This drill requires 11 players in total. Blue team are defending = 5 players. Red team are attacking = 5 players and one goalkeeper. The red central midfielder will start with the ball, they will be closed down by the blue midfielder and they must make a decision to play a wide ball to the right hand side or the left hand side. Once the wide player has got the ball they must beat the full back and get a cross into the box. The wide player should be instructed to stay in their box. The two red strikers will then make a run into the box and try get in front of their defender to score past the goalkeeper
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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