Schematic Analysis of the 4-4-2 National Team U19 a la Shin Tae-yong, Adaptation of Viktor Maslov

KOMPAS.com – Coach and manager U19 national team Indonesia, Shin Tae-yong, has provided a little description of how to play for football lovers in the country.

Games Indonesian U19 national team slowly began to develop from three friendly matches against Bulgaria, Croatia and Saudi Arabia.

Two of the three matches, Shin Tae-yong’s squad suffered a defeat.

They lost 0-3 to Bulgaria, then ran aground in front of hosts Croatia with a score of 1-7.

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Then the Garuda Muda squad was able to rise against Saudi Arabia. Had the highest 0-3, they were able to equalize 3-3 at the end of the match.

Regardless of the result, which can be said to be reasonable because it is still in trial, it is interesting to see the 4-4-2 formation that Shin Tae-yong applied in these matches.

Launch Antara News, the adoption of the 4-4-2 scheme appears to have evolved over time.

As a goalkeeper, Muhammad Adi Satryo has always been the player of choice for the South Korean coach. He is irreplaceable.

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In front of him, there are four defenders, with center-backs Komang Tri and Rizky Ridho, including Ahmad Rusadi, often from the first minute.

Pratama Arhan, Mohammad Yudha, Bayu Fiqri alternately are in fullback right or left. Shin usually puts up Bagas Kaffa in the second half.

As a central midfielder, Shin puts two players who are fighting for the ball as well as a good quality feeder. This is where the role of David Maulana is irreplaceable. His partner is Komang Teguh Trisnanda who is more inclined to survive.

Two times Komang Teguh accompanied David in the starting eleven, namely against Bulgaria and Croatia.

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Meanwhile, when dealing with Saudi Arabia, David partnered with Brylian Aldama, a midfielder who is also good at anticipating opponent attacks.

Parallel to the two central midfielders, there are two wings that are relied on to pound the opponent’s defense while securing the U-19 national team’s wide side. Here, Shin relied heavily on Witan Sulaeman.

Irreplaceable Witan partnered with Andi Irfan, Sandi Arta or Khairul Zakiri.

Irfan Jauhari and Saddam Gaffar were assigned as two attackers, with Braif Fatari as an alternative.

Viktor Maslov

The 4-4-2 formation used by Shin Tae-yong was first developed by the coach from the Soviet Union, Viktor Maslov.

Maslov, who was born on April 27, 1910 in Moscow, got his 4-4-2 inspiration from the 4-2-4 formation which was famous in the 1950s, one of which was because he was used by the Brazilian national team when he won the 1958 World Cup.

“Football is like an airplane. When the speed increases, you have to make the head more efficient,” Viktor Maslov was quoted as saying Antara News.

With a 4-4-2, the wing attackers in the 4-2-4 formation are pulled back into a wing midfielder or a wide midfielder (wide midfielder).

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They are one unit with central midfield. These midfielders are required to be involved in both attacking and defensive games.

The 4-4-2 formation requires the team to continue flowing the ball quickly. When the ball is controlled by the opponent, they form a zone defense to narrow the enemy’s attack area.

In his writing entitled The Beautiful Game as a Soviet Game: Sportmanship, Style, dan Statecraft during Golden Age of Soviet Soccer (2018), Caleb Wright said Maslov did not like players who dribbled for too long.

That principle made Maslov not hesitate to get rid of winger and Dinamo Kiev star Valeriy Lobanovski when he coached the Ukrainian team from 1964.

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Maslov himself finally succeeded in bringing Dinamo Kiev to the Soviet League title three times when he was there in the period 1964-1970.

Basically, in Maslov’s 4-4-2, all players are obliged to help the defense and try to get the ball as soon as possible by cutting the opponent’s passes.

This method became known as the suppression tactic or pressing.

Especially for central defenders, they must also have a good ability to anticipate air balls. The forward duo is also required to work alone at any time without support from midfielders.

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When in attack position, each player (outfield players) including the center-backs from time to time advancing to the opponent’s territory, provided that the other players must close the space left by the defender.

According to UEFA A license holder Timo Jankowski in Successful German Soccer Tactics-The Best Match Plans for A Winning Team (2015), the 4-4-2 method introduced by Maslov tends not to leave empty space in midfield.

“This system does not provide much open space for players in midfield. Creativity has to come from the wings,” Jankowski was quoted as saying on the same page.

Adapted by Shin Tae-yong

We can see what Jankowski said when the Indonesian U19 national team competed in Croatia.

When facing Bulgaria on Saturday (5/9), this 4-4-2 system has been implemented but has not produced a goal. U19 national team players are still looking for comfort in making the formation successful.

This is understandable because several names in the squad such as David Maulana, Mochammad Supriadi and Komang Teguh Trisnanda are accustomed to competing in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation while still strengthening the U16 national team and the U19 national team under coach Fakhri Husaini.

The 4-4-2 formation appeared to be running when it lost 1-7 to Croatia on Tuesday (8/9). Indonesia’s goal by right-back Amiruddin Bagas, after receiving a cross from left-back Pratama Arhan, resulted in an attacking scheme that started from the center.

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Pratama Arhan receives a shot of the ball won in midfield before sending assist for Bagas.

The widened movements of the U-19 national team players were increasingly sharp and effective when they held the draw against Saudi Arabia 3-3, Friday (11/9).

In that match, Shin Tae-yong slightly changed the 4-4-2 formation to 4-4-1-1 with Irfan Jauhari as the spearhead because Saddam Gaffar was not fit enough to play from the first minute.

Behind Irfan is Braif Fatari. Apart from these changes, the concept of playing Garuda’s youth squad is actually the same since the duel with Bulgaria.

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Increasingly accustomed to Shin Tae-yong’s strategy, the U19 national team looks confident in the match against Saudi Arabia.

Despite trailing 0-3, the players from the defensive line remained calm and did not give up on creating opportunities. The goals came one by one.

The process of the first goal made by Irfan Jauhari began with the movement of center back Rizky Ridho Ramadhani who ran alone to a third of the defense of Saudi Arabia.

When Rizky attacked, the captain David Maulana closed the space he had left.

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Rizky then lured to Witan Sulaeman on the wide side of the field and then forwarded the ball to Irfan Jauhari who turned it into a goal.

The presence of Braif Fatari in front, who is actually a midfielder, has made Indonesia more free to control the ball in the opponent’s defense.

It was seen during the second goal, where Braif sent the ball first to right-back Amiruddin Bagas who ran and then recorded an assist for Saddam Gaffar’s goal.

The third goal by Braif Fatari in the dying minutes was dramatic. However, center back Ahmad Rusadi played a big role in the creation of this goal.

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Seconds before Braif celebrates his goal, Rusadi neatly stops the movement of Saudi Arabian Hazza Alghamdi who runs after getting a wild ball due to David Maulana’s mistake in midfield.

The ball then continued to be rolled forward until it reached Witan’s feet from the right wing, who passed to the scorer, Braif Fatari.

The staging of the goals shows how the U19 national team is getting used to the 4-4-2 formation, also the 4-4-1-1, Shin Tae-yong.

The players look ‘fluid’, fill each other and understand each other’s tasks. Braif Fatari’s performance is also promising when competing as an attacker.

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A little information, placing a player who is originally a midfielder on the front lines was once done by Shin Tae-yong, when his South Korean team beat Germany 2-0 in the 2018 World Cup.

Shin at that time played midfielder Koo Ja-cheol to accompany Son Heung-min as an attacker in a 4-4-2 formation.

Returning to the U-19 national team, Shin Tae-yong admitted that he would not be fixated on a single formation for the squad prepared for the U19 Asian Cup and the U20 World Cup in 2021.

“Everything depends on the availability of players and the match situation,” said Shin.

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However, there is no meaningful strategy without being physically adequate. The better the physical condition, especially the stamina, the more the players will concentrate on maintaining and implementing tactic changes until the match is over.

That is the reason why Shin Tae-yong is very keen to fix the physique of David Maulana et al.

The 51-year-old coach said, “Players lose focus due to lack of stamina, which leads to less well. ‘cover play‘.”

“As a result, we concede frequently. If the stamina and physicality of the players are good, the defense will be more solid.”

This article was published on Antara News with the title “Shin Tae-yong, U-19 National Team and Viktor Maslov’s 4-4-2 Formation”, Click herei to read.

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