America is off to a good start in the tournament Guard1anes 2021 from MX League. The numbers have it as one of the most productive offensives, one of the least scored defenses and a harvest of points that today places them with the assured repechage, with the intention of obtaining the direct ticket to the big party in recent five games of the regular phase.
The way in which the Eagles have approached their matches so far this semester has generated divided opinions, as some consider that those of Coapa they have not been entirely showy in their victories, while others have highlighted the way the Indiecito has sorted their team from the back forward, with order as a recognizable face in their encounters.
What is a fact is that behind the team that the Argentine coach leads there is a work in which there is an evolution in his football concepts, one of them is the way in which his managers apply a high pressure to be of retrieve the ball as soon as possible when they don’t have it, as well as try to steal it as far away from their goal as possible.
The numbers in this regard indicate that the azulcremas have evolved over the past six months, as they allow their rivals a smaller margin of action with the ball before stripping it.
As an example of this, we can use the following explanation:
PPDA (passed for each defensive action). This metric answers a simple question: how many passes does the opponent make for each defensive action on my team?
Rival passes / Defensive actions (innings, interceptions, fouls, duels). Therefore, the lower the PPDA, the greater the defensive intensity exerted.
From this, the previous semester had this record:
Guard1anes 2020 PPDA average: 9.2 / The party with the most pressure was 4.78 and the one with the least pressure was 19.8. This means that America’s opponent who was most pressured was able to make 4.78 passes before losing the ball, while the one with the most room for maneuver gave almost 20 passes before losing the ball..
For this tournament, things are like this:
Guard1anes 2021 with Solari average of PPDA: 8.6 / The party with more pressure was of 3.56 against Sants in Day 4 and the one of less pressure: 17.8 against Puebla in Day 5.
If anything privileges this one America is to try to get the ball back early and in a favorable field area. Proof of this is the game against Mazatlan, Where you can see the number of balls recovered in front of the midfield.
America recovered many balls in the field of Mazatlán.
To be able to apply effective high pressure you need a good physical background in America. Knowing this, the technical body headed by Santiago Solari made changes in physical preparation.
Previously, priority was given to work that sought to improve muscle mass and now, to which it points Bruno Militano is to give footballers greater resistance to wear and tear, so sessions are focused on aerobics.
In addition, another benefit is that the number of injuries has been greatly reduced as the muscle fatigue, tugs and tears they went down remarkably.
Like this way, America shows week by week the fruit of his work and goes for the total consolidation of a style that he hopes will yield you good dividends.