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THE REVOLUTIONARY MARCELO "EL LOCO" BIELSA'S 3-3-3-1
Other Tactics:
Atletico Madrid
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share-download-fm-17-tactics/362672-rise-diego-simeone-4-4-2-a.html
Tactical Analysis Channel -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2bmeaXy5g&feature=youtu.be
Thread Inspired by -
Marcelo "El Loco" Bielsa's 3-3-3-1Marseille
View attachment 101676
(!Watch Video!)
Marcelo Bielsa's Major Honours
Argentina
Summer Olympics Tournament Gold Medal: 2004
Copa América Runner-up: 2004
Newell's Old Boys
Primera División Argentina: 1991 Apertura, 1992 Clausura
Copa Libertadores: Runner-up 1992
Vélez Sársfield
Primera División Argentina: 1998 Clausura
Athletic Club Bilbao
UEFA Europa League: Runner-up
2011–12Copa del Rey: Runner-up 2011–12
Marcelo Bielsa's philosophy 3-3-3-1 has revolutionised the football scene during his coaching tenures in with the Argentina and Chile national teams, Athletic Bilbao and Marseille with his highly demanding pressing, elaborate attacking and transitioning set up which concluded in a commendable exciting style of play.
Marcelo Bielsa is known to play a slightly eccentric 3-3-3-1 formation, his formation consisted of; three defenders one sweeper with two stoppers at each side, three midfielders one defensive shield with two lateral-volantes at each side, three attacking midfielders one enganche and two inside forwards at each side and one target forward. The 3–3–3–1 allows great transitions from defending to attacking, as many of the players used in the formation can perform both defensive and attacking tasks, this enables Bielsa to establish superiority in numbers in every part of the field since with this formation his teams could defend with seven players, attack with six or seven players, or protect a scoreline by overwhelming the midfield with 6 players. To use 3–3–3–1, all players have to quickly set to attacking positions when the ball is in the team's possession, and all players have to aggressively press and recover the ball when it is not in possession requiring a lot of teamwork and cohesion demanding his team to play as a unit without reliance on any individual skill.
Bielsa's philosophy has had so much influence in the football scene that many present coaches and former players under Bielsa's command, names such as Gerardo Martino, Mauricio Pochettino, Matias Almeyda and Marcelo Gallardo have been influenced by El Loco's intellectual genius, other managers such as Man city manager Pep Guardiola and Sevilla manager Jorge Sampaoli have been described as disciples of Marcelo Bielsa
El Loco was a mad scientist when it came to the analytical side of the game and on occasion was known to check pitch measurements by pacing them out before deciding on a particular formation. He allocates separate training times for different parts of his squad. Former Argentina national team captain Roberto Ayala, a defender under Bielsa, stated, "Sometimes we wouldn't see any of the strikers, because he'd have them training at a different time, and it was the same with the midfielders."
Bielsa is known for watching and collecting numerous football videos to the point of obsession, he edits and analyzes each video for each individual player. He also utilizes statistical software and other technological tools to prepare for games.
The Philosophy:
“Watching Bielsa's games is like listening to Beethoven’s 9th symphony So perfect & harmonious that it becomes genius”
- Jan Van Winckel
(Coach under Marcelo Bielsa at Marseille 2014-15)
The basics of Marcelo Bielsa's philosophy is to play a high line and compress the space withing the oppositions half and play their own game (this is risk and reward as players may get in behind and be through on goal), demanding his players to press high up the field with aggression and energy striving to win the ball back as soon as possible starting from his forward, to play with a slight urgency and directness without playing pointless, high risk balls forward instead remain fluid and attractive all over the field.
Many people have misconceptions of this particular style of play, some people have a simplified script in their head that this is to keep possession play tiki taka football whatever the case may be ...
But no successful manager plays to one simple script or encourage one set approach of football, if you analyse how any football team play their main objective is to score. This can be achieved in an infinite number of ways with an infinite number of styles, approaches and game plans but the main objective is to put the ball into the back of the net. The next best thing is to assist a goal but in order to achieve any of this a team needs to get into the right positions or play the right pass take a shot in adaption to what ever their outlook may be in any set style.
There are many roles and styles that have been adapted since the creation of football as well as in every sport there are different dynamics to achieve the main goal from football to put the ball in the back of the net and keep it out of your own, from boxing hit and not get hit to assist(set up a punch) , but in every case to win you must out do the opposition in the main objective of every sport.
In football the entire concept of a tactic is to control the space in order to put the ball in or keep it out of the back of the net, from player positioning in corners to formations in attack the main goal is to control the space to 1. Score a goal and 2. Prevent the opposition from scoring a goal and this is achieved by creating an opportunity to score a goal and control the space you allow the opposition team to score a goal.
If a team can not score against you, you can not lose. If you can't score against a team you can not win, Bielsa had a lot of different views on how to control the space when attacking and limiting the opposition space when defending.
Theoretically the best most effective space to take advantage of is, 1. in behind the central defence 2. in behind the wide defence 3. inbehind behind the central midfield 4. in behind the wide midfield. Theoretically the best way to take advantage of this space is to move the ball as fast as possible to take advantage of the limited time you have before the opposition reorganises and the advantage is lost, and to take advantage of that time and make the most of that space is too, 1. shift the ball faster to take advantage of the time rather than play slower and waste that time, play the ball more direct to cover more ground in less time rather than short passes which cover less.
Bielsa achieves this by playing a high tempo and direct game which attempts disorganise the opposition and not allow them to control the defensive space which then leads to the control of the attacking space.
Theoretically, in defence the most effective way to not concede is to limit the space the opposition has the ball and the best way this can be achieved is to control the space, the most effective way to control the space in defence is first of all, 1. Not let the opposition have the ball although it is almost impossible to not allow the opposition any of the ball the next best thing can be achieved 2. Give the opposition as minimal time as possible on the ball, 3. Limit the space the opposition has to move the ball into and 4. limit the options the opposition has off the ball.
Bielsa achieves this by, 1. Playing a high defensive line to limit the space the opposition has to keep the ball and sacrifice the space in behind the defence, although the space in behind is useless if the team can not transition from infront of the defence first 2. This is achieved by pressing the opposition when on the ball giving them less time on the ball which will lead to winning the ball back and again retention of the ball back( point 1.) 3. Playing a high line and pressing combined will limit the space the opposition can move the ball into as there is less space and time to get the ball behind the defence of the opposition and 4. My personal favourite, Bielsa tries always have atleast one more play in every area of the pitch than the opposition and in defence this is the smart positional play and man marking scheme, Bielsa likes to have every player tightly marking another in defence and the spare man (the sweeper) available to give a numerical advantage.
Bielsa's formation and player roles attempts to control the space all over the pitch and put the ball into the back of the net in a variety of different ways:
The numerical advantage in every area of the field, theoretically having 3 players in a certain area is going to be more successful than the oppositions 2, similar to the way in theory 2 men has a better chance of beating 1 man in a fight. Bielsa tries to create a numerical advantage all across the field and this is achieved by elaborate positional play and players carrying out 2 or more roles in the same system. An example of this is,
The Lateral-Volante's, the aim of these players is to defend out wide, sit narrow and in the centre of the field in the build up and over lap the inside forwards in attack, this unique movement is hard to control the space against as there will always be an extra player in every part of the field than the opposition and secondly may pull opposition players out of position in an attempt to win the ball giving space and time to other players to take advantage of.
The sweeping midfielder, as the opposition are pinned into their own half and their attacking space is extremely limited the sweeping midfielder will offer a numerical advantage in terms of the central areas of the pitch this is achieved as any time the opposition takes advantage of human error and finds time and space to attack the sweeping midfielder will be in and around the central areas of the pitch ready to collect the ball or chase it down giving the team more time to reorganise and control the attacking space of the opposition, the sweeping midfielder also completely eliminates the opportunity for the opposition to get in behind the central players as lines between the CB'S CDM and Central players is minimal allowing better control of space in limiting the oppositions attacking space and controlling our defensive space.
In Bielsa's attempt to control the space of the opposition as already mentioned he plays a high line and compresses the space, he then aggressively presses the opposition limiting their time on the ball, he sets a man marking scheme to limit the options the opposition has off the ball this then eliminates most of the space the opposition can move into without risking losing the ball, Bielsa is so successful at this due to a variety of different components. First of all, his players will need to be fast and physically conditioned in order to maintain this aspect of the game this requires fast centre backs incase the opposition manage to get the ball in behind due to good control of attacking spacing. This is all theoretical and will not provide successful 100% their will always be human error but their are also ways to increase chances of controlling the space that also can not be argued against, it is 100% evident that pressing the ball will give the opposition less time and a high line will compress the space in the opposing half although it is impossible to control the defensive space 100% of the time.
Bielsa likes his team to play from the back most of the time if their is no successful opening in getting behind the defence, this is attempt at controlling the attacking space will invite opposition to commit men to press the opposition in turn pulling players out of position and leaving openings in behind the defence for Bielsa's team to quickly take advantage of in the most effective way possible.
Bielsa also likes his centre backs to provide a numerical advantage in the build up of attacks incase pressing becomes too intense and the opposition get a chance to control the defensive space effectively and win the ball back by limiting the time and options are players have on the ball, Bielsa will have his centre backs provide a passing option to the sweeper midfielder and the Lateral-Volante's to successfully limit the oppositions chance of controlling their defensive space and in turn creating opening and assisting control of our own attacking space.
Another element of Bielsa's attempt to control the attacking space is to have his inside forwards stay as wide as possible in an attempt to stretch the opposition defence, this leaves the opposition with 2 choices, either mark the wide men and create gaps in the midfield or defence for us to control the attacking space and exploit or leave them unmarked which allows them to run free behind one of the 4 parts of the defence.
Bielsa's last weapon is the target forward, he is utilised as an a defensive, supporting and attacking outlet, his main role within the team is to put the ball in the back of the net but also to lay the ball of to team mate and provide a numerical advantage in the defence.
Marcelo Bielsa's shape variety
BIELSA'S SHAPE IN ATTACK BIELSA'S SHAPE IN DEFENSE
Team Instructions
View attachment 101727
Tactical Analysis:
Here is an example of the high line and high pressing.
The opposition have the ball from the goalkeeper and have an option to play it long or short, if the goalkeeper decides to play it short our attacking players will press and win the ball back in the final 3rd, of the ball is played long out defence will step forward and sweep it up.
Here is an example of the numerical advantage in important areas of the field.
The opposition goalkeeper played the ball long and our defence chased it down and won the ball back, as you can see our team controls the defensive space extremely well at the right time with a numerical advantage in both areas.
Here is an example of our team playing a high line and controlling the attacking space, as you can see our players are all in perfect positions to retain the ball and press high up the field if possession is given away.
As you can see our LW is completely free and unmarked as our team try to create openings in behind the 4 areas.
Here is an example of our team providing a numerical advantage in key areas of the field, the defensive line is as high as possible space is compressed and there are many options to create an opening in behind the central area.
Our team has advanced forward with the ball and got in behind the opposition central midfielders, our team is instructed to take advantage as fast as possible without rushing and being wasteful.
Our team have managed to shift the ball in behind the defence and put Moussa Dembéle one on one with the keeper which was slotted into the back of the net.
Here is a video of the goal: (Poor quality from FM)
[video]https://youtu.be/Hz5JYfIUvz0[/video]
Opposition Instructions
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View attachment 98516
Atletico Madrid
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share-download-fm-17-tactics/362672-rise-diego-simeone-4-4-2-a.html
Tactical Analysis Channel -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2bmeaXy5g&feature=youtu.be
Thread Inspired by -
Marcelo "El Loco" Bielsa's 3-3-3-1Marseille
View attachment 101676
(!Watch Video!)
Marcelo Bielsa's Major Honours
Argentina
Summer Olympics Tournament Gold Medal: 2004
Copa América Runner-up: 2004
Newell's Old Boys
Primera División Argentina: 1991 Apertura, 1992 Clausura
Copa Libertadores: Runner-up 1992
Vélez Sársfield
Primera División Argentina: 1998 Clausura
Athletic Club Bilbao
UEFA Europa League: Runner-up
2011–12Copa del Rey: Runner-up 2011–12
Marcelo Bielsa's philosophy 3-3-3-1 has revolutionised the football scene during his coaching tenures in with the Argentina and Chile national teams, Athletic Bilbao and Marseille with his highly demanding pressing, elaborate attacking and transitioning set up which concluded in a commendable exciting style of play.
Marcelo Bielsa is known to play a slightly eccentric 3-3-3-1 formation, his formation consisted of; three defenders one sweeper with two stoppers at each side, three midfielders one defensive shield with two lateral-volantes at each side, three attacking midfielders one enganche and two inside forwards at each side and one target forward. The 3–3–3–1 allows great transitions from defending to attacking, as many of the players used in the formation can perform both defensive and attacking tasks, this enables Bielsa to establish superiority in numbers in every part of the field since with this formation his teams could defend with seven players, attack with six or seven players, or protect a scoreline by overwhelming the midfield with 6 players. To use 3–3–3–1, all players have to quickly set to attacking positions when the ball is in the team's possession, and all players have to aggressively press and recover the ball when it is not in possession requiring a lot of teamwork and cohesion demanding his team to play as a unit without reliance on any individual skill.
Bielsa's philosophy has had so much influence in the football scene that many present coaches and former players under Bielsa's command, names such as Gerardo Martino, Mauricio Pochettino, Matias Almeyda and Marcelo Gallardo have been influenced by El Loco's intellectual genius, other managers such as Man city manager Pep Guardiola and Sevilla manager Jorge Sampaoli have been described as disciples of Marcelo Bielsa
El Loco was a mad scientist when it came to the analytical side of the game and on occasion was known to check pitch measurements by pacing them out before deciding on a particular formation. He allocates separate training times for different parts of his squad. Former Argentina national team captain Roberto Ayala, a defender under Bielsa, stated, "Sometimes we wouldn't see any of the strikers, because he'd have them training at a different time, and it was the same with the midfielders."
Bielsa is known for watching and collecting numerous football videos to the point of obsession, he edits and analyzes each video for each individual player. He also utilizes statistical software and other technological tools to prepare for games.
The Philosophy:
“Watching Bielsa's games is like listening to Beethoven’s 9th symphony So perfect & harmonious that it becomes genius”
- Jan Van Winckel
(Coach under Marcelo Bielsa at Marseille 2014-15)
The basics of Marcelo Bielsa's philosophy is to play a high line and compress the space withing the oppositions half and play their own game (this is risk and reward as players may get in behind and be through on goal), demanding his players to press high up the field with aggression and energy striving to win the ball back as soon as possible starting from his forward, to play with a slight urgency and directness without playing pointless, high risk balls forward instead remain fluid and attractive all over the field.
Many people have misconceptions of this particular style of play, some people have a simplified script in their head that this is to keep possession play tiki taka football whatever the case may be ...
But no successful manager plays to one simple script or encourage one set approach of football, if you analyse how any football team play their main objective is to score. This can be achieved in an infinite number of ways with an infinite number of styles, approaches and game plans but the main objective is to put the ball into the back of the net. The next best thing is to assist a goal but in order to achieve any of this a team needs to get into the right positions or play the right pass take a shot in adaption to what ever their outlook may be in any set style.
There are many roles and styles that have been adapted since the creation of football as well as in every sport there are different dynamics to achieve the main goal from football to put the ball in the back of the net and keep it out of your own, from boxing hit and not get hit to assist(set up a punch) , but in every case to win you must out do the opposition in the main objective of every sport.
In football the entire concept of a tactic is to control the space in order to put the ball in or keep it out of the back of the net, from player positioning in corners to formations in attack the main goal is to control the space to 1. Score a goal and 2. Prevent the opposition from scoring a goal and this is achieved by creating an opportunity to score a goal and control the space you allow the opposition team to score a goal.
If a team can not score against you, you can not lose. If you can't score against a team you can not win, Bielsa had a lot of different views on how to control the space when attacking and limiting the opposition space when defending.
Theoretically the best most effective space to take advantage of is, 1. in behind the central defence 2. in behind the wide defence 3. inbehind behind the central midfield 4. in behind the wide midfield. Theoretically the best way to take advantage of this space is to move the ball as fast as possible to take advantage of the limited time you have before the opposition reorganises and the advantage is lost, and to take advantage of that time and make the most of that space is too, 1. shift the ball faster to take advantage of the time rather than play slower and waste that time, play the ball more direct to cover more ground in less time rather than short passes which cover less.
Bielsa achieves this by playing a high tempo and direct game which attempts disorganise the opposition and not allow them to control the defensive space which then leads to the control of the attacking space.
Theoretically, in defence the most effective way to not concede is to limit the space the opposition has the ball and the best way this can be achieved is to control the space, the most effective way to control the space in defence is first of all, 1. Not let the opposition have the ball although it is almost impossible to not allow the opposition any of the ball the next best thing can be achieved 2. Give the opposition as minimal time as possible on the ball, 3. Limit the space the opposition has to move the ball into and 4. limit the options the opposition has off the ball.
Bielsa achieves this by, 1. Playing a high defensive line to limit the space the opposition has to keep the ball and sacrifice the space in behind the defence, although the space in behind is useless if the team can not transition from infront of the defence first 2. This is achieved by pressing the opposition when on the ball giving them less time on the ball which will lead to winning the ball back and again retention of the ball back( point 1.) 3. Playing a high line and pressing combined will limit the space the opposition can move the ball into as there is less space and time to get the ball behind the defence of the opposition and 4. My personal favourite, Bielsa tries always have atleast one more play in every area of the pitch than the opposition and in defence this is the smart positional play and man marking scheme, Bielsa likes to have every player tightly marking another in defence and the spare man (the sweeper) available to give a numerical advantage.
Bielsa's formation and player roles attempts to control the space all over the pitch and put the ball into the back of the net in a variety of different ways:
The numerical advantage in every area of the field, theoretically having 3 players in a certain area is going to be more successful than the oppositions 2, similar to the way in theory 2 men has a better chance of beating 1 man in a fight. Bielsa tries to create a numerical advantage all across the field and this is achieved by elaborate positional play and players carrying out 2 or more roles in the same system. An example of this is,
The Lateral-Volante's, the aim of these players is to defend out wide, sit narrow and in the centre of the field in the build up and over lap the inside forwards in attack, this unique movement is hard to control the space against as there will always be an extra player in every part of the field than the opposition and secondly may pull opposition players out of position in an attempt to win the ball giving space and time to other players to take advantage of.
The sweeping midfielder, as the opposition are pinned into their own half and their attacking space is extremely limited the sweeping midfielder will offer a numerical advantage in terms of the central areas of the pitch this is achieved as any time the opposition takes advantage of human error and finds time and space to attack the sweeping midfielder will be in and around the central areas of the pitch ready to collect the ball or chase it down giving the team more time to reorganise and control the attacking space of the opposition, the sweeping midfielder also completely eliminates the opportunity for the opposition to get in behind the central players as lines between the CB'S CDM and Central players is minimal allowing better control of space in limiting the oppositions attacking space and controlling our defensive space.
In Bielsa's attempt to control the space of the opposition as already mentioned he plays a high line and compresses the space, he then aggressively presses the opposition limiting their time on the ball, he sets a man marking scheme to limit the options the opposition has off the ball this then eliminates most of the space the opposition can move into without risking losing the ball, Bielsa is so successful at this due to a variety of different components. First of all, his players will need to be fast and physically conditioned in order to maintain this aspect of the game this requires fast centre backs incase the opposition manage to get the ball in behind due to good control of attacking spacing. This is all theoretical and will not provide successful 100% their will always be human error but their are also ways to increase chances of controlling the space that also can not be argued against, it is 100% evident that pressing the ball will give the opposition less time and a high line will compress the space in the opposing half although it is impossible to control the defensive space 100% of the time.
Bielsa likes his team to play from the back most of the time if their is no successful opening in getting behind the defence, this is attempt at controlling the attacking space will invite opposition to commit men to press the opposition in turn pulling players out of position and leaving openings in behind the defence for Bielsa's team to quickly take advantage of in the most effective way possible.
Bielsa also likes his centre backs to provide a numerical advantage in the build up of attacks incase pressing becomes too intense and the opposition get a chance to control the defensive space effectively and win the ball back by limiting the time and options are players have on the ball, Bielsa will have his centre backs provide a passing option to the sweeper midfielder and the Lateral-Volante's to successfully limit the oppositions chance of controlling their defensive space and in turn creating opening and assisting control of our own attacking space.
Another element of Bielsa's attempt to control the attacking space is to have his inside forwards stay as wide as possible in an attempt to stretch the opposition defence, this leaves the opposition with 2 choices, either mark the wide men and create gaps in the midfield or defence for us to control the attacking space and exploit or leave them unmarked which allows them to run free behind one of the 4 parts of the defence.
Bielsa's last weapon is the target forward, he is utilised as an a defensive, supporting and attacking outlet, his main role within the team is to put the ball in the back of the net but also to lay the ball of to team mate and provide a numerical advantage in the defence.
Marcelo Bielsa's shape variety
BIELSA'S SHAPE IN ATTACK BIELSA'S SHAPE IN DEFENSE
Goalkeeper: A good shot stopper as well as being comfortable with his feet.
Centre backs: Must be able to keep shape in defense, intercept stray passes and play from the back.
IWB / DM: Must be able to get up and down the field and contribute to attacking and defensive phases of the game, must be able to run out wide and overlap aswell as sit narrow and distribute the ball.
- DLP/D: Must be able to sweep up loose balls within own half, win the ball back and play killer balls out wide or over the defence.
Inside forwards: Both inside forwards are set to stay wide whilst attacking in order to stretch the defence as much as possible, must be able to press, finish aswell as fulfil inside forward duties.
-AM: The creative outlet in the team, a stationery play maker which is responsible for playing the ball through the defence into the forwards, maintaining possession and offering a passing option to other players.
- AF: The main goal threat in the team, must be able to head, finish, contribute in the build up, hold up the ball and press when out of possession.
Centre backs: Must be able to keep shape in defense, intercept stray passes and play from the back.
IWB / DM: Must be able to get up and down the field and contribute to attacking and defensive phases of the game, must be able to run out wide and overlap aswell as sit narrow and distribute the ball.
- DLP/D: Must be able to sweep up loose balls within own half, win the ball back and play killer balls out wide or over the defence.
Inside forwards: Both inside forwards are set to stay wide whilst attacking in order to stretch the defence as much as possible, must be able to press, finish aswell as fulfil inside forward duties.
-AM: The creative outlet in the team, a stationery play maker which is responsible for playing the ball through the defence into the forwards, maintaining possession and offering a passing option to other players.
- AF: The main goal threat in the team, must be able to head, finish, contribute in the build up, hold up the ball and press when out of possession.
Team Instructions
View attachment 101727
Tactical Analysis:
Here is an example of the high line and high pressing.
The opposition have the ball from the goalkeeper and have an option to play it long or short, if the goalkeeper decides to play it short our attacking players will press and win the ball back in the final 3rd, of the ball is played long out defence will step forward and sweep it up.
Here is an example of the numerical advantage in important areas of the field.
The opposition goalkeeper played the ball long and our defence chased it down and won the ball back, as you can see our team controls the defensive space extremely well at the right time with a numerical advantage in both areas.
Here is an example of our team playing a high line and controlling the attacking space, as you can see our players are all in perfect positions to retain the ball and press high up the field if possession is given away.
As you can see our LW is completely free and unmarked as our team try to create openings in behind the 4 areas.
Here is an example of our team providing a numerical advantage in key areas of the field, the defensive line is as high as possible space is compressed and there are many options to create an opening in behind the central area.
Our team has advanced forward with the ball and got in behind the opposition central midfielders, our team is instructed to take advantage as fast as possible without rushing and being wasteful.
Our team have managed to shift the ball in behind the defence and put Moussa Dembéle one on one with the keeper which was slotted into the back of the net.
Here is a video of the goal: (Poor quality from FM)
[video]https://youtu.be/Hz5JYfIUvz0[/video]
Opposition Instructions
Download -
View attachment 98516
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