Basics

In today's analysis, we delve into an Ok Liga regular day 18 match where Noia faced Reus, resulting in a 4-4 tie.

As a reminder, Follow this steps:

1. Take a look at the video: HIGHLIGHTS CE Noia 🆚 Reus Deportiu 
2. Read and think about the analysis.
3. Match the analysis and the video. It starts at 1:30.

I'm not going to type the exact minute of the actions, at this point you all should be able to see actions. 

This is a hard post to approach for me and I think it will be quite challenging for the reader. Let me explain myself. During this play there are a lot of movements we have seen before but one after another in a game situation. I usually try to isolate movements because they are easier to understand, just one thing at a time. 

Not now. Let’s get into it:

Sides

Always the beginning. Let me start when Xavi Rovira (Noia Nº 74) realises the ball to Ivan Morales (Noia Nº 97) who is on the opposite side. To make this exercise easier we are assuming that Xavi Rovira is at the weak side because is the side where less attackers are. 

Stopping the ball at 0.

Ivan Morales stops the ball at 0 while he is skating, getting a huge advantage. Morales skates close to the wall using the sides advantage. At this time Humberto Mendes (Noia Nº 32) does a high block and roll, cutting in. 

Using is zone 0 could be an important movement to get some space.