This would have a number of longer-term consequences for the game in Italy as Dutch ideas infiltrated: defenders using a high line, the fashion of pressing, the new breed of “midfielder-defenders” and, eventually, the sweeper-keeper. It instead denotes the centre of a critical debate in Italy, which Cox uses to anchor his theories on tactical change in this fascinating retelling of European football since 1992.Ī central chapter describes manager Arrigo Sacchi’s desire to supersede catennacio systems that use man-marking and a sweeper. But to Michael Cox it means a lot more – and not just because it provided the title of the match analysis blog that first made his name. To most people, “zonal marking” is something pundits complain about when a goal is conceded from a corner.
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