![]() ![]() Vieira expects central midfielders to take a more progressive, active role in attacks. This makes the midfielders (including the wingers) the key link of the team. When they lose the ball in the opponent’s third, they stay in the offensive formation and using counterpressing try to get the ball back immediately. ![]() In attack we often see 4-2-3-1, where the wingers support the striker and try to receive the ball between the lines while Palace build up the action. In lower pressing zone it can be more 1-4-3-3 or even 4-1-4-1 setting up the second line in their own half of the pitch. ![]() When opponents hold the ball in their own third, Vieira presses high in 1-4-2-3-1 shape with active participation of offensive players. The functionality with which Vieira changes shapes within the 1-4-3-3 shows the direction the manager wants to go: control possession. The shape of his formation is evolving and he tries to maintain a balance between 1-4-1-4-1 (less often 1-4-2-3-1) in defence and 1-4-2-3-1 (less often 1-4-1-4-1) in attack. Patrick Vieira‘s 1-4-3-3 formation seeks to maintain defensive solidity while emphasising ball possession and clear rules of play in attack. ![]()
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