0:05 this is everything and I mean everything you need to know about the 433 in possession out of possession attacking transition and defensive transition let's get straight into it so you have your back four your left back two center backs and your right back you have your central defensive midfielder if you're playing a one and then with two eights or it's a 4231 which is a top for another video so for now we are only going to focus on this one here where you have one Central defensive midfielder and two eights then you have your front three where it's meant to be chaos you're meant to create chaos and the only front three I can think of right now is MSN Messi Suarez and Neymar what a front three that was if you
0:51 haven't ever watched them play go to YouTube right now and type in FC Barcelona 2015 full matches and watch one game and and then come back to this video and finish this video off okay anyway I'm getting sidetracked let's get back into the video with the 433 you have your two center backs and if they can be very composed on the ball it creates more opportunities to really build effectively from the back and the reason is this diamond right here your Center defensive midfielder your left-sided Center back your left back and then your left-sided eight and if you notice the diamond on this side you have your right center back your Center defensive midfielder your right back and then your right-sided a eight so straight away you have two diamonds on the pitch actually you have three diamonds because you have your goalkeeper two center backs and your
1:37 Center defensive midfielder now with these diamonds guess what there are triangles now I know this is not a math lesson but if you look at this diamond here if I were to draw another line here now we have a triangle so we have two triangles in one diamond look at the passing options look at the passing angles that can be created with effective movement and positioning So within this diamond there can be that rotation the left back can drop very deep the 10 can really drift that wide or the three goes very high and the 10 drops in or simply put they stay in their position they move a couple yards left or right up and down to receive the ball and with the back four if you're playing against a 433 you have a 4 V3
2:23 overload if you want to use your goalkeeper it becomes a 5v3 so for example the opposition will be set up in 433 and straight away you can notice that there is a back four against a front three so that's a 4 V3 overload which allows for the pass to go from here to here out to here and maybe this one is the outlet because it's a 4 V3 or if the opp position press very effectively where the nine cuts off this side of the pitch that's when the number six can get involved so with the 10 pressing the six it could be a pass into there a slow pass to allow a quick pass out to the free player or if this 11 is now pressing the center back it goes into the six and then out to this player so that's why that 4 V3 must be utilized
3:09 because there is always a spare player when the opposition are pressing with three players in their front line and if you want to use the goalkeeper the center backs can split and that allows for the fullbacks to really push on or drift into these Central areas here just by using your goalkeeper it frees up a player further up the pit now I go into this this level of detail with every single formation within the game of football check it out down below in the link in my description my full formations guide where I talk about in possession out of possession attacking transition defensive transition for every single formation now back to the video so it could be where there six drops in to create That Base diamond in buildup where you have your goalkeeper two center backs and Center defensive midfielder your three and two your left
3:54 back right backs could really push up and now you have a back three with your two center backs and your Center defensive midfielder your number your your two eight are now playing as two Center midfielders and now you've created a 3 43 so that 433 formation just notice how quickly it can transition into a 343 just another way to build out from the back and with how modern football is right now there are so many inp possession changes within the formation so you start off with the 433 but when you have the ball when the center back for example has the ball the shape could be that the fullback really goes High the Winger tucks in and the 10 drops in to create a box Midfield like that with the Winger with the other Winger staying very wide and now you
4:40 have a back three the three 2 five as we call it a very popular formation used in modern football and the reason is you have the three 7 8 and 11 occupying all five Lanes of the pitch so you have the eight and the seven in the half spaces the left back is very high in the outside Bas so is the Winger on the other side and then the nine is in the central space you have five players occupying all five lanes and that allows for more effective buildup and we've seen so many teams like Arsenal like Man City use this method so they start in the 433 but when they have the ball they change to another shape and this is just one shape the other shape is what Chelsea do with the 3133 so you have like a diamond in the Midfield and then you have your front three and whichever shape they use in
5:27 possession the reason is to just create problems for the opposition if you always play in that 4-33 the opposition might always press in a way where it suffocates you where it nullifies your threats but if you can transition into a shape where it commits five plays onto the last line it creates more space here in buildup your two eights are really important to operate on different lines so if your Center defensive midfielder here when the center back steps with the ball this player can shift across now if these two plays can work on different lines the center back has more options on the ball so for example the 10 could drop in here and the eight could go there or the 10 moves away and suddenly the eight drops into this space now notice how now they are in a ladder they are in a straight line but guess what
6:12 when the ball for example finds the eight who's running towards the ball here the eight can just set the six move out of the way the 10 could get it set the eight and now the eight can play forward a very simple Midfield rotation focusing on zigzag passing on two three touch football in a triangle pass and move and that's how your team can progress from the buildup phase into the attacking third of the pitch and then your front three as we said at the start of the video create chaos please the front three needs to create chaos now if the ball is with this left Winger this left back can now get involved in the attack because when this left back overlaps or underlaps then the rest of the back four
6:58 which is now the back three they can Shuffle across to make sure if something happens here and the ball is lost they are there to win it back aggressively and restart the attack that's the defensive transition bit so defensive transition means you've lost the ball can we win it back instantly defensive transition counter press it's about winning it back in that moment especially when you have a very strong rest defense and that's what rest defense is about is to nullify the threat when you lose the ball so by having the rest of your back fall Shuffle across as your left back pushes up that allows your team to attack more freely and comfortably knowing that if they lose the ball they have a procedure there to win it back and ideally the two Wingers in the 433 are different types of Wingers so you might have one Winger
7:44 that's a very dangerous 1 V one who will cut in and shoot or go down the line and cross and then the other Winger could be a very simple touch and cross so every time the wing againsts the ball touch cross the ball into the box create chaos create problems in that dangerous Zone for the opposition that is the most important thing for that front three and then the number nine has to have very good anticipation has to be a menace in The Penalty Box be a nuisance for the center backs maybe in buildup when the center defensive Midfield has the ball the nine drops in for a set and then spin in behind so if they can link up play and then spin and finish that's your perfect number nine just simply watch leis Suarez at Barcelona and at Liverpool now out of possession it just depends on the coach and the coaching
8:30 philosophy so some teams like to really sit back in the compact 451 shape because simply put the 433 if the wing is dropped back and the Center Midfield is dropped back it's a 451 now some coaches say no we want to be very aggressive we want to be very aggressive High Press 433 and really get our fullbacks to press the opposition fullbacks and leave our center backs in 1 V one situations that's a very high aggressive pressing system we've seen Chelsea do it where they go into a 3 4 2 1 out of possession to really suffocate the opposition But whichever system is employed if that backf is very solid and they can drop at the right times to head the ball when it comes to dealing with long balls the center defensive midfielder has to screen and ideally
9:16 stay in line with the ball so if this Center back has the ball there are some teams where the Winger will cut off the pass to the fullback because the left back will press the right back and the Winger is left with one of the center backs because the center defensive Midfield go goes on to the nine the two goes up and that's how aggressive manto man it is if you notice it's literally a 3 4 21 because it's man Forman all across the pitch the two Wingers pressing the center backs the nine screening the pass into the center defensive midfielder very similar to what Barcelona are doing right now and Chelsea but that's one way of pressing the point of this is to force the pass centrally to create turnovers in central areas to create goal scoring opportunities because if this player plays the pass into the middle with aggressive pressure the whole point is they can win it and look at the
10:02 situation they are in the center of the pitch where the goal is so ideally that should create a higher chance of scoring a goal now there are other teams that will be a bit more conservative in their 451 where they'll have their back full very compact the number six will be screening passes into the back line and then the seven and the 11 really focus on forcing play out wide so man for man in the middle and then the whole point is that you let the pass go to the right back as the pass goes they're using the touch line as an extra Defender and the Seven is now pressing the right back the whole point is that you stop progression here the seven might show for the ball the left back will be touched tight and then the rest of the backfall will Shuffle across and as we said with the center defensive midfielder in line with
10:48 the ball the eight might be making a run but that's where it's man Forman in the middle leaving the opposite number 10 three but that's when the Winger focuses on that one and the 10 just covers that space and now that's a very compact shape where this two might step with the ball but with aggressive pressure it's about affecting the quality of the pass so maybe they play a ball in behind can the center backs deal with it or if the two cuts back to play it back to the center back it's about quickly getting back into shape and then the number nine having to cut off the pass to one side of the pitch so the nine immediately shuts off this side of the pitch and now it's about really being Compact and letting the play Go wide that's the ke in that compact 451 shape and now in moments where the team could be
11:33 defending in their own half the way to go from defense into attack which is now attacking transition is to let the number eight and the left back and the Left sided Center back and the center defensive midfielder deal with the threat on one side of the pitch and keep the Winger and the striker high so the right center back has the ball the nine cuts off the pass the center back will step maybe they can float a ball into the Seven's chest this eight might be making a run and this right back might be overlapping now instead of getting the Winger to track that overlap as this fullback goes ahead of the Winger the eight gets involved here this eight might be making a forward run the center back can really focus on that eight and the center defensive midfielder and the opposite number 10 really Shuffle across
12:21 so you're essentially defending with seven players the back four and the Midfield three really working together to make sure that if they can win the ball let's say the seven plays a pass into this space into the eight if the center back can win it all they have to do is play it over the top down the line or maybe into the eight one touch into the Winger and now straight away just look at that counter attacking opportunity you have like a 3v3 and running at the opposition goal but that starts from keeping the Wingers high so for example if the ball's with your right back you get your right sided eight the center defensive midfielder and the right center back this little square to deal with any any threats maybe the left back overlaps maybe the 10 makes an underlap makes an overlap whatever it is dealing with the threat
13:07 because straight away look it's a 4 V3 here anyway with the rest of the back four shuffled across it's a 4 V3 deal with the danger and then if you can win the ball play into that Winger who stayed high and that is a very effective way of turning defense into attack in moments of attacking transition which is when you've won the ball can you exploit the opposition that right there is a game changer
