Catenaccio should be on the way back to top football. Most team has a offensive outlook, where offensive wingers and an offensive triangle on midfield is being use. This can be easily exploited, with the right team and players, with a revived 5-3-2 á la Inter 1960s. Tight defense and lethal counter attacks. The first tactic to utilize modern full backs, together with Celtic that was playing total football (which preceded Ajax) on speed. This door bolt tactic had the reputation of murdering the game, was and is a genius tactic, which gives an advantage against similar, as well as higher skilled teams. Also the counter attacks back then was fast and effective, goals were scored and the attacking plays was still entertaining. But the teams that got frustrated about breaking the impossible defense got jealous and angry, making sure that the catenaccio got a bad name. The tactic differs from todays 5-3-2 as seen by Holland, since its a highly asymmetrical tactic. It combines width as well as central play in attack. Inter used one attacking winger to the right, were the left back pushing up aiding the more central left forward, which run out the wing at times. Although his role is more central and deeper than his attacking colleague to the right. Football tactics comes and goes, old ones becomes new, new ones becomes obsolete. The catenaccio might spread, especially after Netherlands success which was very similar. But since football in many clubs is about marketing and not always about winning, then its hard to see any top team go for this kind of strategy.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:40:30 +0000
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