I’m back with a new quartet of LibroFutbol books that have been translated and are now available for purchase in English. All these books are currently available at LibroFutbol.com. Each of these books involves an in-depth tactical analysis of a single innovative coach.
FOOTBALL ACCORDING TO KLOPP by Alejandro Gomez Escojar
182 pages
With Kloppo winding down his time at Liverpool and eying at least a temporary retreat away from the coaching spotlight to Mallorca, now is the perfect time to look back at his wildly successful approach to the game. His tactics, strategies, and team behaviors at both Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool are deconstructed in great detail using matchday images and video links. The offensive, defensive, and transitional phases are all covered separately.
Recommended to coaches and players interested in studying Klopp and his tactics, as well discerning fans of Klopp, BVB, and Liverpool FC
Available from LibroFutbol for $29.90
NAGLESMANN TACTICAL by Adria Milan
170 pages
Bursting on the scene with his incredible work with the TSG Bundesliga’s Hoffenheim, he’s arguably the first and foremost among the new breed of top managers who “never played at the top level” and is currently the youngest coach of the German National Team in almost a century (Only Otto Nerz was younger when he took up the position in 1926). This book focuses on his successful spell at RB Leipzig, which led to much less successful spell at Bayern Munich. Through still images and video links, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of Naglesmann’s Systems of Play, tactics in the Offensive and Defensive Phases of Play, the Atttack-Defending and Defending-Attacking Transitions, and his Attacking and Defending strategies on set plays.
Recommended to coaches and players who are interested in studying one of the game’s best young coaches, as well as Bundesliga and RB Leipzig enthusiasts.
Available from LibroFutbol for $27.90
TUCHEL TACTICAL by Carolos Dominguez
134 pages
Next in the pantheon of young top-level coaches who made the breakthrough to the highest levels of management is Thomas Tuchel, and this book follows the same spirit as the previous two, using still images combined with video links to provide a rich tactical analysis of his work, focusing mostly on his Chelsea career. The author breaks down the coach’s offensive tactics in the Buildout, Creation, and Finishing phases, plus the Transitions from the Defensive Phase. The Defensive Phases are analyzed in terms of preventing penetration in the opponent’s Buildout and Creation phases, plus defending in the final third and the Transitions from the Attacking Phase. Set pieces on both sides of the ball are also covered.
Recommended to coaches and players interested in studying Tuchel and his tactics, and fans of Chelsea FC looking for deeper insights into the Champions League winning side of 2021.
Available from LibroFutbol for $27.90
ANCELOTTI TACTICAL by Jonathan Fernandez Rodriguez
132 pages
Although Ancelotti is obviously not a German coach, he DID coach Bayern Munich (and win a Bundesliga title) in his single season there, giving me the tenuous excuse needed to add him to this list. Rather than focus on any one station in his illustrious career, this book examines the adaptations and evolutions along a coaching path that has taken him through a variety of leagues, cultures, and challenges. The book starts off with his time at PSG, the first coach entrusted with the club’s petrodollar resurgence, before tracing his career through Real Madrid, Bayern, Napoli, Everton, and then back to Real Madrid.
At each stop along the way, the book uses still images and video links to analyze and dissect his team’s varying formations and behaviors in the various phases of play, including buildout play and positional attacks, tactics in the defensive phase, pressing schemes, and tendencies on set plays on both sides of the ball.
Recommended to coaches and players who are interested in studying one of the 21st centuries most important coaches, as well as all football fans who consider themselves to be students of the game.
Available from LibroFutbol for $29.90
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