When slowing down gives you the answer
Guys, this game was gold. Sant Just - Barça. Mia Ordeig you are a genius. Almost all the teams that promote to Ok Liga go back to OkLiga Plata that same season. Not Mia Ordeig’s Sant Just. They managed to get top 8 on their first season playing amazing hockey and this season. I cannot wait.
As a reminder, Follow this steps:
- Take a look at the video:
- Read and think about the analysis.
- Match the analysis and the video. Min 3:34
Spoiler alert, the most valuable text is the last.
As most teams do against Barça, Sant just is playing a really tight defence. A really common thing to do when you face an opponent that is one level up than you. Everyone plays their cards.
The key is I won’t give any space on the most dangerous areas and the key to break it is to create that space or expose some areas that are impossible to cover with this defence. Hold on tight because we are going.
The key here is what I call the accordion. Barça carries the ball to 7. Forcing on this way that all the defenders have to step down. 3 defenders in the area, 2 fully focused (shoulders and skates pointing at the ball) and 2 side ways, half and half. They are ready to help.Ferran Font (Barça Nº24) skates up to 3, slowing down there waiting for Llorca (Barça Nº44). Look at the defenders, the same as before, but now 3 are really close to the ball. Ferran puts a block on Llorca.
Llorca quickly opens the space passing towards 0. Look at the advantage and the space these 2 Barça players have. The one that receives is Sergi Aragones (Barça Nº55) that skates towards 9. This is looking to compress these 2 defenders back in 9. Aragones passes to Barroso (Barça Nº26) on the opposite side and at 0.
