runs in behind

Mikel Arteta vs. Luis Enrique. — 3-3-4 IP vs. 4-4-2 OOP — Hakimi inverting ⮕ overload — Fabian Ruiz pinning Partey deeper; 5-3-2 — Lewis-Skelly & Martinelli defending narrow — Arsenal overloading the centre & pinning high — Lack of profiles (?) to exploit the given space

Luis Enrique vs. Mikel Arteta. — 3-3-4 IP vs. 4-4-2 OOP — Dembele F9 ⮕ central overload; 3V2 — Martinelli hesitating — Counter-movement btw. Kvaratskhelia & Fabian — Lewis-Skelly & Kiwior pinned — Masterclass in pinning opponents, opening passing lanes & creating space

Hansi Flick vs. Carlo Ancelotti. — 3-2-5 IP vs. 4-4-1-1 OOP — Numerical superiority 1st phase — Central overload; DIAMOND-PATTERN — Raphinha pinning/luring Vazquez — Martin as the free man — Lack of defensive awareness by Rodrygo — Barcelonas repeated attack pattern

Pep Guardiola vs. Oliver Glasner. — 2-2-4-2/2-4-2-2 IP vs. 5-2-3/5-3-2 OOP — 6V4 in 1st phase — High line without pressure — CB's splitting; Ederson stepping in between — McAtee run in behind — City's problems OOP — Palace overloading the last line of City

Luis Enrique vs. Unai Emery. — 3-3-4 IP vs. 5-4-1/6-3-1 OOP — Dembele dropping as the FALSE 9 — Central overload; 4V2 — Fabian Ruiz pinning Kamara — Hakimi generating space for Kvaratskhelia to receive — PSG's pressing structure; 3-2-4-1 — Longline as the only option

Mikel Arteta vs. Carlo Ancelotti. — 3-2-2-3/3-2-3-2 IP vs. 4-4-2 OOP — Positional rotations; Ødegaard ⇄ Timber ⇄ Saka — 5V2/3 in 1st phase — Merino dropping as the FALSE 9 — Timber; Overloads through carrying — Passivity OOP by Rodrygo, Mbappe & Vinicius — Saka free in the HS

Hansi Flick vs. Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz. — 3-BOX-3 IP vs. 4-4-2 OOP — Numerical superiority in 1st phase — Overloading the centre — Shifting inwards by RB & RM — Gerard Martin as the free man — Lamine Yamal pinning high & wide — Consequence of preventing central overload

Luis Enrique vs. Eirik Horneland. — 3-BOX-3/3-3-4 IP vs. 4-3-1-2/4-3-3 OOP — Neves as an inverted full-back — Structural advantage of PSG — Numerical superiority causing CM to jump — Creating space in the half-spaces — Wide Overloads — Double Pivot luring, Wingers pinning

Xabi Alonso vs. Simone Inzaghi. — 3-2-2-3 IP vs. 4-4-2 OOP — 3V2 numerical superiority in 1st phase — 4V3 central overload — Trent inverting; BOX-Midfield — Vini & Rodrygo holding width — Fran Garcia as the LCB — Line-breaking pass by Huijsen

Simone Inzaghi vs. Hansi Flick. //1st phase. — 4-3-4 [GK] IP vs. 4-3-3 OOP — 5V3 in 1st phase — Calhanoglu & Barella narrow; 3rd-man pattern — Arriving in final 3rd in a 6V5 — Exploiting vacated space left by Pedri — Numerical superiority wide; Bastoni & Acerbi — Mkhitaryans run

Mikel Arteta vs. Carlo Ancelotti. — 3-2-2-3 IP vs. 4-3-1-2 OOP — Madrid outnumbered 1st, 2nd & 3rd phase — Ødegaard forcing Tchouameni wide — Alaba; 1V2 against Ødegaard & Saka — Timber carrying causing Tchouameni to decide — Bellingham orienting towards Partey

Ruben Amorim vs. Eddie Howe. //1st phase. — 3-5-3 [GK-CHAIN] IP vs. 3-4-3 [M2M] OOP — Four problems in United's build-up — Lindelöf moving into CM — No profiles to threaten the depth — Isak ⮕ Lindelöf; Covershadow — Only ONE (bad) option for Bayindir

Pep Guardiola vs. Ruud van Nistelrooy. — 2-4-4 IP vs. 5-4-1/5-2-2-1 OOP — MINIMAL WIDTH — Numerical superiority in 1st phase — Overloading the centre — Full-back's narrow; Nunes & O'Reilly — Grealish in a flexible role — O'Reilly as the free man