Play Like Hungary – Scoring from corners
1. The cluster
- Players gather in a tight space on the edge of the penalty box.
- During the ‘run up’ phase of the taker, the players de-cluster and sprint into different areas of the penalty zone.
Advantages
- Hard for opposition to man mark
- Attacking the ball on the run
2. Man marked players
- Players line up – expecting to be ‘man marked’
- First 4 players run towards the goal taking their markers with them
- The back player runs across the penalty spot unmarked (marker being blocked off) and finishes from a cut back
Advantages
- Free shot with the boot
- Likely to take a positive deflection
3. Corner of the ‘D’
- Players bunch up at the corner of the ‘D’
- 1 player at the near post runs towards the taker and plays a ‘wall pass’ with the taker
- The taker then drops a softly weighted pass to the deep support player
- The support player looks to shape a fast delivered cross away from the goalkeeper onto the on rushing pack of attacks who attack from back to front
Advantages
- Surprise
- Attacking the ball on the run
- Large space between defenders and goalkeeper
