Thiago Motta's 2-7-2 Formation Explained

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5 жыл бұрын

Thiago Motta, coach of Paris Saint-Germain’s U19s squad, made news when it was reported that he had stated that a 2-7-2 formation was the future of football.
When considered fully, Motta is simply using his goalkeeper according to the principles of positional play. It’s less fun than the headlines suggested, but it’s a lot more sensible.
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@mikhailmoodley8743 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao Thiago Motta clickbaited us all

@andrew7taylor 5 жыл бұрын

No, the journos who mistranslated his word did!

@febrianr8578 5 жыл бұрын

Even the journus didn't know if its 2-7-2 or 4-3-3.

@andrew7taylor 5 жыл бұрын

@@febrianr8578 - Everybody did who actually read the interview rather than just the soundbite. He said it openly that he means it left to right, not the usual back to front.

@febrianr8578 5 жыл бұрын

@@andrew7taylor maybe the reporter didn't get that. Idk

@Nooraksi 5 жыл бұрын

Yea Barca play the same way for the long time, but first time I noticed midfielder droping between 2 Cb defenders is in 2013 final Swatseinger vs Borussia!

@fahada1921 5 жыл бұрын

Good lord. 2-7-2 HORIZONTALLY!! In other words, 4-3-3.

@Brynhildrify 5 жыл бұрын

Or 3-4-4 reverse vertically

@suleimanmustafa1473 5 жыл бұрын

Or 3-2-2-3

@ddddirge 5 жыл бұрын

4-2-3-1 around the beginning of the century was also revolutionary too...

@MrGts92 5 жыл бұрын

You mean like the video already said.

@LiamCookland 5 жыл бұрын

Did ya not watch the vid

@GrinspoonPHD 5 жыл бұрын

Next I'll tell you about the 0-11-0 formation

@azmizulamin797 4 жыл бұрын

GrinspoonPhD actualy most important part is movement player on situation..🧐

@ramtur2891 4 жыл бұрын

Its 11.0.0 cuz everyone is defender

@Jeonex 4 жыл бұрын

0-0-11

@reflex2999 4 жыл бұрын

*Keeper has left the ch-BOX*

@putatankinamall7168 4 жыл бұрын

Or the 0-0-11

@eypokpem1 5 жыл бұрын

So basically its a formation everyone's already been using for years.

@gameplaytv1374 5 жыл бұрын

But with more movement. He takes the horizontal perspective with the justification of having 3 options, which means the gk and the striker both need to move and pass way more.

@blackman2080 5 жыл бұрын

Which makes for very risky yet beautiful attacking football

@gentlemanghost5993 5 жыл бұрын

That is true, but this was meant how he uses it differently

@fahadchughtai2744 5 жыл бұрын

@@gameplaytv1374 Didn't Pep at Bayern with Neuer in goal do that too?

@adamlund2299 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's the formations that everyone has used for years, but all of them, at once. The fluidity is its entire point.

@flatearthfatboy9589 5 жыл бұрын

So it's just a 4-3-3 played with Johann cryuff's total football mentality

@hamzamir15 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@nictheperson6709 5 жыл бұрын

You've just described a big chunk of possession based 4-3-3 teams.

@alejandrovarelas8838 5 жыл бұрын

Yes except ultra aggressive playstyle w a bigger presence from gk?

@francelonelo9187 5 жыл бұрын

fun fact: thiago motta is one of la masia home grown player, even he shared same role as pep when he is still trainee on la masia. that's why he developed his own formation based on cruyff idea

@morganstokes1930 5 жыл бұрын

Now imagine cruyff thought of this ages ago... way ahead of his time.

@28tommyP 5 жыл бұрын

Hugo Lloris isn’t a sweeper keeper! He just goes wondering off sometimes.

@yogeshwargupta6919 5 жыл бұрын

Probably because of those bottles... In all honesty though, after his errors in recent games, he does play more like a traditional keeper now rather than sweeper one..

@way5426 5 жыл бұрын

Karius?

@ls1883 5 жыл бұрын

He's not a sweeper keeper, he's a French keeper. Says all you need to know about his positional awareness.

@foreignbag8861 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@thomasstanden550 5 жыл бұрын

CandySon If you agree your not a true spurs fan, probably a armchair supporter

@user-fv1wb9sq3u 4 жыл бұрын

Video title: *exist* Jose: I'll show you 10-0-0

@f.b.i7388 3 жыл бұрын

Jose would probably do more like a 0-0-10 😂

@bachpham6862 3 жыл бұрын

@@f.b.i7388 More like 0-0-10 until you score a goal and 10-0-0 for the rest of the game

@f.b.i7388 3 жыл бұрын

@@bachpham6862 exactly 😂

@awesome_hh7002 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot the subs 18-0-0

@ebubechukwudi8044 3 жыл бұрын

this one got me. Nice joke

@hakim6158 5 жыл бұрын

The translation caused a huge misunderstanding

@veryrisku1119 5 жыл бұрын

More like the media rushed the story and sensationalized it for more clicks

@azizb5625 5 жыл бұрын

lol no motta did it on purpose for clickbait it was said this way in french too, he wanna make people hear of him and of qatar saint germain that is it, a pure marketing club

@arj290 5 жыл бұрын

So it was a clickbait...

@classicbananamilk 5 жыл бұрын

who the heck expresses formations horizontally

@FranJav507 5 жыл бұрын

A visionary

@jeffreyjeffrey1935 5 жыл бұрын

@@FranJav507 No a nigga

@djibrilr6s 5 жыл бұрын

LMAO ask it to the dummies who translated

@ouie-fl4qo 4 жыл бұрын

Motta, clearly lmao

@canarycatchup 3 жыл бұрын

Thiago Motta

@georgetware2098 5 жыл бұрын

Joe your buttery narration is Devine

@ishmealoj 5 жыл бұрын

divine*

@Doodoofart725 5 жыл бұрын

@@ishmealoj ... It's a joke, the narrator is called Joe Devine.

@ishmealoj 5 жыл бұрын

@@Doodoofart725 my bad, pardon me

@Doodoofart725 5 жыл бұрын

@@ishmealoj No problem haha, it's an honest mistake :)

@jackplant6903 4 жыл бұрын

0-0-11 no goal keeper, no defence, no midfield, just forwords

@NDCSD 4 жыл бұрын

Zero-zero-one one No goal keeper, no defense, no midfield, just four words

@ryan_lmao 4 жыл бұрын

plant1 03 I genuinely played that on Fifa 09 cause I knew jackshit ab tactics, tbf I was only 5

@qwertyuiop5734 4 жыл бұрын

What about 5 words?

@Raazseven 4 жыл бұрын

Could not like cause u had perfect 69 likes

@user-uz8cm2rw7v 4 жыл бұрын

jack plant “four words”*

@user-wl5td3ii6w 5 жыл бұрын

Thats 433 with high pressure playing out from the back and wing overloads. Exactly what most clubs play rn

@seyamrahman1002 3 жыл бұрын

Dont forget the midfielder dropping to cb

@jonathanlemonwrestlingshow9251 Ай бұрын

It’s very popular formation 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@francelonelo9187 5 жыл бұрын

I'm slightly disappointed that you didn't underlined the fact that thiago motta is one of la masia alumni. i think this could be clearing the explanation of how he got the ideal for his formation come from. since any of la masia trainee really need to understand any circumstances of the school thought, such as using sweeper keeper as pivotat role to build up possession, and using the space efficiently to make any opportunities. that's why you quickly find similarity between pep and motta, since they are home grown students come from la masia. interestingly, both of them had started they career as cdm, since cdm are most versatile role in their school of thought who need to do transition quickly between attacking and defending, thus make them both need to have great understanding on how the formation should be work. anyway, this video is really good explanation. keep do post any good summary next. (sorry for my bad english)

@joaobarreiromoreira 5 жыл бұрын

Your comment is enlightening, mate. Thanks for pointing this. Greetings from Brasil.

@francelonelo9187 5 жыл бұрын

@@joaobarreiromoreira thanks, happy to see any brazilian appreciate this comment. greetings from indonesia

@drake6547 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for this. Haven’t been disappointed. As usual great video👍

@stewiegriffin3017 5 жыл бұрын

When i have money, i’ll support this channel for sure.

@zwei2576 5 жыл бұрын

golovin press how many KZfaq accounts do u have Suraj?

@stewiegriffin3017 5 жыл бұрын

@@golovinpress6492 Did you have stones for breakfast?

@vedhanthrathod6576 5 жыл бұрын

@@stewiegriffin3017 yes maybe he eats stones and rocks for Breakfast

@kirai8174 5 жыл бұрын

@@golovinpress6492 im sure you have a tall iq

@Ulquitous 5 жыл бұрын

golovin press what someone wants to do with his money is completely personal. And he surely didn't ask for your advice.

@Jevandrixx 5 жыл бұрын

GKs need to be as accurate as Pirlo from now on...

@lasa0031 5 жыл бұрын

great goalkeapers were always great distrebuters , buffon ,casillias ,dida,neuer .this misconception that they werent is kinda annoying

@sayeedmatin5357 5 жыл бұрын

@@lasa0031 lmao remember Casillas's distribution at the WC 2014? They weren't always good distributors, we only started to see keepers who are comfortable on the ball after Neuer was introduced. He innovated the 'sweeper keeper' role

@lasa0031 5 жыл бұрын

@@sayeedmatin5357 no there were sweeper keepers before neuer, and you are judging cassilias based on his worst tournament that ruined his career, its like saying de geas shot stopping ability is aweful because of how bad he was for spain. 1 bad game vs netherlands and you discredit his entire career, the emmergence of good ball distributing goal keepers wouldnt have been so fast if it started in 2014, you cant tell me that in 4 years every goalkeeper decided to become a master passer .

@andrew7taylor 5 жыл бұрын

@@sayeedmatin5357 - Don't take the Casillas of 2014 to be the Casillas as he always was. It was one of del Bosque's mistakes to play him well past it because of loyalty. The Casillas who was on top of the world 2000-2010 was extremely confident & composed with the ball at his feet.

@nictheperson6709 5 жыл бұрын

Goalkeepers don't need to have the distribution of an outfield player because they pass with less pressure and usually pass to players in space

@jimk1507 5 жыл бұрын

monaco at 2014 with claudio ranieri 7-1-2

@alejandrovarelas8838 5 жыл бұрын

Or Bayern today,but let's see what happens when a team playing like that so much high up the pitch with their keeper what happens when they meet a player like KDB,Pjanic or Pogba who can launch a ball into the net from halfway across the field 😂

@eliad6543 5 жыл бұрын

Or Liverpool last season 1-2-7

@mrjoe9256 4 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahahah im italian but really good irony, he have defensive mentality

@YaBoyRagnarsty 3 жыл бұрын

@@alejandrovarelas8838 how ya feeling now that Bayern team has won the CL? 🤣🤣🤣

@Tobbymano 5 жыл бұрын

A very good video, you explained really well how people misunderstood the 2-7-2 Motta was talking about. He learnt possession game from Guardiola but from Laurent Blanc too when he was at PSG

@fabiomoura7047 13 күн бұрын

Bro was playing the long game! Worked 5 years later. Very impressive with Bologna this year! 👏🏼

@DrunkMelon 5 жыл бұрын

Thiago Motta tryna be a Walmart Cruyff😂😂

@ricovanpoppel146 5 жыл бұрын

Motta is a legend

@abdifatahmusse9369 24 күн бұрын

It aged well 😂😂

@Bart_Allen_YT 5 жыл бұрын

Happy new year to all at Tifo Football. May you keep making quality videos and podcasts.

@hussainpainter52 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, I really had some other ideas about Thiago Motta's 2-7-2 formation when I heard it news. Thanks for clearing it up

@612ent7 8 ай бұрын

Now it's a reality

@Aaron-iv8hg 5 жыл бұрын

why can't he just say 4-3-3 instead of 2-7-2 to sound revolutionary

@zeybarur 5 жыл бұрын

To sound revolutionary.

@chanachon56 4 жыл бұрын

I think its because that he's referring to a concept more than a formation.

@sujubeun9498 4 күн бұрын

To BE revolutionary

@MrDumpster2222 5 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video guys. The quality content you put out on a consistent basis is near unmatched!

@randyberghout278 5 жыл бұрын

As always, great content. Straight to the point and very entertaining.

@kolen126 Ай бұрын

Now he's cooking

@se1397 5 жыл бұрын

I needed this video. Very good as always!

@Anon-si7ur 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing level of detail with drawing the youth players

@husseinjmakshofi2697 5 жыл бұрын

Reinventing the wheel a bit. Great video, very informative.👍🏽🙏🏽👏🏽.

@manatsonsalewa4080 5 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this!!!! Happy new year TIFO fans

@veryscarygoat 5 жыл бұрын

If anyone's been watching Bielsa's Leeds United team this season the dragging of the opposition team to one flank has been a regular feature. The amount of times the ball switches flanks finding the likes of Alioski/Harrison/Clark on their respective wings in, at times, acres of space is impressive

@ikennaenwelum7798 5 жыл бұрын

Bloody hell, things are getting more eccentric....

@ahanksen 5 жыл бұрын

It's a 4-3-3

@aiman6814 3 жыл бұрын

Ahan Sen 2-7-2 is still 2-7-2 even it’s basically 4-3-3

@soumyolinrc 4 ай бұрын

Here after Bologna's rise in Serie A this season

@UserName-br5zu 2 жыл бұрын

This explains why he has a 21.88% win ratio in management lmao

@KaboKeboletse 5 жыл бұрын

Another top notch video, keep up the good work

@mich5698 5 жыл бұрын

Class as always 👏

@saradmatthewtigga4413 5 жыл бұрын

Great Job as Always!

@Shnickle 5 жыл бұрын

Great work once again, from an extremely underrated channel

@minglunkoh5058 5 жыл бұрын

Do Hassenhuttl's Southampton! They have impressed and improved drastically under him, winning against arsenal and drawing against Chelsea

@idrisidowu6246 4 жыл бұрын

And get whoop by burnley recently

@Jarno04 4 жыл бұрын

And losing 0-9 against leicester

@idrisidowu6246 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jarno04 🤣🤣🤣

@deeqcade8142 4 жыл бұрын

On a paper it is a 4-3-3 formation which is mostly used for attacking purposes.

@alexpattle96 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys!

@charlieallan5318 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, good to have it broken down 👍🏻

@ray8kz 4 жыл бұрын

Who's here after Motta first match in seria A with Genoa?

@lemauntory2951 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for explain deeply on this formation

@rishavbadola7357 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is all one needs to go from a casual viewer to someone who understands the game

@hanwenyap 5 жыл бұрын

I thought I've seen this video on Tifo recently. Is this a re-upload?

@danchef8823 5 жыл бұрын

Yazza Yap you saw it on either Onefootball or statman Dave...they are the clickbaits he’s talking about

@ChiamamiFITZY 5 жыл бұрын

Mandela effect perhaps?

@kendo5862 4 жыл бұрын

Next episode we review formations diagonally with the 3 4 3 1

@Calmaressurgebat 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@raffaderhein2887 5 жыл бұрын

what software do you use to animate player position movements?

@garethbatchelor3305 5 жыл бұрын

This is why I love this channel... You asked what videos, we would like and then you make them... Utterly world class, keep it up

@jeremychor4268 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice this in the Bundesliga yesterday? Gulasci, Trapp and Sommer were quite aggressive with their positioning when their sides were dominating possession

@saadmehdi7697 5 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for a better explanation about his comments, thanks

@ArdikaPercha 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, this idea for improve my tactic in football manager game

@michaelramone9262 5 жыл бұрын

Doubt that this would work in footie manager 😂, great work as always tifo!

@BrendanP 5 жыл бұрын

Great analysis!

@elgilitoarenas 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@eskeeeet 5 жыл бұрын

Bravo, guys! Keep it up!

@suyash4891 3 жыл бұрын

Well, Iceland showed us the classic 11-0-0 formation in the last WC.

@godbrakkagodbrakka7944 5 жыл бұрын

You are the first one, that can describe this 2-7-2/4-3-3 super easy, thx i'll take a try with a similar tactic on fm19

@cokiyi1379 9 ай бұрын

Motta was cooking something

@Matt-ss8mj 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid!

@sheezysteezy 8 ай бұрын

They laughed at him, but with PEP’s box midfield and 4 starting centre backs, City at times play a 3-6-1 which is closer to 2-7-2 than ever lol

@nananou1687 Ай бұрын

Not quite. City has a lot of movements in half space. He is fine with half spaces, but even more with zones

@jean-ub9ke 5 жыл бұрын

great video, great explanation. Alisson just found that side gap against city

@sertusdionyol 5 жыл бұрын

In the hamburg diagram, there was 10 players not 11,making it look like a 3-3-4 without a GK. Still, a great video!!!

@jomz7152 5 жыл бұрын

Crease my back out if this ends up on fifa

@whiplash7400 5 жыл бұрын

4-3-3 is already in fifa

@BGdroopy 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite channels

@titascorporation2670 Ай бұрын

in 2024 after he did it with bolonga

@zakbarakat6767 5 жыл бұрын

I think the 3 - 4 - 3 formation is the future of football...its the most fluid system where defenders can become attackers and attackers can defend

@kurokutetsuya1752 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video. I would like to see your take on Pulisic to Chelsea.

@SB7G4 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is class

@mohamedelfarahaty8100 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Tifo

@aspire3161 5 жыл бұрын

Never disappoints.

@therecklessengineer5796 5 жыл бұрын

Smart man. Didn't even know motta was managing - i do now

@SankalpJain-vh8wn 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@StriderDSC 5 жыл бұрын

Seems like he has pulled all the best training and schemes from every club he played at. Good on him!

@kushpatel9979 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is so underrated

@giusepped3327 4 жыл бұрын

Who's here after Thiago Motta has been announced as new Genoa coach?

@selormagbemadzo8112 5 жыл бұрын

Please do one on Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Love the vids by the way keep up the good work.

@amiinofficial6272 2 ай бұрын

Now he is emplemented it in bologna. And it is working very well so far.

@DavidBowman-pj2lc 7 күн бұрын

This formation is about to tear up serie a next season

@ikdixon 4 жыл бұрын

Almost every formation is a 2-7-2

@gedeonmutomba8740 26 күн бұрын

Here after 5 years

@kendo5862 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to pre-war tactics of the 0-0-11 formation taking a resurgence

@AustrianCitizen 4 жыл бұрын

4:52 yeah, like the video title, right?

@adamspringler5797 4 жыл бұрын

Lol did Thiago Motta expose Pep Guardioloa's secret tactics? Also, it's not that Motta lied, he just was looking at the white board sideways...

@oleeejek 2 жыл бұрын

So 2-7-2 is actually 4-1-4-1. That's a revolution in football. Never seen something like that before. oh, wait ...

@donvalentinoproductions78 6 күн бұрын

No 4-3-3

@ai8907 5 жыл бұрын

Young managers of today can revolutionize the game. They should be given a chance.

@millymahinra3900 5 жыл бұрын

It is what is happening these days we have many 30-44 yr old managers

@beencxzy996 5 жыл бұрын

A I pep revolutionized modern day football, he started all this and he was young when he won two ucl from sir Alex ferguson an OG manager.........now look at football today and all the young coaches.....because of pep

@ai8907 5 жыл бұрын

@@beencxzy996 it was actually cruyf that revolutionized football, pep improved upon his work. But pep is a great manager

@miistercrayon 3 жыл бұрын

Using the formation numbers on a vertical basis makes sense because there’s asymmetry in the vertical direction (2 strikers vs 4 defenders). But this makes me wonder if asymmetry horizontally would make sense ever. Probably not unless you’d be happy to get whipped on the low numbers side. I guess you could illustrate the width of the team (eg more dense wing play would be a 3 -5 - 3)

@geanykade4168 4 жыл бұрын

Legends say if u use 11-0 formation.. ul end the season undefeated

@ZakariaQurbac 4 жыл бұрын

Am studying managerial skills and tactics and I must say, this is SMART

@deinmastevens2273 5 жыл бұрын

You guys keep blowing my mind.. Oh my goodness

@izwansabri3663 5 жыл бұрын

4-1-4-1. Wow such ingenuity!

@jonathanlemonwrestlingshow9251 Ай бұрын

Something Manchester United need 😊😊😊😊😊😊

@necromax13 5 жыл бұрын

What a revolution. A 433. Wow.

@erinchilds3152 5 жыл бұрын

amazing channel

@ilovehonglong 5 жыл бұрын

Seems many people dun understand what Motta is talking about. What Motta is trying to do here is not invent a new set of formation. He intends to provide a new perspective to more accurately reflect the mechanism of the 4-3-3 system.