Danke, SC Paderborn! ❤️ Moin, Hannover 96 👋

DOOR 24 2-3-1-4 against 5-3-2 Team: SC Paderborn Season: 2022-2023 Coach: Lukas Kwasniok

DOOR 23 5-2-3: Guiding opponent into half-space to trigger the press, pushing up collectively, finding far wingback on the counter Team: FC St. Pauli Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Fabian Hürzeler

DOOR 22 Pushing up to press against a back 3 from 4-4-2, isolating opponent on the wing Team: Hamburger SV Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Tim Walter

DOOR 21 Use of cover shadow to guide inside in pressing (4-2-3-1) Team: SV Elversberg Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Horst Steffen

DOOR 20 Fluid change between 3-box-3 and 4-box-2 in possession Team: Hannover 96 Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Stefan Leitl

DOOR 19 Inverted right back, isolating left winger 1v1 Team: Hertha BSC Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Pal Dardai

DOOR 18 Goalkeeper chain, rotations in midfield (3-5-3) Team: 1. FC Magdeburg Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Christian Titz

DOOR 17 Individual pressing behavior by CM in 5-3-2 Team: SV Darmstadt 98 Season: 2022-2023 Coach: Torsten Lieberknecht

DOOR 16 Offensive patterns in 3-1-4-2 Team: Werder Bremen Season: 2022-2023 Coach: Ole Werner

DOOR 15 4-2wide-4 attacking structure: Dominating transitions and attacking depth Team: SV Elversberg Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Horst Steffen

DOOR 14 Attracting pressure against man-oriented pressing, playing purposeful long balls Team: Holstein Kiel Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Marcel Rapp

DOOR 13 Occupying spaces, not positions. Movement and flexibility instead of set structure. Team: Karlsruher SC Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Christian Eichner

DOOR 12 Establishing possession off throw-ins: Blocking to find a free man, switch side to release pressure Team: FC St. Pauli Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Fabian Hürzeler

DOOR 11 Walterball Team: Hamburger SV Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Tim Walter ttx

DOOR 10 High pressing in 3-3-1-3 versus 4-2-4: Running through to goalkeeper, isolating on the wing Team: Hannover 96 Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Stefan Leitl

DOOR 9 How to counter from a 5-2-3/5-4-1 Team: SV Wehen Wiesbaden Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Markus Kauczinski

DOOR 8 Flexible positional play with inverted right back and roaming 10 Team: 1. FC Nürnberg Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Cristian Fiél ttx

DOOR 7 How to counter from a 5-3-2 Team: Eintracht Braunschweig Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Daniel Scherning

DOOR 6 Total football. Team: Bayer Leverkusen Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Xabi Alonso

DOOR 5 Transitioning from deep defending to high pressing using a back 5 Team: Greuther Fürth Season: 2022-2023 Coach: Alexander Zorniger

DOOR 4 Attracting pressure in 4-3-3, releasing through wrong footed full-back, high positioning of central midfielder between the lines, double wing occupation (2v1 on far side) Team: Fortuna Düsseldorf Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Daniel Thioune

DOOR 3 Going up from Amateur level to European football: Discipline, running volume and intensity, balance between man-marking and covering depth (yes, that’s Germany‘s current starting striker Tim Kleindienst running into the back line) Team: 1. FC Heidenheim Season: 2022-2023 Coach: Frank Schmidt

DOOR 2 Goal kick variation: 2v1 with goalkeeper, overload on last line Team: SC Freiburg Season: 2023-2024 Coach: Christian Streich

DOOR 1 Interactions in 4-2-4: Attracting pressure, Movements on last line, Third man, Box Occupation Team: FC St. Pauli Season: 2023-2024 Coach Fabian Hürzeler

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