A ATTACKING O OPTIONS
WHEN PLAYING WITH A
TARGET MAN
Fullbacks playing diagonal balls into the strikers
The first pattern we are looking at is the fullbacks passing to the striker who holds the ball up and passes back to a midfielder who passes the ball out wide to be crossed into the box.
When coaching the pattern we are looking at types of service into the striker, the movement of the supporting midfielders, the
wide player creating
space for the pass, the
type of cross into the box
and the runs into the box
and the positioning of the
oppositions defenders
If the fullbacks play short into the striker to check towards the ball to
receive we can create various options depending on how the
opposition defenders
have reacted
1. If the striker is free
to turn they can either drive at the defenders,
pass out wide and make a run into the box, shoot depending on the area of the field they have received in , delay and
allow a supporting midfielder to run through.
or pass back to a midfielder and create an angle to receive a through ball.
2. If the defender does go with the striker
preventing them from