Start improving your Game Intelligence by training in VR by visiting http://www.beyourbest.com Use code DK20 for 20% off your first month/year Be Your Best subscription! Football tactics have come a long way in the last 170 years. From chaotic kick-and-run styles to the structured formations we see today, the evolution of the game has been shaped by some truly fascinating tactical revolutions. In this video, we take a deep dive into the history of football tactics—from the early striker-heavy systems to the rise of Total Football, Tiki-Taka, Gegenpressing, and even the infamous ‘park the bus’ approach. How did we get from the WM formation to Pep Guardiola’s positional play or Klopp’s high-pressing system? Let’s explore the tactics that changed the game forever! If you found this video insightful, please consider giving it a thumbs up👍 and subscribing to the channel. Your support goes a long way in helping me create more in-depth football analysis videos for all of you. how i make my videos - - Tom Fox made my background music, work with him here: https://tfbeats.com/ - special thanks for research Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson : https://shorturl.at/7Qw1Y - Business Enquiries: [email protected] 00:00 Introduction to football tactics evolution 02:15 Early football rules and formations 05:20 The revolutionary WM & WW formations 07:31 The rise of back 4 08:50 Development of Catenaccio 10:55 The Craziness of Total Football 12:52 The 4-4-2 & its Weird variations 16:40 Lets Park the Bus 18:48 Rise of Tiki-taka & 4-3-3 21:05 The Heavy Metal Madness 22:47 Revival of three at the back 25:31 Future of football tactics #tactics #football #soccer #premierleague #tikitaka #footballtactics #pepguardiola
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Fantastic video, but as a german I need to add that Klopp wasn't the initiator of intense, more agressive football. There's actually a clip from 1998 of Ralf Rangnick explaining a ball oriented press. As far as football tactics, he's probably germany's most influential figure in the 21st century, and people like Klopp, Flick or Nagelsmann in particular took on his ideas to create their own styles
there is a book called Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics. I recommend you guys that like to deep down to tactical history
Klopp was neither the inventor nor the primary driving force for the pressing from Germany. Rangnick was talking about pressing on German TV over 5 years before Klopp retired as a player and became a coach. Rangnick wasn't the only one, but for sure the most important one.
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I think there are a couple of other rule changes not mentioned in this video, which I think had a massive impact on the evolution of tactics and general play: 1. the back-pass rule. 2. 3 points for a win. Both of these came in the 90s I think, and hugely impacted how teams play. 3 points for a win had a big impact on the mindset, as a win became so much more valuable in any league format competition than a draw. This lead to more in-game tactical switches, gambling when you're team has momentum in a tight match (that itself was only possible after the introduction of tactical substitutions). Also I would note that the modern high press was virtually nonexistent in the days when defenders had an easy, safe ball back to the keeper. The modern-day high press evolved only after it became more fruitful to try and win the ball when the opposition was attempting to start and attack from their own goal line. In the 60s and 70s you couldn't trap a team in their own half like dominant sides do now because a predominant tactic was to give it to the keeper to smash the ball high up the pitch over the half way line often right into the opposition box. Not just tactics and positions but the role of individual players and the type of play which flourishes in a tactical system has evolved greatly because of those 2 rules I think.
I think Diego Simeone is an amazing coach because he first started his career with an ultra defensive 4-4-2 that won him 2 la ligas, but later on started playing 5-3-2 and mastered both. Many people say Atleti play haram ball but i actually enjoy watching their games. He is a mastermind.
Banger of a video! My favourite part of today's football tactics is the blend between Total Football, a dash of possession football and the pragmatism of back 3 systems. I am talking here about how Sheffield United and Inter played, and while you would expect to perform at the highest level, Sheffield's overlapping center backs really took the Premier League by surprise in a super successful first season back after gaining promotion! Yes it did not last because they have not evolved beyond that philosophy and teams knew that to expect but it was a major win for football overall!
As an italian that's a great video, but there's no way you quoted Inzaghi and not Sacchi's Milan or The italian roaming 10 (Maradona,Zico,Socrates....)
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4-4-2 wasn't invented in the 90s, it was invented in the 50s/60s and was popular from the 60s onwards (not the mid-2000s as you claim). Good video but some misrepresentation of history regarding one of the most consistently popular formations.
I liked the video, but you forgot a crucial change that happened alongside the latest iteration of the offside rule in the early 90s - the adoption of the backpass rule. Football was way more defensive in the 80s than you made it out to be, especially in Italy. Teams were abusing the backpass and virtually made the game unplayable, which necessitated change. The game we know today really started after those two tweaks.
I think you are missing AC Milan in Arrigo Sacchi era, with Gullit-VanBasten-Rijkaard and a strong defence with systematic offside, high pressure and pre-determined schemes
I'm waiting for the rise of false goal keeper
The initial invnetor of "Heavy Metal" (high pressing) football was Ralph Rangnick. Schalke 04 played this style of football under his watch. Also Ernst Happel perfected "Total Football". He was the one who invented the 4-3-3. He also adopted some ideas from his footballing career under the"Wunderteam" manager Hugo Meisl. However Happel's tactical idea is the predecessor of Guardiolas Tiki Taka.
You have missed a lot, the 343 of Cruyff, the fluid shape of Hungarian golden team, the short lived 532 of Belgium during the end of 2010s and many more.
Argentina's tactical history deserves its own video. La Maquina of River Plate, plus the great teams from san lorenzo and independiente, even Velez, Bianchi's Boca and Gallardo's River Plate.
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Probably the best YouTube video I've seen in years.
Probably the best football tactics animations I've seen, thank you for the hard work in producing this!