Three Tactical Surprises From Euro 2024 So Far | #euro2024 #football

Three Tactical Surprises From Euro 2024 So Far | #euro2024 #football

here are three of the most interesting tactical things we’ve seen so far at Euro 2024 number one was Switzerland who played right-footed center midfielder Michelle aasher at left wing back against Hungary and the reason that’s interesting is because he was one of Switzerland’s most dangerous attacking Central players he set up the first goal with a brilliant through ball from here and then scored the second from here and as you’ll notice this is very much not where Wing backs usually go and number two was Spain who showed how much they’ve developed tactically with morata’s opening goal against Croatia now usually after winning the aerial battle from long free kick Spain would tap the ball around a thousand times to keep possession and get back in their attacking shape but instead a few quick forward passes unlock the center of Croatia’s defense and put marata clean through one goal and the third was Germany dominating Scotland their front four caused chaos sometimes dropping deep sometimes running in behind dragging Scotland players all over the place and with cross also dropping deep into back three and the fullbacks high and wide they had overloads and control all over the pitch and for more read the athletic

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Inverted wing-backs, direct Spain, and Germany’s fluid front four.

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