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Why football left Mesut Ozil & 'the specialists' behind

The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast

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The Importance of Intensity in Football

There are players who have the physical capability, Erzels may not have had that, but who still can't or probably won't put in the shift. There was a great example from the City Leipzig game recently where cities sort of adapted their press and had their wingers effectively pressing out of what was a 4-2-4. This is a vessel to get you into better attacking positions, particularly for a team like City that face some Leipzig blocks. If you win it in the final third, you're not facing a Leipzig then you've got two or three defenders on the one. It's almost a thing of wanting to and enjoying that part of the

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