Football has passed many stages during the last century, and many developments have affected the way of playing...I went back to some articles about this topic and briefed it like next:
1- England was using the 1-1-8 or 1-2-7 ways where individualism or the "kick and rush" strategy prevailed...
2- Scotland was using the 2-2-6 where team oriented skills were used...
3- Danubian school: In the 1920s, the Austrians, the Hungarians and Czechoslovakia took the first steps at building on the Scottish method. Playing a style that predicated on short passing and individual skills. This way generally employed a 2-3-5 system that had originated in England. By the 1930s, this style earned the term Wunderteam for the Austrians.
4- Italians under Vittorio Pozzo came up with the Metodo in the 1930s, which essentially asked players to be more responsible at the back end while using a creative midfielder. Result? Italy won back-to-back titles with the 2-3-2-3 formation. It was the beginning of sophisticated tactics that mark the carefully calibrated Italian style that remains until this day.
5- In the same decade, the Argentineans and Uruguayans (1930 World Cup finalists) opted for the 2-3-5 system of the Danube school. With this, the South Americans and Latin Europeans began to leave their imprints on the sport.
6- By the 1950s, the English at the international had remained oblivious to the goings on in world soccer. Choosing to cling on to their superiority, they quickly became obsolete in international soccer. Some say they have never recovered. While England slept, the Hungarians and Brazilians took the Danubian School to other places by reforming it to a 3-5-2 and eventually a 4-2-4. Brazil caught the public's imagination as they mastered the 4-2-4.
7- "catenaccio" or dead-bolt defense which employed a libero or sweeper. Mastered by FC Internazionale Milano and its Argentine coach Helenio Herrera it reached lethal perfection under the Italian national side.
8- Total Football: It remains the strict domain of Dutch football and Ajax in particular. It can be described as if every player is involved in every position during an entire game.
8- In the backdrop of these early inventions, modern formations were born. For example, the 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 being among the most popular. Even these have been adjusted to various degrees like:
If you note, the trend to defend more is increasing all over the world. Do you think we may see more clubs to play with 5 defenders and only one striker in the future??
1- England was using the 1-1-8 or 1-2-7 ways where individualism or the "kick and rush" strategy prevailed...
2- Scotland was using the 2-2-6 where team oriented skills were used...
3- Danubian school: In the 1920s, the Austrians, the Hungarians and Czechoslovakia took the first steps at building on the Scottish method. Playing a style that predicated on short passing and individual skills. This way generally employed a 2-3-5 system that had originated in England. By the 1930s, this style earned the term Wunderteam for the Austrians.
4- Italians under Vittorio Pozzo came up with the Metodo in the 1930s, which essentially asked players to be more responsible at the back end while using a creative midfielder. Result? Italy won back-to-back titles with the 2-3-2-3 formation. It was the beginning of sophisticated tactics that mark the carefully calibrated Italian style that remains until this day.
5- In the same decade, the Argentineans and Uruguayans (1930 World Cup finalists) opted for the 2-3-5 system of the Danube school. With this, the South Americans and Latin Europeans began to leave their imprints on the sport.
6- By the 1950s, the English at the international had remained oblivious to the goings on in world soccer. Choosing to cling on to their superiority, they quickly became obsolete in international soccer. Some say they have never recovered. While England slept, the Hungarians and Brazilians took the Danubian School to other places by reforming it to a 3-5-2 and eventually a 4-2-4. Brazil caught the public's imagination as they mastered the 4-2-4.
7- "catenaccio" or dead-bolt defense which employed a libero or sweeper. Mastered by FC Internazionale Milano and its Argentine coach Helenio Herrera it reached lethal perfection under the Italian national side.
8- Total Football: It remains the strict domain of Dutch football and Ajax in particular. It can be described as if every player is involved in every position during an entire game.
8- In the backdrop of these early inventions, modern formations were born. For example, the 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 being among the most popular. Even these have been adjusted to various degrees like:
4-4-1-1 (Italy and Juventus)
5-3-2 (Germany)
4-3-1-2 (Argentina)
4-3-2-1 (AC Milan and Barcelona)
4-2-3-1 (France, Spain and AS Roma)
5-4-1 (Liverpool in 2005)
If you note, the trend to defend more is increasing all over the world. Do you think we may see more clubs to play with 5 defenders and only one striker in the future??
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