a écrit le 3 février 2014 à 12h02 All of these statements seem to be in keeping with Finke’s philosophy which Gef’s Football Club outlined in June last year on the eve of the German’s first competitive game in-charge of the four times African Champions. Finke is all about a high pressing game, fluid tactics formations and a focus on the team and not individuals.
At the time this blog wondered if a team so used to playing deep and soaking up pressure to strike via counter-attacks would be able to morph into a Barcelona type pressing team? Well, they didn’t have to become Barcelona. He simply chose the people who were ready to follow his instructions and style regardless of whether they played regular football in their teams or fans fancied them or not. It meant a rather difficult start with defeat to Togo (though the result was overturned by FIFA), a goalless draws in Congo and Tunisia, a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Libya before a well deserved 4-0 thrashing of Tunisia in Yaounde in November.
But surely even Finke realises that a lot of work remains to be done.
At the time this blog wondered if a team so used to playing deep and soaking up pressure to strike via counter-attacks would be able to morph into a Barcelona type pressing team? Well, they didn’t have to become Barcelona. He simply chose the people who were ready to follow his instructions and style regardless of whether they played regular football in their teams or fans fancied them or not. It meant a rather difficult start with defeat to Togo (though the result was overturned by FIFA), a goalless draws in Congo and Tunisia, a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Libya before a well deserved 4-0 thrashing of Tunisia in Yaounde in November.
But surely even Finke realises that a lot of work remains to be done.
