Carlos Retegui about their mixed system and new defensive trends

He describes what Argentina played in Rio. Three at the back, individual pursuit, and one of the two central midfielders dropping in as a free defender on the line of the ball, with zone from the twenty-two forward. He prefers mixed because chasing a man through a rotation frees the space you just left. The fix is swapping marks in front instead of following your player across. Read the full write-up of this conversation.

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