Zonal Marking. Michael Cox

      

Copyright

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      Source ISBN: 9780008291167

      Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008291150

      Version: 2019-05-07

      Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Contents

      5  Introduction

      6  Part One – Voetbal, 1992–96

      7  1 Individual versus Collective

      8  2 Space

      9  3 Playing Out from the Back

      10  Transition: Netherlands–Italy

      11  Part Two – Calcio, 1996–2000

      12  4 Flexibility

      13  5 The Third Attacker

      14  6 Catenaccio

      15  Transition: Italy–France

      16  Part Three – Foot, 2000–04

      17  7 Speed

      18  8 The Number 10

      19  9 The Water Carrier

      20  Transition: France–Portugal

      21  Part Four – Futebol, 2004–08

      22  10 Structure

      23  11 The First Port of Call

      24  12 Wingers

      25  Transition: Portugal–Spain

      26  Part Five – Fútbol, 2008–12

      27  13 Tiki-taka

      28  14 False 9s & Argentines

      29  15 El Clásico

      30  Transition: Spain–Germany

      31  Part Six – Fußball, 2012–16

      32  16 Verticality

      33  17 Gegenpressing

      34  18 Reinvention

      35  Transition: Germany–England

      36  Part Seven – Football, 2016–20

      37  19 The Mixer

      38  Epilogue

      39  Bibliography

      40  Acknowledgements

      41  List of Searchable Terms

      42  Also by Michael Cox

      43  About the Publisher

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