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Formations


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By Bender Parma - 30 Apr 2014 7:58 PM

Is anyone out there able to list the formations that the different countries are likely to be using in the world cup.

I am not as up on these things as most people around here (as i only really follow and watch the socceroo games). But i am interested in looking at what different offerings are around nowadays.

Do Brazil still play a predominantly 4-4-2? Is the 4-3-3 that the New curriculum seems to prefer commonly used? Does every side play with a sole striker (it seems to be extremely common everywhere now from what i have noticed). Do any international sides employ a sweeper anymore?

Obviously Australia will likely be using a 4231 (although i think on Ange's evidence so far, he plays more of a 4-4-1-1 but is a discussion for a more specialised thread. But i am interested as to what other sides in the world cup are playing at the moment. Chille, Holland and Spain are the obvious starting point but any info others have on other countries would also be appreciated.
By Decentric - 8 May 2014 6:50 PM

Bender Parma wrote:
So if the Goalkeeper sits back and doesnt take on the sweeper role, it is a 4-4-2, but if matt Ryan (for example) is in goals, it is a 1-4-4-2?

Also, how is it written up, if the 4 at the back is a traditional back 4 with one sweeper and one stopper.


I think what you've posted is essentially the universal contemporary view of Holland , Spain and the writers of the FFA National Curriculum.

It is interesting to view footage of old games when players could play back to the keeper. According to contemporary football coach education, 80 percent of a modern keeper's touches are with the feet without handling the ball. So skill with the ball on the deck is much more important now for a keeper than it was .