FB defensive runs we want to see

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These are the type of recovery runs we should be seeing when a ball is played forward into the vacated area from the full back.

1. The nearest centre back needs to come out to close down the space from the forwards run.

2. The nearest of our two holding midfielders, rather than making a recovery run into a wide area, this run should be a straight line run to fill in for the centre back. This allows the other centre back and the opposite full back (in this case our left full back) to think about tracking their attacking runners rather than worry about the possability of an extra unmarked forward run. 

3. The full back that is high, makes a straight line run to double up on the wide attacking run. This allows us to double up on the wide palyer with the ball, or if too far to get back and double up, it allows us to stop any supporting run that could be made from their full back.

4. Our secind deep midfuelder tracks their most advanced central midfilder, the concentraction is to make sure they get goalside of that players run. Our 3rd central midfielder works hard to pick up the next most advanced midfielder. 

But making these slight changes to our defensive recovery runs, it blocks off all possible spaces which could cause us problems.

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