A soccercoach thinks a lot about soccer. You need to determine which idea you stand for. There are a large number of concepts you can apply to your team. For example, you can play a dominant kind of football (attacking) or you can react on that which your opponent does (defensive). In my opinion these are the only two concepts which benefits your squad the most.
Whatever concept you aplly, your team needs to work together. The formation is the most important aspect. Although some coaches think it's better to adjust the formation based on kind of players in the squad, I think the standard formation comes first. After this you can make slight adjustments depending on the squad.
Let's start setting up a concept for a defensive kind of play. Most teams play in a classical 4-4-2 formation, like the US and England in the world cup. Always start with deciding what to do when the opponent have ballpossession.
First, you want to mark the two forwards. You should cover them with three defenders. Two defenders to mark the forwards thight, and one to cover the space behind.
After this you should mark the opponents wingers, so you need two full backs. This way, your formation consists five defenders.
Second, you need two central midfielders to cover the opponents central midfielders. Now, there are some options you have left with your remaining three players. You can choose to play with three strikers, or you can play with an extra (creative) midfielder and two strikers. I would pick the last option. You need a creative player who can feed the two strikers.
Your formation should look like this: Formation
Very important is to play with low pressure. You can't play with high pressure because you don't have enough players to put pressure on your opponent so your strikers will waste energy.
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