IT WAS THE DEFENCIVE MINDED ITALIANS OF THE 1960s WHO DEVELOPED THE IDEA OF PLAYING A sweeper or libero WHICH MEANS A FREE PLAYER ON THE PITCH ...behind the marking defenderssss.His job is to cover the whole back line and also co-operate in OFFSIDE TRAP...a tipical italian mind...IT IS AN ULTRA-DEFENCIVE TACTIC...AND GRADUALLY THE THE TEAM WHICH IS FOLLWING THE TACTIC BECOME MORE N MORE ATTACKING AS THE TIME PASSES ON...THE BEST EXAMPLE IS OF 1970s GERMAN N DUTCH TEAMS...THEY CONSIDERED IT AS THE PRIME POSITION TO BREAK FORWARD N LAUNCH ATTACKSSS...IN A VERY SHORT TIME...AS GOOD AS A COUNTER-ATTACK...ITS A HIGLY SPECIALISED ROLE...ONLY FEW PALYERS CURRENTLY CAN DO THIS...AS SAID BY HARRY REDNAPP...MICHEAL BALLACK N PAUL SCHOLES...ARE BEST AT DOIN THIS...OTHER TEAM WHO GOT SUCCESS WAS AJAX AMSTERDAM...WHO WON UCL USIN THE SWEEPER SYSTEM WITH 1-3-3-3 FORMATION...THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THIS SYSTEM IS IF U USE SWEEPER SYSTEM N ENGAGE IT ON A SINGLE PLAYER...THEN U DO NOT NEED DIFFERENT PLAYERS TO COVER/OR DROP DEEP TO ACT AS COVER...IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS...U JUST NEED A SINGLE PLAYER...TO OUT SCORE THE OTHERSSSS...
Courtesy : book mentioned below
SOCCER SKILLS AND TACTICS BY HAARY REDKNAPP
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