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And finally, teams must create their own threat on the ball if they are going to get results from their strong opponents.
South Africa took 14 possessions to South Korea’s seven in the match and had just 31% possession.
Their ability to deliberately get the ball upfield rather than playing long from the goalkeeper was key to this.
The forwards who performed well often played short of goal kicks, drawing pressure from the big nations who were pressing before moving into space.
We have seen the likes of Cape Verde, Iraq and South Africa use short goal kicks.
The idea is to create a large distance between players and opponents who want to press man-to-man must run a large distance to close down the opponent. During this time, defenders can search for midfielders and forwards in space.
