Either of the coaches to feed a long ball over the top or along ground to Red #9
Black 2 and 5 need to close the gap between Red 7 and 11
Black 10 needs to close passing lanes off
Modification Coaches play out to wides players and see what happens.
Black 6 and 8 need to work together to block passing lanes to Red 9
Black 3 and 4 need to be free of man marking to cover through balls Keeper needs to be fast off line to cover the box
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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