Take a chance when defending corners
By David Clarke
It was during a
match I was refereeing last season that I first came up with the idea of
leaving defenders outside the penalty area when defending corners. One
of the teams I was refereeing managed to give away a goal at every
corner they faced in the first half and were 3-0 down at half time.
The problem was the
coach called all of his players back into the penalty area to defend the
corner. They were crowding out the opposition. To counter this, the
attacking team played short at the corner creating space on the edge of
the penalty area.
This made it easier
to get direct shots over or through the crowd of players. The goalkeeper
couldn't see the ball until very late and had little chance of saving
it.
When teams find this is happening to them they need to change their tactics to limit the number of attackers in the box.
I was reminded of
this because the same thing was happening to my team at the weekend. My
striker was wandering back into the penalty area rather than staying
outside ready to counter attack.
It made us very slow to get out and allowed the opposition to put as many attackers in our area as they wanted.
It doesn't just have
to be one player you leave outside the penalty area. At half time I
talked to them about leaving two or three players outside the penalty
area which then makes the opposition think twice about putting a lot of
players in attack.
It also gives you fantastic opportunities to counter attack.
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With fewer defenders, a team must identify the dangers posed by the attackers and counter them with close marking.
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The goalkeeper becomes much more important with space to come and claim the ball. Then the team can launch a quick counter attack to players outside the penalty area.
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The opposition may ignore your tactics and pack the penalty area giving it the advantage from the first ball in, but leaving itself badly exposed at the back.
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