Situation 4: Turnover in the middle with a big gap to goal

Drill Description

Team Blue

• The defensive line is pushed up
• E has his/her back to goal
• F, G and H move of the ball, different runs 

Team Red

• Do not speculate on off-side
• Protecting the goal comes before winning the ball back
• Despite E having his/her back to goal, D does not put pressure on E right away (only when E is close enough and the turn allows him/her to become an immediate threat), D drops back centrally and only puts pressure on E when the distance to goal becomes a more imminent threat (final third)
• A drops back and gets ready to portantially intercept a diagonal ball to F
• B drops back and marks up G
• C comes back, goalside, to prevent a through ball for H

Situation 1, Situation 2, Situation 3, Situation 5