Pep Guardiola’s never-ending tactical evolution
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
The Importance of Wide Forwards in Football
One of the key principles for Pep at least nowadays is that he likes his wingers to play wide. It stretches the defense laterally, right? It creates opportunities for midfielders to shoot the channels and cup packs. Those Barcelona wide forwards, Michael, were pretty iconic. But yeah, Henri, et cetera, always springs to mind when I think of Pat wingers and wide forwards. No doubt.
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