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Here are my insider tips about France and the French in case you’re heading this way for the Paris Olympics!

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⚽ 💡 Overloads, Isolations and Brazil 🇧🇷 Another interesting shape last night with Brazil playing without a traditional #9 against Costa Rica. Dropping the center forward deeper provided natural overloads and also allowed their full-backs to become the extra player on the inside channels and ask questions of Costa Rica's 5-3-2. Often overloads and isolations are viewed as being on opposite ends of the pitch, but Brazil's ability and comfort level in drawing opponent's into spaces, means that they can create this concept on the same side. Using inside and outside channels to compliment one another. (In the picture below you can see the Costa Rica RCB ready to support WB if Vini Jr gets on the ball.... but the Brazil left back Arana can run beyond and now occupy RCB, isolating Vini Jr) As Brazil overloaded those inside channels and progressed possession with full-backs Arana and Danilo, the spaces in those wide areas increased with Raphinha and Savio getting more 1v1 opportunities against the wing backs, particularly in the 2nd half. Did it work? Probably yes and no. Brazil dominated possession and the numbers underneath were really successful in counter-pressing moments. The challenge was that Costa Rica managed to recover centrally and get numbers around the penalty area - even with Brazil's magic in small spaces, it looked as if it was too crowded. Will be interesting to see if they stick with this moving forward....

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