10 has dropped to mark infield, allowing 6 to put cover on for the CBs. That means there is an overload in favour of blues at the back.
Red 9 should bend his run and deny 4 the option of switching through 5 also pressure the pass to the GKer. Red 7 then steps across cutting the passing line to 3 (jumping his marker 11 presses 2 to deny that option. the CM players then need to pressure any pass played into blue CMs. Blue 4 then either plays into CM with lots of pressure or plays long to where Reds have numerical advantage.
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