Generally, they are not afraid to recycle

possession until they see an opening and then

they exploit it. Creating numerical superiority
in the first phase of play, however, is the
foundation on which they build their attacks
further. This gives the centre-backs the freedom
to move forward safely without having to
engage the opposition in duels.
Usually, one midfielder will drop to conne a situation where they have an impossible
decision to make.
You can see the basic structure behind those
tactics in the image above. The opposition’s
midfield has to decide whether to press the
full-back or one of the midfielders but choosing
either frees the other man as a direct result.
Of course, the goalie then has to find his
teammate with an accurate pass and by failing
that, the whole concept and the attack break
down immediately. Still, even if the opposition
invest more players to mark out of the options,
Ramírez also likes to drop his wingers deeper
to receive the ball either directly from the goalie
or from the backline, whoever is in possession
at that time. This, once again, ensures the
numerical superiority is always on their side.
But there’s also an interesting concept I’ve
noticed them utilise in a couple of games and
that is the use of inverted full-backs. These
tactics are both used as a tool to advance the
play from deep and occupy the right spaces and
markers higher up the pitch to set ct with
the back three and outplay the pressing duo
while the other midfield works together with the
full-back to push the other markerGenerally, they are not afraid to recycle
possession until they see an opening and then
they exploit it. Creating numerical superiority
in the first phase of play, however, is the
push forward and
as the goalkeeper receives the ball, it
activates the press from the nearest forward,
who leaves his original marker to charge for the
ball. At the same time, the pivot will quickly drop
deeper to offer an additional passing channel
that will only be used to lay off the ball to the
free centre-back on the other side who can then
advance up the pitch.
It’s a rather simple method that is once again
using the numerical superiority against the
opposition, this time achieving it by involving
the goalkeeper in the build-up tactics. But that
works best when the opposition decide to press
all the way up the pitch.
Still, when they are pressed in a 4-3-3 structure
that marks their three-man backline arino’s strengths we must firstmovements, rather

Cascar T he top-level of women’s football has a number of talented young players

that
can be better matched with clubs that fit
their philosophy and playing style. Delphine
Cascarino is one such player at Olympique
Lyonnais Féminin who could benefit a number
of clubs around Europe and the US. The aim of
this dossier is to compile a report on Cascarino
and usesecure his first title at the
club by clinching the Copa del Sudamericana in
2018/19.
His team is well known for its attacking and
exciting tactics, positional play and possessionbased style of football that often both
impresses
and mesmerises the crowds. In this tactical

played
analysis, we will

her cross in front of the

defenders the data to understand which club
matches and is in need of a player of her style.
For this scout report, we will only look at th

played
her cross in front of the
defenders for a potential
tap in, but intelligently pulls
it back instead.
Similarly, looking at her off-
the-ball movement,
to create play, but
Cascarino is able to create
space by identifying
spaces to run into and
forcing the opposition
to react by having a marker
follow her. As the
example above shows,
Cascarino is situated
in a narrower position with
her teammate on
the ball on the touchline.
Cascarino identifies
the space in behind the full-
back and aims to
capitalise on the movement
made by Gauvin to
drag the centre-back away,
widening the gap
even more. A darting run
into the vacant space
sees Cascarino latch onto
the pass with her
pace allowing her to g ino
possesses intelligence and
speed
that would be see there is heavy activity in
the wide right area, mirroring her role as a wide
winger. In 999 minutes this season, Cascarino
has contributed three goals and five assists
for Lyon. That ties her in 4th place alongside
Khadija Shaw and Sandie Toletti, and is only
surpassed by teammates Amel Majri and
Dzenifer Marozsán. Nadia Nadim and Lena
Petermann are also included.

Delphine Cascarino's
play style
entify the clubs
that could match Cascarino’s philosophy.
This report will include a general overview of
ino is also able to
make underlapping moves both on and off the
ball to create spCascarino followed up by detailing her style
of play. Following this, I will conduct a data
analysis on Europe’s best wingers and identify
understand the system she is
played under at Lyon. Lyon have been pretty
faithful to their 4-2-3-1 formati For this scout report, we will only look at the
FAWSL in our research and identify the clubs
that could match Cascarino’s philosophy.
This report will include a general overview of
Cascarino followed up by detailing her style
of play. Following this, I will conduct a data
analysis on Europe’s best wingers and identify
Cascarino’s standing against them. Does she
stack up against the best in the world? The next
step would be to understand and detail the type
of clubs that fit Cascarino’s profile and whether
she fits in their tactics and then choose the best
option.

Profile
D elphine Cascarino is Complete Guide to Coaching Soccer Systems and
Tactics 
T he top-level of women’s football has a number of talented young players that
can be better matched with clubs that fit
their philosophy and playing style. Delphine
Cascarino is one such player at Olympique
Lyonnais Féminin who could benefit a number
of clubs around Europe and the US. The aim of
this dossier is to compile a report on Cascarino
and use the data to understand which club
matches and is in need of a player of her style. a 24-year-old right winger playing for
Olympique Lyonnais in
France’s Division 1 Féminine. At first glance,
Cascarino role resembles that of a traditional
winger that uses the touchline and sends in
crosses for the strikers in the box. However,
there is a modern element to her play style
as she doesn’t solely rely on overlapping
movements, rather Cascarino is also able to
make underlapping moves both on and off the
on and they’ve
used this system for 77% of the season, rarely
opting for another formation. They rely on their
superiority in possession to ensure they keep
the opposition as far away from their goal as
possible. Cascarino plays on the right side
of the three attackers that play behind Ada
Hegerberg. Lyon have a mobile attacking lineup
with Cascarino, Marozsán, and Eugenie Le
Sommer - three players who interact intelligently
with Hegerberg. Hegerberg is mobile and
intelligent in her movement and is able to get on
the end of both aerial and low whipped crosses
making use of Lyon’s different profile of wingers.
Because of Lyon’s aggressive and possessionhungry style, the full-backs are usually
pushed
up high and play close to their wingers. Both
wide pairings will interchange positions between
wide and narrow positions seamlessly with
similar output as both are equally proficient at
crossing and ball progression.
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Taking a look at her statistics, we can see that
Cascarino has all the attributes of a winger
with her high frequency and volume of crosses
and dribbles per 90. Her expected assists (xA)
is quite good and her offensive duel figures
indicate a player that is constantly on the ball
and is reluctant to surrender possession easily.
These statistics go a long way in helping us
understand her traits and ability as a player.
Cascarino is an aggressive, hard-working
winger with excellent crossing and dribbling
ability. Her high number of offensive duels is an
indicator of her determination to protect and get
past players whilst in possession. Combined
with her pace, this could also indicate her
ability in offensive 1 v 1 situations, where she
is able to get the better of her marker and put
herself in a better position to cross. What this
also could indicate is her ability to create space
in transition where she becomes the focus of
defenders while she’s on the ball. Her pace
and dribbling down the line will force full-backs
to focus on her movement, possibly leaving
gaps between the centre-back and full-back
for another player to exploit or drag the central
defender out of position for the centre-forward.
Cascarino combines her pace, intelligent
positioning, and movement off the ball in
another effort to create space and allow her
right-back, Lucy Bronze, to make overlapping
runs and present herself as another passing
option.
This pass map is a perfect illustration of Lyon’s
attacking structure against Stade de Reims,
where we can see Selma Bacha (#4) and
Bronze (#2) (she is located under the #23)
are both positioned near the halfway line with
Cascarino (#20) ahead of Bronze. There were
17 passes between Bronze and Cascarino
showing their connection and Cascarino’s ability
to develop a partnership with her full-back.
This method of ball progression has made
Olympique Lyon a massive threat and is why
they’ve scored 67 goals this season.
The winger’s main attributes include her
understanding of space through her movement,
positioning both on and off the ball, ability to
drive past players using her pace and dribbling,
and output with her crossing. Starting with her
in-possession traits, we know that this is one
of her strongest assets from just looking at her
dribbling statistics. Cascarino averages 10.72
dribbles per 90 with a 61% success rate this
season. That alone illustrates her ability to
progress play with high frequency and in 1 v 1