The evolution of football formation and the explanation of various formations

When people talk about the World Cup football match, they often mention the team formation, such as the formation of one team is 442, the formation of the other team is 352 and so on. But people rarely mention the formation of teams in the game. What's the difference between formation and formation?

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Refers to the position distribution of players in the competition field, which is the basic form of the team's offensive and defensive strength collocation and division of responsibilities, and is the basic component of the team's competition tactics. Its purpose is to make every player on the court give full play to his personal wisdom and the offensive and defensive characteristics of the whole team on the premise of clarifying his basic position and main responsibilities, so as to defeat the enemy. The game formation people say refers to the number of people on each of the three lines of a team from back to front. Because the position of the goalkeeper is fixed, it is often omitted in the formation expression. For example, in the opening match of this World Cup, Germany adopted a game formation of 442, which means that the German team has four defenders, four avant-garde players and two strikers. Costa Rica's formation is 45 1, that is to say, Costa Rica has four players on the back line, five players on the avant-garde line and only one player on the forward line.

Formation is a more specific, rigorous and flexible application of formation in different competition situations. For example, in the opening match of this World Cup, in the 442 formation of the German team, four members of the avant-garde line basically maintained a parallel straight line position in the game, while five members of the Costa Rican avant-garde line often stood in two layers, two in front and three in the back, forming a 3-2 formation.

Formation is divided into two categories: overall formation and local formation. In the competition, the overall formation of excellent teams is generally about 35 meters deep and 40 meters wide, with clear lines and reasonable spacing. In some areas, the front and back positions of three people tend to keep a triangle, and the formation of four people tends to be a diamond.

Formation is an important basis for the effectiveness of a team's offensive and defensive tactics. Any team that can't maintain a good formation will be weak in attack and full of loopholes in defense. Reasonable formation attack is conducive to support, and defense is conducive to protection. The core of the perfect combination of formation and formation is to help create and use time and space in attack, and to help control and block time and space in defense, so that we are always in an active and favorable position in the game.