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COACHING THE ITALIAN 4-4-2

with Arrigo Sacchi

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A selection of the most meaningful exercises carried

out by the Italian National Soccer Team

Arrigo Sacchi tries to combine the

requirements of winning providing spectacle!

FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS OF ARRIGO SACCHI STRATEGY OF PLAY

- Spirit of initiative, possession of the ball and continuous search for attack solution.

- Zone defensive strategy with a short and tight team arrange according to a 1442 back
four.

- Extreme dynamism requiring the movement of all the players both with and without
the ball.

- Pressure on the opponents, double marking and territorial marking according to

schemes but keep the team active and involved even when the ball is in the opponent
possession.

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Exercises designed to help the players

to get Arrigo Sacchi Ideas!

- Believe in the possession of the ball and not the holding of it.

- Pressure and speed are highly spectacle and effective

components to reach a positive score.

- The idea of a short team, the idea of a tight team, the idea of
an aggressive team are repeated continuously to make them
become a natural skill of the player.

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Defensive Phase

- While in the defensive phase there will be some situations of

pressure, of double marking, of offside, of defensive
flexibility, of diagonal arrangements, of territorial marking, of
man-to-man marking and of group marking.

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Attacking Phase

- In the attacking phase there will be situations of overlapping,

of crisscrossing, of movements without the ball, of
breakaways, all possibly at the right time as Arrigo Sacchi
never tired to say.

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Technical-Tactical exercise aimed at pressure and counter-pressure

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Technical-Tactical exercise aimed at looking for attack schemes

avoiding the opponent pressure

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Technical-Tactical exercise aimed at regaining possession of the ball

through defensive pressure in condition of inferiority numbers

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Specific Exercises

- To develop the coordination between the players of the

defensive line and midfield line.

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Attack Schemes Technical-Tactical

Exercises

- Attack schemes characterized by swift movements, very

quick passes in triangulation, crisscrossing of the forwards
and shots at goal are tried in parallel to the defensive
exercises.
- In this exercises, particular care should be given to the
repetition of the execution and the dynamism of the players.

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Technical-Tactical exercise aimed at overcoming the opponent’s

ultra aggressive pressure

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Technical-Tactical exercise in the Defensive Phase of the 2 Forwards

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Technical-Tactical exercise aimed at the freeing pass, evolvement

and the shoot at goal.

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