Does it matter how far footballers run?

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The start to the Premier League season has been dominated by the conversation around running stats, and how clubs are outrunning their opponents to great effect.
Both Leeds United and Brentford picked up emphatic victories over Chelsea and Manchester United this season, with the key takeaway being how distance covered seemed to win them the game.
But does the amount of kilometres ran actually matter in a football game?
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@hungrybearcub_films 2 года назад

I think what Ten Hag established from the exercise of running 13.8 kms was more to do with work rate rather than just running and chasing the ball. Work rate, tenacity, winning second balls and putting that extra effort is very important at this stage for ETH. As the team is work in progress and eventually ETH wants more control and possession, he does not want to lose games because of it right now. When players are more in line with tactics and movement and are also better with the ball, then they might control the games better.. without running and chasing that much. But even if you are controlling the game you still have to work hard, thats the point ETH was proving to the squad imo.

@ronanfitzpatrick1261 2 года назад

Completely agree. Couldn't have said it better

@theunitedway4155 2 года назад

120% correct,i totally agree

@nicknguyen7870 2 года назад

Wish this could be the top comment!

@t.c.4321 2 года назад

Just write Ten Haag, these abbreviations are just dumb

@hiddenlocal9175 2 года назад

And it worked

@lfc-europe 2 года назад

Depends on team style, quality, opposition. Bolton from 2002 defended deep and lumped long balls up to Kevin Davies for Campo/Okocha etc. Modern teams tend towards high pressure with quick balls and therefore run far longer than those before them.

@coachtechnique 2 года назад

yea, I like to think different parts of the pitch means the team has to make different actions.

@NovaDaGoat 2 года назад

Agreed

@nadeemlakhi9206 2 года назад

If you're playing a high line, it's best you have the balance of recovery and ability to keep the ball. You don't want your players to run too much but you don't want to get outran by far too much either

@coachtechnique 2 года назад

@@nadeemlakhi9206 the key is to get 6 players to do what you just said. Sometimes easy Sometimes not

@brrrrett 2 года назад

Interesting. Focusing specifically on ETH making the Man Utd squad run on their day off... I'd like to believe it was more about getting the message across that his team lacked desire when they lost to Brentford. Brentford stuck to their game plan and through determination, won convincingly. ETH was putting a marker in the sand, demanding his team show the grit and determination required to be successful in the EPL.

@wilfroberts637 2 года назад

And also getting himself some credit and buy-in from the players by doing the run himself too

@rangertx4161 2 года назад

Yeah, I highly doubt ETH thinks running more = winning as this video is alluding to. As TIFO referred to in the video, context is key and the context here is ETH wanted to make a point that his team will not be out worked on the pitch, win or lose. He even said making mistakes and losing is one thing, but being out worked is absolutely inexcusable.

@MemesOfProduction69 2 года назад

Tifo hate United and try and look for any way to make when Ten Hag has done seem less impressive. They also failed to explain that teams to run more OUT OF POSSESSION have dominated their leagues. City and Bayern both run FAR more out of possession than they do in possession and it shows in how the dominant games. It's not just about running or out running an opponent, but choosing the right time TO outrun them.

@archmetcalfe9663 Год назад

I guess pep is going to have to get city to do the same now . Ffs a horrible game this weekend against Brentford.

@rangertx4161 Год назад

@@archmetcalfe9663 I don't know, I quite enjoyed it!

@KOBE42__ 2 года назад

I’d be interested to see any correlation between number of attacking sprints and success.

@s.lyngdoh3962 2 года назад

Running in football is more important than we think.. man City or Liverpool can have 70% of possession but you can see how hard they run the moment they lose the ball therefore it's not really how much you run it's how willing you're gonna do it when you needed to.. so ball domination is not a good example of how less or more a team is running

@nont18411 2 года назад

That's why unlike popular beliefs, I think Rodri is the most important player of Man City, not Kevin De Bruyne.

@illhavenoneofthat 2 года назад

Rodri dictates the tempo of the attack and his positioning for defensive actions is unreal. He is an outstanding player but creating chances with scoring goals is probably the hardest parts of a game. Hence why there aren’t 5/6/7 goals a game.

@nadeemlakhi9206 2 года назад

@@nont18411 it's not rodri that initiates the press or recovers, it's walker.

@dontbewrong7706 2 года назад

Dimitar Berbatov is the best example of working smart, not hard in Football and playing for a top team despite low distances covered. However Hardwork beats Talent if Talent does not work hard.

@harukrentz435 2 года назад

And Berba was deemed as downgrade to Tevez who kept running all the time at United.

@optiondezzo1513 2 года назад

@@harukrentz435 they are different type of players tbh. tevez is able to press and force the opposition to make mistakes. berba is a player that can make space and link up play.

@farizakbari1545 2 года назад

Running SMART, not blind running. Most of the runs are to press the opponents and off the ball movement. If they just run without any real strategy, then they just chase the ball blindly. The best example of the team that runs smart is Leicester when they won EPL.

@SylvieTheCuteSylveon 2 года назад

I think the whole Ten Hag forcing Man United to run the kilometers is due to him wanting to assert dominance in the dressing room especially after a humiliating defeat, not because it has anything to do with winning the game if they had run that much

@dancingcar8974 Год назад

This comment aged very well mate😊😊

@Eibarwoman 2 года назад

I'd say the answer given Leeds and in La Liga in recent years, the relegation of Eibar in the 20-21 season would suggest that contradicting info as how far they run matters on if a team scores first but outrunning an opponent doesn't lead to more possession or goals overall as it can often lead to more goals allowed late from fatigue. As in one can condition players to run further, but it'd either mean they're sacrificing pace early in the game or fatigued late. And to score first, you're pushing the advantage and hoping the goalkeeper can hold on. Edit: This is a bigger problem for teams with aging core player groups like what happened with Eibar's forwards in 20-21 both being over 30.

@brago_ 2 года назад

@Tifo Football *Please make an updated video about the correlation between ball possession and winning games at 2022.*

@OfoeNelson 2 года назад

I think man utd run less OUT of possession than Brentford which is why he made them run 13.8km

@fyfiejr1868 2 года назад

gonna look back on this in 30 years and look at how this was the start of ssomething great

@theqaz1828 2 года назад

In the AFL coaches used to equate pressure with tackles and would use tackle count as a measure of success until it was worked out that which ever team had less of the ball usually had more tackles.

@martytu20 2 года назад

In the NFL, Jordyn Brooks and Bobby Wagner had the most tackles in the NFL. The Seahawks were also the team with the least amount of time of possession with the ball. In other words, the defense was out on the field more often than not, and the tackles are a product of volume, not effectiveness.

@discodavid26 2 года назад

If running distance mattered then Kenya would have a world class team!

@ritiksinghrajput578 2 года назад

United's intensity increased from next match and results changed surely that punishment worked ..tifo should make videos with including common sense too Or simply you should have compared how much teams run per unit time without possession you would know the united were lacking there

@101bigjack 2 года назад

This was a very strange video, because it didn't really ask the correct questions. Obviously, Leeds are not going to win every game that they outran the opponent, because running isn't the only variable. But what would have happened in those games had they run less than their opponent? How did Leeds perform in the games in which they were outrun? While there are still lots of variables that aren't controlled, that's the important comparison. I would say that there are two schools of thought about running. If you run far and intensely, and are doing other things well, then you have a defensive shape for certain scenarios, and then are reacting to the play. For example, if you leave your man free to mark the space, and then close him down quickly if he gets the ball, then you will run further than if you simply mark him at all times. However, if you leave him to mark the space, and then don't really close him down when he gets the ball, you run less, and he is then a more dangerous player, as he has time and space. In this scenario, the hypothetical defending player (and therefore team if you extrapolate) plays better if he runs more. On the other hand, as exemplified by Messi, if you know where to stand, you need to run less, because your movements are optimized. Going back to the previous example, if the player gets his position right when marking the space, then he runs less to the attacker than if he had dropped too deep. Overall, these things need to be factored in when looking into whether outrunning your opponent means anything. Basically, "what if they had outrun us instead?", "am I playing well enough defensively?" and "have I got my positioning correct?"

@roberw1912 2 года назад

I think Erik Ten Hag saw the running gap was through a lack of workrate. Whilst possession means less running it does not produce 13km less. Since that Brentford game, thankfully United have kept on winning.

@LordWay 2 года назад

If you ask my mum it is the most important thing in football even if you try and point out you can exploit space left behind tactically if everyone is pressing all the time.

@MrTomkan 2 года назад

The Leeds example seems very poor from a scientific point of view. Simply because Leeds won almost as much as they lost does not prove anything about a correlation between running and winning. If we were to make this type of assumption about one team, we would need a different test set-up. Because maybe, if Leeds ran less they would have lost every game. We could go about it some other ways, like checking the games in which Leeds ran less and more than the opponent and then comparing them. Or check the 30 game run, and see how often they were expected to win and how often they won. Still this will at best only measure correlation. Perhaps the team ran more because they are worse than the opponent, or because of some playing style. To many intermediate variables at play in the football game..

@DavidChong 2 года назад

Sure in isolation the example of Leeds means nothing but they way they talk about it, it sounds like there is similar lack of correlation for every other team (edit: every other team they ran the numbers on), they just picked Leeds as one example.

@MrTomkan 2 года назад

@@DavidChong So as a data analyst who works in professional football, I know that quite some people of the athletic have a background in science, so no doubt in my mind they know what they are talking about. Sometimes I’d just wish to would cite some articles in their claims, I think the audience is smart enough for that.

@LuMezIppo 2 года назад

That’s the beauty of football. So many variables take place that one does not dominate the game.

@jakubszczesny5015 2 года назад

I love your videos, but this one fell short for me. It added nothing of value and the outcome/conclusion was obvious before even clicking on the thumbnail. Still love the channel though! Keep up the good work :)

@aodhagan 2 года назад

It was a Sunday morning. The game was on Saturday.

@jeromeclemente3672 2 года назад

If you are an aspiring footballer, Don't look at Messi's or Muller's distance covered. You're not them. It's better that you can run for the whole 90 minutes than not. The examples in this video, probably does not apply to you. So go ahead, wake up early and have your kilometers in the morning.

@loki4236 2 года назад

Erik knows better than these guys , maybe he knows they needed to run more for his play style. Maybe it has to do with defending. Quality of this video is lower imo.

@pozsoz 2 года назад

Do one on Bayern's crisis and Nagelsmann tactics before he gets sacked, and then do one on why he got sacked. Two for the price of one. Hopefully narrated by Joe Bovine and presented by James Joseph Bullard or Jon The Body McKenzie

@GeneralDisarray1892 2 года назад

Came for the banter, stayed for the research methods analysis. 😵‍💫

@MARKTHESHARK101 2 года назад

THE BALL MOVES QUICKER THAN THE PLAYER SO MAKE IT DO THE WORK

@trishennaidoo1309 2 года назад

Muller defends more also thou Messi is not asked to track back

@ScottRoth1986 2 года назад

Your definition of qualitative data is wrong

@MartyD 2 года назад

I love playing soccer but I hate running 😅

@muhammadradhivan8436 2 года назад

Whats stupidity is manager ask his 10 players to run and press brutally and call if you cant press you dont suit my system. Disregard players ability and physicality and force him to run and press is airhead decision. Fun fact: there is no exact correlation between number of attacking/defending sprints/presses and success.

@harukrentz435 2 года назад

Fun Fact: youre bulshiting.

@oliverdutton6620 2 года назад

Ask Jordan Henderson ...

@double10performance27 2 года назад

Athletic Departments look at: High Speed Running Distance Number of Sprints Accels Decels Topspeed Power Actions (Jumps etc.) On pro Level Running Volume is irrelevant. The lower you go in terms of league quality the more it matters again.

@Johndoe-gf7eu 2 года назад

Brentford fans singing to ten hag you’re getting sacked in the morning aged well didn’t it 😂😂thanks lads, proper kick started our season, and made the manager realise maguire shaw and fred just don’t work 😂😭🙏🙏🙏🙏

@Yusuf-uz2ie 2 года назад

Penaldo*

@jamesmcshane1914 2 года назад

I'll save you six minutes. No.

@hungchoonghow5857 2 года назад

Runball, jogball...

@FRESHNESSSSSS 2 года назад

This is very disrespectful. Shame on you, The Athletic. lol, jokes. RIP queen.

@seana8636 2 года назад

cringeworthy video

@a-manthegeneral 2 года назад

Drawing statistical inferences from Messi is useless, he's an outlier in almost every aspect of the game

@RoyMatzem 2 года назад

Yeah, Messi be like; MESSI; Injured, out of form, and sitted on floor. Opposition; hm, lets keep 2 players marking him, just in case...

@gandalf_thegrey 2 года назад

@@RoyMatzem Just like the best players before (and after him will): He's just THAT good that even injured and out of form you have to mark him. Because he will have a field day if not. Baggio, R9, CR7, Maradona, Zidane are/were all players like that

@benedictjajo 2 года назад

Messi running less only means that he's not defending like Muller, who pressures a lot, and covers and create a lot of space in the opposition half.

@alsy0055 2 года назад

Yes, that comparison is honestly laughable in my opinion.

@catchnkill 2 года назад

It is comparing apples with oranges. How many more goals and assists does Messi have over Mueller? They play in different position and with different style of play.

@benedictjajo 2 года назад

@@catchnkill that's exactly my point. Tifo comparing Messi and Muller running stats is irrelevant to the video topic.

@fadhilideche2831 2 года назад

@@benedictjajo How is it irrelevant, though? The whole point of the video is that distance ran is an unhelpful measure of performance level. The comparison between Müller and Messi serves as an illustration of that point (and a particularly apt one given Müller's reputation as a "space investigator"; Messi's stats show you don't need to run a lot in order to intelligently create space for yourself).

@alialwahaibi1234 2 года назад

Messi presses a lot look at his stats compared to other world class forwards but he doesn’t run a like a headless chicken and actually Messi not running is due to his history with injuries, compare his time with Pep and with every other coach and see how many times he was injured

@shahriartanvir977 2 года назад

In my opinion, what Ten Hag wanted is more intensity. Running more in training improves stamina. That does not mean you have to run this much during the match. It gives you the ability not to get tired eaisily and be able to run/sprint when needed. Rashford, Martial, Bruno are some of the players, I have noticed, won't put on extra gear when opponent was in transition.

@ColoMUFC10 Год назад

Have you actually watched man utd? Bruno is one of the biggest runners in that team. One of the best pressers in that team. Take your ronaldo tinted glasses off and watch.

@anandmahamuni5442 2 года назад

Wasn't it a man management tactic more than a coaching one?

@nadadur 2 года назад

I would agree with that

@athulmenon5 2 года назад

The quality on this video seems lower than usual, everyone knows that running doesn't equal winning. Wanted more analysis on smart movement and precise pressing patterns against mindless geggenpressing, And how running too much also affects other parts of the game and it's effects on both attack and defence.

@mariadanielalavia8877 2 года назад

I mean you are better watching coaches and analyzers than tifo football bcs he never speaks about the game on not "surface level" topics

@Alan_ynwa 2 года назад

Pep Linders new book may interest you

@ForzaOwnz 2 года назад

Well the title of the video isn't "running and smart movement" to be fair

@hermankermit-warm1121 2 года назад

They're too upset about the Queen, lay off yeah.

@mercnsiku15 2 года назад

It's been like that for a while now with tifo their vids are just not as good as they used to be a couple years ago

@Ohsey 2 года назад

It's far more important what you do with your movement than how much you move.

@optiondezzo1513 2 года назад

correct. man utd at the end of last season didn't even bother to do either anymore.

@rosamontikatharsis4827 2 года назад

A small error I believe, the run took place on a Sunday not a Monday. It was the reason we had the whole sports science debacle because you can’t make players run a day after a games apparently. They then had the day off on Monday.

@sujalratnatuladhar2129 2 года назад

he made united players run because they didnt try to win kept their head down and let brentford beat them 4-0 they showed that they lack desire to win and was planning to do same as they did last season

@roym2185 2 года назад

This is an interesting topic. I'd love to hear more about the correlations with it. The example of Leeds I don't think is a fair point tho. If anything, it proves that running DOES matter. 30 games, 13 wins, 14 losses, 3 draws is a VERY good return for a newly promoted side. This would be an example of where running more would give an extra advantage over the lower level of talent that team has (relatively speaking). Leeds in this instance should be compared to other newly promoted teams. And 42 points in 30 games is a VERY good return. That doesn't mean running necessarily was the reason for that. As much as perhaps the insane style of Bielsaball that other teams had to figure out. But the counter-factual there is what Leeds would have done had they not run more than the opposition. And I think it's fair to say they would not have 42 points in 30 games if they'd run less. Leeds could be an anomaly of course, this is just an example. And you could of course say that teams burnout from these styles of play as you can't keep that kind of intensity up for repeated seasons. So the main point is you have to factor in the QUALITY of the team and their opposition when comparing the running stats. The possession part is a good example. But if we factor in the relative quality of teams, we would get a better comparison of how much running matters. Has that reason been done?

@GK-bl4pg 2 года назад

The EtH thing was about mentality, y'all are reading too much into it. Plus; Messi walks around Media: wow Ronaldo (who's older, by the way) walks Media: that's why his team doesn't win. He's the problem.

@ryerock32 2 года назад

I think Messi is a poor example though. Messi can control space in large part with the power of his name. Any other player on earth save maybe Ronaldo and Neymar could tread the same exact spots Messi did and wouldn't achieve the same results. Likewise most other players aren't exempted from defending like he is (where much of running comes). I think however running makes the most sense when compared to the same team. Leeds is always going to run so comparing their running numbers to from week to week would be more interesting to me. And in ETH's case his goal is to implement a high intesity high pressing system. It's completely different from say prime Barcelona getting outran.

@omyga2062 2 года назад

Efficient movement has to also be an important factor due to stamina and being in the correct positions quicker

@spvcecvrtel9632 2 года назад

Running more means you'll cover more areas on the pitch .

@DFranco23 2 года назад

Passing better means you ain’t gotta run

@limutp 2 года назад

@@DFranco23 you will still loose the ball either way

@jamespadilla7070 2 года назад

@@DFranco23 How do you move the ball up the pitch if you don't run?Hmm? 🤨?🤓

@Eibarwoman 2 года назад

But it means nothing if there's no finishing otherwise Eibar would still be in La Liga and Jose Luis Mendilibar would still be manager as the analytics suggested both heavy pressing and running out of the team.

@voyageFN 2 года назад

@@jamespadilla7070 positions and keeping your shape?

@bentarbuck6161 2 года назад

its almost like you cant boil football down to just one specific stat but as im sure we all realise his main point wasnt the distance, its the commitment, effort and all those other buzzwords

@MultiGoldone 2 года назад

You don't make the players run to make them "catch up" you make them run to punish them for being outworked.

@multifaceteduser3405 2 года назад

so basically work to your personal strengths and manage the team you got with their overall strengths, nothing new. it's why managers fail because they try playing players a certain way that don't suit them in turn making it harder for themselves.

@riser7795 2 года назад

imo its more of looking for space/running into space to make passing channels available. United attackers has been very static and not proactive in the past. ETH is probably looking to change that.

@mrreese2342 2 года назад

I mean I've a done an 11km run, an i was capable of running more, and those are professional athletes so i don't think 14km is extreme.

@Oliver-cn5xx 2 года назад

would it be possible to link the papers and journal editions cited?

@danielthorneley8363 2 года назад

If you lose 4 nothing then yes it's important how far you run

@thelonelyloner7 2 года назад

He needs the trust of the fans and the higher ups at the club. He is an elite manager with amazing ideas about football. He can't work wonders though. He needs time. United are where Arsenal where 2-3? years ago when Arteta first took over. It's a marathon not a race.

@zakdunstan 2 года назад

I thoroughly enjoy the tactical assessment of "running more gives a better chance of scoring" Who'd have thought that eh?

@darshannandasana9099 2 года назад

Man, ETH is gonna squeeze the life out of lazy players like Wan Bissaka and Maguire or make them leave. Both much better outcomes.

@senorsoupe 2 года назад

The obsession with running has produced a lot of players that can run really fast but have limited technical ability. See a guy like Dan James who is lightning quick but mediocre on the ball

@RFC_16 2 года назад

6:13 as usual, you forgot to update it.

@Viewer41 2 года назад

Yes it does! I don't care what the team style is or about any stats. These MILLIONAIRES are paid more money than their fans will ever see in a lifetime. The least they can do is work hard and show effort!

@davidfacina4239 2 года назад

Great style on the new animation!

@thatgeekdad 2 года назад

It is documented that Messi is the laziest, with regard to running, footballer currently playing. He walks about 80% of his matches and yet is productive in them. It's about spacing and reading. If you can see the flow of the game and put yourself into the right spaces, even with walking, you don't need to run. But then again, you have to be on a level of reading the game that Messi is and everyone but Messi can't do that.

@rachetmarvel931 2 года назад

I can already tell you that you are on some bs. ffs Cr7 presses less than Messi.

@HT3897 2 года назад

Yesterday in the match atletico-real Madrid, I saw the km covered by both teams towards the end of the match (ATL: 106.5 km vs RMA: 99 km) so I don't think it's the key factor for success

@ShankyLightfoot 2 года назад

I imagine it matters how far footballers CAN run in the context of a 90 min game, opposition adjustments, and the nuances of game play/tactical execution? Or is it run smart, not hard? or is THAT up to the coach? :D

@Auriflamme 2 года назад

It doesn't matter how far they run. What matters is who or what they're running away from.

@johnmcdonagh374 2 года назад

The question should be 'Can looking at a single metric tell you how much a team is likely to win?' answer: no

@harrybellingham98 2 года назад

ive heard the eth story running with them was fake

@phillipmukama6796 2 года назад

I would say yes becoz intensity is part of soccer

@kennycota5099 2 года назад

Part of the reason United's running distance was low is because players like Rashford, Ronaldo and Sancho don't press even when that's clearly part of ETH's philosophy. Look at the difference in how they played against Liverpool and it's clear that the message about running got through to some of them

@samsungsaracen 2 года назад

Kante runs alot Jorginho doesnt

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@philipcluff8170 Год назад

Patrice Evra said that Max Allegri made Juventus players run at least 12km during games, which doesn’t sound like much until you remember that those Juventus teams almost always dominated possession. Relentless!

@gandalf_thegrey 2 года назад

In the modern game running wide distances surely has its advantages for everyone. But I would still say it hugely depends on the played system and your position. I expect a CDM to run up and down the field, closing every gap he or anyone else can find. 11, 12, 13 kilometers are not unusual for that. I expect a "modern 10" to cover some ground as well, but not as much (Thomas Müller is running around 100 out of 90 minutes). but I would have never expected Pirlo to do this amount of legwork. He would have been wasted (and utterly useless since he moves like a 40 year old since he's 18) doing that.

@TheS0Lo1 2 года назад

For Messi/Muller: People will start and end their debate on offense with Messi’s Goals/Assists compared to Muller. Most people are completely ignorant of the defensive side on the game. (I.e. don’t value or acknowledge it) Anyone that played football, knows it takes 11 men to defend the pitch. When one player (Messi) does not contribute on the defensive press, it forces all 10 other players to pick up thier slack. Imagine defending and trying to win the ball back from your opponent with 10 men the whole match. This is what it’s like playing with Messi. He gives you absolutely NOTHING on defense. You can say, well he scores goals, he doesn’t have to play defense. I will say, you won’t win many trophies that way. Also, I don’t want a player like that on my team. Nobody is bigger than the team. Messi ain’t win that much since Xavi, Iniesta Pep Era. Messi is like KD. He needs a great team around him to do the dirty work. He is not like Jordan where he can elevate the players around him.

@tomislavsekerija1957TN 2 года назад

Comparism based just on numbers doesn't say much. You mentioned context and then compared directly only numbers of Messi and Müller just after. Messi is not good because he is not running. The same goes for Müller. But Elf showed in Brasil, how the beautiful game of football is played. It's simple - if you run more, you make your chances better.

@allcrazy7285 2 года назад

What idiotic channel. Boxing and football, if you don't dominate but it's like 60-40, the win can be in both side cause of 10 chances 1 will be goal. But it is surely that the dominating team who is more attacking and able to reach more in last half of opponent have much higher chance to win and that happens mostly. Running more means utilizing more player in attack or defense but more on attack as speed is crucial and gives like a tactical advantage then without of feeling like a man or 0,5 man more at that build up/chance. But really running more is 95% in attacking, and so now if you have run more neither less of tactics we know who was the dominating, efficiency and effectiveness is another thing, but mostly the dominating one wins much much more. If you weren't the dominating one you will have run less.

@istsotsi3635 2 года назад

Pls could you do a video on paolo monster as allegri replacement or just allegri replacement in general

@frankiegoh84 2 года назад

It would be interesting to see how much less a team can afford to run and still win games, and vice versa, how much more a team can run and still lose. Because I’m seeing the comparison is like maybe the team running less clocks 85-95% of the total running distance of the team running more. Maybe we can see how it goes if that percentage is 75%, or even close to 50%! I honestly don’t believe any team can even stay in the game properly if their total running is only 50% that of their opponent. As an Asian fan, I see the South Koreans consistently outrunning and outmuscling most other Asian team to win matches, yet the same tactic becomes less effective at the higher level as the running and muscle gap gets close up and the technical ability gap got expose. At the same time, the Japanese always seems to have so much possession at Asian level, they really look like they are passing the ball in circles between the halfway line and penalty box and forget where the goal is, their players look like they do less running and still control the game. And then their problem at the world level is somewhat the reverse of the Koreans, being not physical enough at times and out hit by bigger opponent who may or may not run more. And finally as a Singaporean, some of the first groans I always hear of my own national team is that my players “cannot run”, which makes this video about running even more interesting.

@peteraleksandrovich5923 2 года назад

So: running is important when it's important, and less/not important when it's less/not important. This is the brilliant insight I expect from The Athletic.

@soccerking710 2 года назад

I wonder how much running Barcelona did with tiki taka style of play? Quality over hard work seems to be the difference maker.

@Michael-cb5nm Год назад

Well-known Dutch coach Raymond Verheijen would say that running for the sake of running is a waste of training time, as there is no evidence that this carries over to the type of actual movement that occurs during the match.

@yunicoardianpradana7288 Год назад

erik ten hag give them a punishment to run 13,8 km because they were lazy ..... and in my opinion they deserve that punishment

@FlashMeterRed Год назад

a collective 13.8km is vastly different to 13.8km covered by every player

@shunsha8606 2 года назад

ETH makes his players run and it’s supposed to send a message. Conte does it, and it’s horrible, shouldn’t happen. Make it make sense

@apache1729 2 года назад

It matters when they lose 4-0. When you are paid with millions you should have blood and tears in your jersey after every game !

@Gissaxt 2 года назад

No context Tifo: “There has been some academic research that shows the advantages of running in football”

@tdraghi70 2 года назад

It doesn’t matter if you are 2011 Barca… 2022 United better run their butt off…

@Timbone07 2 года назад

Messi was told to run less to reduce injuries and prolong his career. Ronaldo Fenomeno might have hard a longer career if he controlled hid physical exertion

@v.slavov 2 года назад

Sometimes you need to sign players with three lungs to make your fantasy tactic work.

@Kronenbourg_1664 2 года назад

Running more tires out players as well which may lead to late goals conceded if everyone is knackered and off it

@nishantak911 2 года назад

Does anyone know where to get game by game individual running stats?

@haltuaketti420 2 года назад

You can run as long as you want but that wount make you win anything or be a better footballer. Football is not just running game it far far far more then that

@iwantgoals1566 2 года назад

The amount of running isn’t necessarily important but more the intensity of running depending on the system. In the first phase of TH system we need to press intensely to win the ball back quickly and dominate the ball. It’s roughly similar to Pep where he’s known to give his players a 30 second timer in training to win the ball back. For whatever reason we weren’t doing that against Brentford and the system collapsed.

@danielfrancis3660 2 года назад

This is turning out to be quite complex however putting the defensive side of the game to one side I believe the activities which lead to an increased number of attempts on goal is vitaly important.