Friday, June 11, 2010

Football - strategies

The World Cup begins today..
From http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/06/09/world.cup.bluffer.guide/index.html?hpt=C1 -

3. Total football
A football philosophy developed by the Dutch in the 1970s in which every outfield player is able to play in the position of any of his teammates. According to football aficionados, this makes the team structure completely fluid, adaptable and ultimately difficult to play against. It nearly worked for the Netherlands, but not quite.

4. Route one
The antithesis of Brazilian flair. It usually involves a more "industrial" method of kicking long aerial passes from defense to big, physical players in attack. Not pretty but it can be very effective.

World Cup Schedule - http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/64/42/24/2010fwc_matchschedule_3004_en.pdf
Indian time = S. African time + 3.5 hrs

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