The aim of the book is to use the innovative attacking tactics of Pep Guardiola to create chances and score goals, with variations depending on the opposition players’ positioning and reactions within their formation (4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3 and teams with a back 5).

Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA ‘A’ Licence Coach and has used this analysis to produce 12 Full Training Sessions (70 Practices and Variations). You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Pep Guardiola’s attacking tactics and implement them into your training sessions.

Pep Guardiola’s Tactical Analysis:

1. Overcoming the Pressing of the Opposing Forwards
2. Positioning and Rotations with Inverted Full Backs
3. Creating and Exploiting Overloads in Wide Areas
4. Attacking Options when the Overload Out Wide is Blocked
5. Moving the Ball Wide and Receiving in Behind the Full Back (or Create Space for Inside Pass)
6. Combination Play Out Wide when the Overload is Blocked
7. Stretching the Opposition’s Defence and Switching Play
8. Attacking Options when the Attacking Midfielder Receives Between the Lines
9. Exploiting Space Created when the Opposing Centre Back Pushes Out to Press the Ball
10. Attacking Through the Centre with the Forward Dropping Back to Receive
11. Switching Play to the Weak Side when the Overload is Blocked Against the 4-3-3
12. Attacking Against a Back 5

• 180 Pages
• FULL COLOUR Print
• 56 Tactical Analysis
• 12 Sessions
• 70 Practices & Variations
• U14-Pro Level

Tactical Analysis and Session Topic Examples:

• Positioning and Rotations with Inverted Full Backs
• Creating and Exploiting Overloads in Wide Areas
• Moving the Ball Wide and Receiving in Behind the Full Back
• Stretching the Opposition’s Defence and Switching Play
• Attacking Through the Centre with a Third Man Run

Practice Examples:

• Rotating Movements with Inverted Full Backs in a Passing Rotation Practice
• Reading the Opponent’s Reactions to Best Exploit Overloads in Wide Areas
• Moving the Ball Wide and Receiving in Behind the Full Back in a Dynamic Game
• Attacking Through the Centre with a Third Man Run in a Functional Practice
• Stretching the Opposition’s Defence and Switching Play in a Conditioned Game

Major Honours

• UEFA Champions League x 2 (2009, 2011)
• FIFA Club World Cup x 3 (2009, 2011, 2013)
• UEFA Super Cup x 3 (2009, 2011, 2013)
• English Premier League x 2 (2018, 2019)
• German Bundesliga x 3 (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Spanish La Liga x 3 (2009, 2010, 2011)

Domestic Cups

• English FA Cup (2019)
• German DFB-Pokal x 2 (2014, 2016)
• Spanish Copa del Rey x 2 (2009, 2012)
• English EFL Cup x 2 (2018, 2019)
• Spanish Supercopa de España x 3 (2009, 2010, 2011)

Individual Awards

• FIFA World Coach of the Year (2011)
• European Coach of Season – Press Association (2011)
• European Coach of Year – Alf Ramsey Award (2009)
• English Premier League Manager of Season (2018)
• La Liga Coach of the Year x 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Athanasios Terzis

Athanasios Terzis is a football tactics expert and is regularly invited as an instructor to many coaching seminars and workshops around the world.

• UEFA ‘A’ Coaching Licence
• M.S.C. in Coaching and Conditioning
• Former Coach of several Semi-Pro Teams in Greece
• Former Technical Director of DOXA Dramas Academy (Greek 2nd division)
• Former Professional Football Player

Athanasios has written many successful football coaching books published by SoccerTutor.com, which have sold thousands of copies worldwide in multiple languages (English, Spanish, German, Italian, Greek, Japanese, Korean and Chinese):

• Creative Attacking Play – From the Tactics of Conte, Allegri, Simeone, Mourinho, Wenger & Klopp (2017)
• Marcelo Bielsa – Coaching Build Up Play Against High Pressing Teams (2017)
• Coaching the Juventus 3-5-2 – Tactical Analysis and Sessions: Attacking and Defending(2016)
• Jürgen Klopp’s Attacking & Defending Tactics: Tactical Analysis & Sessions from Dortmund’s 4-2-3-1 (2015)
• FC Barcelona Training Sessions – 160 Practices from 34 Tactical Situations (2013) 
  * Winner of Italian FA Award for “Best Coaching Book” 2014
• Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid – A Tactical Analysis: Attacking and Defending in the 4-2-3-1 (2012)
• FC Barcelona – A Tactical Analysis: Attacking and Defending (2012)

Level U14-Pro 56 Tactical Analysis 12 Sessions 70 Practices

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