From the soccer coaching book: * “A man with new ideas is mad – until he succeeds!” (Marcelo Bielsa) If the large-scale presence of 4-2-3-1 was no surprise at the 2014 World Cup, the proliferation of teams playing with three centre-backs was. The 2010 event in South Africa offered very little indication that this would … Continue reading Soccer Tactics: Back 3 and Back 5 Formations