I played for several teams in the Greek professional leagues. At the age of 29 I stopped playing and focused on studying football coaching. I have been head coach of several semi-pro football teams and worked as a technical director in the Academies of DOXA Dramas (Greek football league, 2nd division).
I wrote and published two books "4-3-3 the application of the system" and "4-4-2 with diamond in midfield, the application of the system".
I decided to proceed in something more specific so coaches would have an idea of how top teams apply the same systems.
Analysing games tactically is a great love and strength of mine. I think teams only have success when they prepare well tactically.
I have watched Barcelona in most of their league and Champions league matches for the last seven years and less frequently over the past twenty years. I believe that this Barcelona side is by far the best Barcelona I have ever seen. Their attractive style of play and success in winning trophies has made them the best side in the world.
I have analysed Barcelona’s tactics for this book, which together with the teams’ incredible technical ability allows Barca to perform their attractive brand of football.
I watched every Barcelona game in the 2010-11 season creating a set of highly detailed notes on each. I watched many of the matches over 20 times. The matches were separated according to the opposing team’s formation.
These books are made up of over a 1000 hours of extensive tactical research and analysis of Guardiola’s Barcelona side.
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