Out of the box: Julien Stephan zit sinds 9 januari zonder club. Veel van jullie zullen denken; wie?
@Voormalig KG jij kent hem ongetwijfeld nog wat beter.
Julien Stephan, pas 42 jaar, maar met al een aantal jaren ervaring. Nam in december 2018 de leiding over bij Stade Rennes, stond op dat moment 14e in de competitie. Wist de beker te winnen, de kwartfinale van de Europa League te bereiken en uiteindelijk 10e te eindigen. Het seizoen daarop was hét seizoen van Stade Rennes waarin zij 3e werden. Werd later coach bij Strasbourg waar hij knap 6e mee werd.
https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/05/analy ... trasbourg/
Wat tactische zaken:
"While Strasbourg largely allow their opponents to play their usual style (as indicated by the strong correlation between Strasbourg’s opponents’ possession against Strasbourg and their possession when playing other teams), they make life harder for the opposition by adjusting their own tactical set up."
"Strasbourg are largely a direct, fast-moving side. Their attacking speed upfield is 1.6 metres per second, the eighth-fastest in the league. They average 34.9 passes per shot, the third-lowest in the league, indicating they don’t pass it around much to move the ball up the pitch.
They also attempt 59.1 long passes per game, the third-highest figure in the league. The team style comparison below places them in the ‘fast and direct’ quadrant."
"Many good attacking sides these days, like Erik ten Hag’s Ajax and Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta, seem to be defined by their movement off-the-ball in possession. Stéphan’s Strasbourg are yet another example. The most striking feature of Strasbourg’s attacking play is what the players do without the ball, with lots of positional rotations, interchanges, and third-man runs enabling progression into space.
When Strasbourg have the ball in the opposition’s half in their 3-5-2, the wing-backs start high and wide, almost in line with the two strikers, while one of the number 8s, usually Adrien Thomasson, joins this near-front-four in making runs in behind. When a player (or two) drops back, drawing out a defender, another player makes a well-synchronised attacking run into the space that the other player vacates."
"Strasbourg attempt the fewest dribbles in the league, no doubt related to their emphasis on off-ball movement. The lack of focus on dribbling indicates Strasbourg break defensive lines and get past opponents by positioning players between the lines and delivering passes to them, rather than by dribbling past players. Stéphan’s side play the most passes per minute of possession in the league (23.2), showing they don’t hold onto the ball for very long between passes."
"In Ligue 1, Strasbourg have the seventh-lowest PPDA (passes per defensive action in the middle and attacking third; a lower PPDA indicates a more intense high press) with 12.3, and make the most ‘high turnovers’ (possession wins within 40 metres of the opposition’s goal) with 9.6 per game. 1.5 of these high turnovers per game also lead to shots, highlighting how their pressing is an attacking weapon, too.
While they don’t seem to attempt to press the opposition centre-backs or goalkeeper, with the strikers cutting off passing options rather than looking to win the ball aggressively, they do seem to press the next stage of the opposition’s build-up, especially out wide."
"As a result of this narrow defensive starting position, opponents tend to play longer passes against them to play around the block. Opponents attempt 60 long passes against Strasbourg per game, which is the highest in the league.
Plus, because Strasbourg restrict central passing options well, with their largely player-oriented press, opponents have to pass it around a lot before being able to create chances, indicated by Strasbourg conceding the most passes per shot in the league with 45.6."
"An upshot of Strasbourg’s defensive shape is that they don’t let the opposition into central areas close to their goal. As we can see in this chart, Strasbourg concede the fifth-fewest entries into the box."
