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outfield positions in an association football
team who play the furthest up the pitch and
are therefore most responsible for scoring Forward
goals as well as assisting them

Midfielders are often assigned the

task of assisting forwards to create Midfield
scoring chances

an outfield position whose

primary role is to stop attacks
during the game and prevent the Defender
opposition from scoring.
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The goalkeeper is a position in
association football. It is the most
specialised position in the sport. The
goalkeeper's main role is to stop the
opposing team from scoring.

Football
players
The 11 players in a football team. They can
be broadly divided into the goalkeeper,
defenders, midfielders and forwards.
Football, or soccer, is arguably the most
followed sport in the world.
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Before analysing Ajax’s final 3rd
attacking, let’s focus on the system
when playing from the back
because it is impossible to divide
the connection of each phase of
the game. Basically, 3 attackers
and 2 attacking midfielders (AMF)
of 4–1-2-3 position themselves
behind the opposition midfield line
and 4 defenders, the pivot and the
goalkeeper (GK) try to play
through the opposition pressing.
Instead of AMFs dropping back to
receive the ball, full backs (FB)
change their positions dynamically
to receive the ball behind the
opposition pressure. For example,
their movements are not only
vertically but also horizontally. The
FB often moves into inside of the
pitch to receive the ball.
After progressing the ball into the opposition half, there are some differences between

the right side and left side. In the right-hand side, the winger (WG) Antony keeps width

but the left side is more flexible. The WG Tadić sometimes comes inside and the AMF

Gravenberch or the FB Blind move to the wide lane.

Ajax try to penetrate into the penalty area (PA) from WGs. Before playing to the WG, the

FB moves into the pocket which is the space between the FB and the centre back (CB)

and between the MF line and the DF line. Thanks to this movement, it is possible to

create 2v1 against the opposition FB. The opposition FB needs to pay attention to the FB

who is closer to the goal than the WG, so the WG can gain time and space to receive the

ball. This is the reason why Ajax can give favourable opportunity for WGs to start

attacking in the final 3rd.

Penetration into the PA
In this chapter, how to play into the PA is going to be analysed. The beginning of the attacking in

the final 3rd often created by WGs. Then, 2nd or 3rd players support the WG and destroy the

opposition defensive block.

As the 2nd player’s support, the player pinning the opposition FB runs in behind. Additionally, if

the WG receives the ball little bit inside or there are no players in the pocket, the 2nd player

overlaps the WG instead of underlapping. In both cases, the principle that 2nd player runs in

behind the opposition DF line does not change. And this support movement gives the WG 2

options which are dribbling inside and playing to the 2nd player.

On the other hand, if the WG is pressed quickly and does not have enough time to wait for the

2nd player running in behind, the WG plays one-two with the 2nd player in the pocket. However,

this is not the main option and basically the 2nd player’s support is running in behind by
Then, the 3rd man support when the 2nd player’s support is

not used is going to be analysed. There are mainly 2

patterns, which are that the 3rd player uses the space made

by running of the 2nd player or the 1st player on the ball

uses the space with playing short one-two with the 3rd

player.

Firstly, the pattern of the 3rd player running into the space

created by the 2nd player is going to be analysed. And the

wide variation of the player comes into the space is one of

the strengths of Ajax. Mainly, the FB or the AMF would be the

3rd man. One of them usually support the WG as the 2nd

player and another player comes into the space as the 3rd

player. Additionally, Haller (striker) or Álvarez (pivot) can be

the 3rd player. Therefore, Ajax never lacks the 3rd player
The next 3rd man support is holding the defender and
short one-two with the player on the ball. In this case, it
is possible to penetrate into the small gap of the defensive
block. If playing through the opposition DF line, it is
possible to deliver a cross and if playing into the space
between the lines, it is possible to shoot from the middle
range.