General Playing Styles

In order to gain a better understanding of how the favorites for the upcoming world cup will play, it is important to have a general background of the standard playing styles that teams use in soccer. The different strategies that teams use vary in both their method and frequency of attacking, defending and possessing. We will take a closer look into the following styles of play:

Direct

Possession

Counterattacking

Total Soccer

Crossing

 

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Authors: Luke Berndt and Jake Seau

How to cite this article: “General Playing Styles,” Written by Luke Berndt and Jake Seau (2018) Soccer Politics Pages, Soccer Politics Blog, Duke University, http://sites.duke.edu/wcwp/tournament-guides/mens-world-cup-2018-guide/playing-styles-of-world-cup-favorites/general-playing-styles/ (accessed on (date))