Bergen Blade
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0-1: A low corner is half cleared but goes back out to the taker who has time and space to pick out Pethic in front of goal. He beats Doyle in the air and nods home.
It’s normal to man mark at set pieces, while zonal mark in open play. Sometimes there’s confusion when a set piece is half cleared and the defending team has to decide whether to switch to zonal or stick to the players they were originally marking.
Ideally you want your tall centre halves in front of the goalkeeper when the crosses come in. But Collins is pulled out of that area by the man he marked, and the cross goes over Maguire. It is Doyle who is left to mark the much taller Elphic and he has no chance.
3-2: A corner is nodded in unchallenged by Lee Barnard at the back post. Collins was (probably) marking him, but met the ball too early. Howard seemed to complain he was blocked on the line.
4-3: Their left winger cuts inside. He plays it up to a meeting Barnard who passes it back to the unmarked Pugh. He shoots low and into the net from 25 yards.
Three of the midfield four are behind the ball in a decent position. Flynn should have been in line with them (see photo). Instead, he has taken up a position to the left of Hill, where he’s keeping an eye on the opposition right back. When he can’t be in two positions at the same time he’s got to chose the one where the danger is most immediate.
It’s normal to man mark at set pieces, while zonal mark in open play. Sometimes there’s confusion when a set piece is half cleared and the defending team has to decide whether to switch to zonal or stick to the players they were originally marking.
Ideally you want your tall centre halves in front of the goalkeeper when the crosses come in. But Collins is pulled out of that area by the man he marked, and the cross goes over Maguire. It is Doyle who is left to mark the much taller Elphic and he has no chance.
3-2: A corner is nodded in unchallenged by Lee Barnard at the back post. Collins was (probably) marking him, but met the ball too early. Howard seemed to complain he was blocked on the line.
4-3: Their left winger cuts inside. He plays it up to a meeting Barnard who passes it back to the unmarked Pugh. He shoots low and into the net from 25 yards.
Three of the midfield four are behind the ball in a decent position. Flynn should have been in line with them (see photo). Instead, he has taken up a position to the left of Hill, where he’s keeping an eye on the opposition right back. When he can’t be in two positions at the same time he’s got to chose the one where the danger is most immediate.
