Head coach of the national team of Ukraine Andrei Shevchenko decided to experiment in a game of the 5th round of the League of Nations group stage against Slovakia.
The “blue-yellows” mentor played in this match with three defenders - Taras Stepanenko, Nikita Burda and Sergey Krivtsov. However, despite this scheme, the Ukrainian team suffered a crushing defeat with a score of 1: 4.
Some coaches decided to share thoughts on Shevchenko innovation.
"Tactics with three central defenders implies the ability of these players not only to take the ball away, but also to launch attacks. Plus, there should be two laterals that could close the entire curb.
The advantage of this tactic is that with this arrangement you can play both on defense and in the first number.. As for the last game of the national team of Ukraine against the team of Slovakia, it seemed to me that the team acted more like a 3-4-3 or 5-2-3 scheme, ”said Mariupol coach Alexander Babich.
"Each tactic has its advantages, but its implementation has always depended and will depend on the presence of various artists. Acting in three defenders, in my opinion, it is more difficult to press and control the ball. There are exceptions to the rules, but few of them..
With such tactics, the issue of transition phases is always topical - both in defense and in attack.. Here everything must be rehearsed.. Important points of the extreme defenders, which must be positioned correctly when launching the offensive, and have time to go back. It is very difficult to build this tactic even in the club, and in the national team, where there is no time, even more so, "- said Dmitry Mikhaylenko, head coach of the first league team at Dnepr-1.
“I have always liked the game of three defenders, but I managed to realize this idea only in the last six months of work in Dynamo, during a break in the championship, caused by the matches of the national team. However, it cannot be said that there is an ideal amount of training sessions or test matches to switch to a new system.. It is necessary to proceed from the selection of performers.
Perhaps, to a greater degree, this scheme is protective.. After all, when attacking an opponent, you should have five performers behind. Another question, what are the central defenders doing? Are they standing in their zones or are they moving to the attacking players? It all depends on the requirements of the coach.. There may be different options for the design of the game itself in the middle line and attack.
However, in the team there is not much time to rehearse all the nuances in training, but this scheme is promising and it can be used further. It takes time, and besides, under the leadership of Andriy Shevchenko, there are not so many players who have experience of playing such a model.. I liked the desire of coaches to introduce new ideas, to have several tactical options for playing the game, "said Sergey Rebrov.
"Hitting more learns. From the interviews of the players, they heard that a new scheme will play out: 1-3-4-3. But this scheme is very complicated.. It takes time for the players to feel it, especially when playing defense.
Everything is logical, the main task (access to Division A) was solved, so the head coach went on to experiment with a new tactic, with a rearrangement of the composition. But this requires time for the players to understand how to play with one or another tactical scheme, "said Obolon-Brovar coach Sergey Kovalets.
Recall that the Ukrainian team will play its next fight on November 20 against Turkey. This meeting will be of a friendly nature, and you can follow the events on the field on Prosport's TCH website..