TÁCTICA III

Not all games are won in the field

Team sports 1 Tactics, 2n Cafe

Bernat Llobet Martí 04/11/10

Group: Dani Murcia, Xavi Pla Marín, Ángelo Cordero and Xavi Ruiz García

If a football team plans a strategic work and knows the appropriate formulation for each moment, the results can be very positive, in other words, the results are in favour of the team.

Don’t take into account the strategic work and depend basically on the players technique (so players are able to play tactically but without a strategic work) can minimizes the great possibilities of getting good result.

We can contextualize that concept in a futsal match of Preferential Catalan, where was possible to observe the strategic work realized for Sant Feliu the Guixols and the lack of strategic work and of Palafrugell.

The course of the match was very “dirty”, without any goals and with a very hard game. Ten minutes before the referee indicated the end of the match, Palafrugell score a goal. Despite of the importance of that goal due to the time the teams had to play, the trainer of team the Palafrugell continued with the same offensive and defensive approach.

Nevertheless, Sant Feliu changed totally its kind of work: the team started to play with a goalkeeper; in that way they were five players attacking medley to pass the ball quickly to the opportunities so if Palafrufell recoveried some balls, it might have shots to empty net.

Five minutes before the ending of the match a good combination among of Sant Feliu breaking the defensive line of the opposite team and finishing the play with a powerful shot to the left corner) produced the draw.

Few minutes before the ending, without clear results, the approach of Palafurgell continued being the same as at the beginning of the match. Nevertheless, Sant Feliu realized another strategic approach, returning to play with a closed defence and without giving any option of shot to the opposite team.

Two minutes to the end, the Sant Feliu got the ball and did a fast counterattack that causes the definitive results 2-1 in favour of Sant Feliu.

A bad strategic work during the last of ten minutes and being not able to apply the correct approach in each moment that those of the defeat of Palafrugell.

Furthermore, it is important to know that Palafrugell didn’t know how to in front of the strategic threats of Sant Feliu.

In counterpart a good approach in every moment of the match and being conscious of the opposite tem’s strenths and weeknesses, wake possible the win of Sant Feliu.

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• Class notes.
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