Pierre-Alexandre Conte

A lot of people wondering what Rosenior means by “new way of pressing” because as many have rightfully pointed out, it’s a 4-4-2 deeper block shifting into a more man oriented press Since Rosenior joined, the way he creates his +1 in the last line has been by making distances larger to jump, for example, while both midfielders have individual references, one will usually be significantly deeper than the other, until they are triggered to jump via their reference being activated (getting the ball) In which case, as that player jumps, others slightly retreat, increasing their distance to jump up, but decreasing their distance to help the deeper defensive unit (as the +1 in the last line for example) On the occasion for Newcastle’s goal, their deep right-sided rotation (Livramento inside and Murphy dropping deep) confused the references to jump man for man ~ Caicedo has to be more half and half so he can jump to Livramento on reception