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This thread is a series of tactics based on Catennacio a style of play created and played in Italy from the 1950's- 1970's.
Origins Karl Rappan, the famous Austrian coach, had a dream. In that dream, he saw that if the opposing center forward went behind his central defender in the WM formation, the former was basically clean through to goal. To counter this monstrous vision, he decided to take off one of his attackers, and put another defender behind his central defensive line, in front of his goalkeeper. The plan was that this defender will clean up any ball that went behind the central defensive line. The “Sweeper” was thus born. Rappan called this system “Verrou” – the French for doorbolt.
Catenaccio Is Born Rappan’s ideas struck a chord in legendary Italian coach Nereo Rocco. He devised what is essentially known as the classic Catenaccio, by modifying the sweeper into a free roaming “Libero” who would have a much larger area of impact, and added secondary playmaking duties. The system was further polished by Helenio Herrara for his La Grande Inter. The success of Rocco’s Milan and Herrara’s inter both domestically and in Europe started forging the myth of this footballing system.
Man Marking – the key aspect to the defensive phase is that all opponents will be tightly man marked by the central defenders, the wing backs and the defensive midfielders, with the mobile libero double teaming wherever the ball approaches.
Counter Attacking – The main creative thrust of the system were the fantasista, a central playmaker and sometimes the libero. Efficiency of the forwards was paramount since very few chances were created. It should be remembered that while Catenaccio was the primary defensive system in Italy, it was by no means the only one. Catenaccio was a “system” of playing, and not a hard formation. Many variations of Catenaccio existed, and a very popular use was switching tactics to protect a lead, or to avoid defeat. One very famous example involves the legendary Juventus player John Charles (voted the greatest foreigner to have ever played in the Serie A), who would very often start out as a Center Forward and then drop back as a Central Defender once the team started leading. Anyways, by the mid sixties, Catenaccio was, in the words of Gianni Brera, “The only way to play football.” But, far across Europe, in Amsterdam a Dutchman named Rinus Michels was plotting a revolution that will shake the very foundations of the footballing world
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Le Grande Inter "This is catenaccio - the sweeper system in full effect. The brainchild of the great Herrera, it might not have been pretty but it was effective. This defence was like a locked door. The team was not without creativity, with the spanish playmker Luis Suarez and great attacking midfielder Sandro Mazzola, but it relied on the counter-attack. The team on the left is the one that lined up for the European Cup Final in 1963. Inter were to reach two other Finals in the 1960s."
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This thread is a series of tactics based on Catennacio a style of play created and played in Italy from the 1950's- 1970's.
Origins Karl Rappan, the famous Austrian coach, had a dream. In that dream, he saw that if the opposing center forward went behind his central defender in the WM formation, the former was basically clean through to goal. To counter this monstrous vision, he decided to take off one of his attackers, and put another defender behind his central defensive line, in front of his goalkeeper. The plan was that this defender will clean up any ball that went behind the central defensive line. The “Sweeper” was thus born. Rappan called this system “Verrou” – the French for doorbolt.
Catenaccio Is Born Rappan’s ideas struck a chord in legendary Italian coach Nereo Rocco. He devised what is essentially known as the classic Catenaccio, by modifying the sweeper into a free roaming “Libero” who would have a much larger area of impact, and added secondary playmaking duties. The system was further polished by Helenio Herrara for his La Grande Inter. The success of Rocco’s Milan and Herrara’s inter both domestically and in Europe started forging the myth of this footballing system.
Man Marking – the key aspect to the defensive phase is that all opponents will be tightly man marked by the central defenders, the wing backs and the defensive midfielders, with the mobile libero double teaming wherever the ball approaches.
Counter Attacking – The main creative thrust of the system were the fantasista, a central playmaker and sometimes the libero. Efficiency of the forwards was paramount since very few chances were created. It should be remembered that while Catenaccio was the primary defensive system in Italy, it was by no means the only one. Catenaccio was a “system” of playing, and not a hard formation. Many variations of Catenaccio existed, and a very popular use was switching tactics to protect a lead, or to avoid defeat. One very famous example involves the legendary Juventus player John Charles (voted the greatest foreigner to have ever played in the Serie A), who would very often start out as a Center Forward and then drop back as a Central Defender once the team started leading. Anyways, by the mid sixties, Catenaccio was, in the words of Gianni Brera, “The only way to play football.” But, far across Europe, in Amsterdam a Dutchman named Rinus Michels was plotting a revolution that will shake the very foundations of the footballing world
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Le Grande Inter "This is catenaccio - the sweeper system in full effect. The brainchild of the great Herrera, it might not have been pretty but it was effective. This defence was like a locked door. The team was not without creativity, with the spanish playmker Luis Suarez and great attacking midfielder Sandro Mazzola, but it relied on the counter-attack. The team on the left is the one that lined up for the European Cup Final in 1963. Inter were to reach two other Finals in the 1960s."
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