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再来一篇菲儿内维尔在BBC的一篇分析本届世界杯的文章
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28221119
World Cup 2014: Attacking wing-backs make for open tournament
Argentina's win over the Netherlands in Wednesday's semi-final did not live
up to the high standards in entertainment set in this World Cup.
But this will still be a tournament remembered for lots of goals and
exciting games.
People have pointed at poor defending as a reason why there have been so
many goals - 167 so far - scored in Brazil.
Yes, centre-backs have often been exposed in one-on-one situations but, for
me, that is more down to the attacking outlook that teams have generally
shown and also what defenders - specifically the full-backs - are being
asked to do.
Major tournaments always throw up a tactical innovation or trend and this
one has been no different.
This time, we have seen full-backs asked to become wing-backs, and I would
expect the flexible formations and counter-attacking we have seen so much of
at this World Cup to be happening more and more in the Premier League next
season too.
Wing-backs are the way forward
Wing-backs are nothing new, of course, but we are used to seeing them used
in a 3-5-2 system, or similar.
In Brazil, there are only four teams who have played a 3-5-2 formation: the
Netherlands - at times - and Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica.
The most popular system has been 4-2-3-1, the same as it was in South Africa
four years ago, but what has changed is how flexible the players have to be
in that formation.
When they have possession, some of those teams playing four at the back send
their full-backs forward as if they were wing-backs.
They split their two centre-backs and have a midfield player dropping back
between them to give them a three-man defence.
The best example of that over the course of the tournament is probably Luiz
Gustavo for Brazil.
He drops into the back four, allowing David Luiz and Thiago Silva to play
wider and letting Marcelo and Dani Alves or Maicon play like wing-backs.
Leaving gaps for counter-attacks
As we saw in Brazil's collapse in their semi-final against Germany, what
can be an attempt to make you more of a threat going forward can leave you
vulnerable at the other end.
Marcelo was not the only Brazil player to have a night to forget, and the
defeat was certainly not all down to him, but Germany ruthlessly capitalised
on his attempts to get forward by making the most of the gaps he left
behind.
That has been one of the themes of the tournament, with teams pushing men
forward and leaving lots of space for the opposition to break into - with
their centre-backs isolated, and often defending in wide areas which they
are not comfortable in.
There have been a lot of one-on-one or two-versus-two situations when teams
have counter-attacked, and centre-backs have also been exposed by diagonal
balls played behind them or crosses to the far post where full-backs should
be covering, but aren't there.
It has all been a long way from what we are used to seeing in tight games in
the Premier League, where we like to play with cover.
Teams line up in two banks of four, and those two banks shuffle across the
pitch together, with the full-backs staying on the shoulder of the centre-
backs.
In Brazil those full-backs have been bombing forward whenever their team is
in possession.
Pace and speed for the Premier League
It ended in tears for Brazil but almost every team has tried to get their
full-backs forward, and many have done it with some success.
The Dutch have been lethal on the counter-attack without compromising their
defence, and Germany the same.
When the French were flying, they were probably the best example - for the
third goal of their 5-2 win over Switzerland in the group stage, they broke
lightning fast from a Swiss corner and, bang, Olivier Giroud crossed for
Mathieu Valbuena to score.
At times the pace of the attacks has been scintillating and, to play that
way effectively, you need genuine speed in your team.
That is the most impressive thing I have seen in this World Cup - the speed
on the break of some of these teams, and the energy from people like
Cristian Gamboa for Costa Rica and Juan Cuadrado for Colombia.
You always see trends from major tournaments carry on into the following
league season and, if counter-attacking catches on more in the Premier
League next season, I think that speed is going to be something we see a lot
of teams focus on more than before.
We have seen in Brazil how effective it can be - if you get it right.
Phil Neville was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan. |
