Pressing and preventing counterattack - Barcelona FC

Goal

Equipment

Preparation

Playing area: 30x40 meters / 33x44 yards
Players: 9 + 2 goalkeepers
Running time: 16 minutes
Series: 2 of 6 minutes with a 2 minutes pause of active recovery between the series

Summary	Secondary Objectives
Simplified game to train pressing and prevent counterattack	Defending Principles, Compactness, Defensive shape, Management and limitation of risk, Pressing, Horizontal pressing

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