⚽️ DOWNLOAD THE ONEFOOTBALL APP HERE ▶️ http://tinyurl.com/y6mxzfya

Today we’ll be looking at why Julian Nagelsmann is the best young manager in world football, and why he could cause Manchester United problems when they meet in the UEFA Champions League.

At the age of just 33, Julian Nagelsmann is one of the most sought after managers in world football and especially after taking his side to a Champions League semi-final last season.

► SUBSCRIBE to STATMAN DAVE: http://bit.ly/StatmanDaveYoutube
► JOIN PATREON: https://bit.ly/StatmanPatreon

Let’s have a look at how it all started for the RB Leipzig coach. Who knew that a serious, playing-career ending injury combined with the opportunity to scout opposition for Thomas Tuchel would be the foundations for one of the best young managers in the game. When he was appointed as Hoffenheim’s head coach in October 2015, Nagelsmann became the youngest permanent manager in Bundesliga history and since then has proven himself to be one of, if not the biggest managerial prospect

During his time as Leipzig manager he’s used a variety of shapes and systems from back four’s to back three’s and has even created hybrid systems that defend with a back four and attack with a back three and vice versa.

Regardless of what Nagelsmann uses, his principles remain in place: high pressing, vertically progressive, attacking football. And his tactical changes aren’t just to cover for unavailable players, they’re to exploit or even to create weaknesses in his opposition. And Nagelsmann does this against some of the best defences in Europe.

We’ll use Atletico Madrid as an example. Simeone’s men have been one of the best defensively drilled sides for the past five years and shut down Jurgen Klopp’s free scoring Liverpool in the previous round. Nagelsmann however broke Atleti’s system. Setting up in a 4-2-3-1, Leipzig would defend in this shape but with possession, it would revert to a 3-4-2-1.

These tactics not only offered four players in central areas who both pinned and outnumbered Atletico’s defenders when Leipzig had possession, but without the ball, Leipzig could deal with overlapping full backs with their wingers whilst they outnumbered Atletico centrally. Nagelsmann created this variation in shape through two key players, the right winger, Marcel Sabitzer who’d move inside and the right central midfielder, Konrad Laimer, who would move outside.

This not only made great use of Laimer’s energy and ball winning ability as he was able to cover Atleti’s counter attacks down his flank, but it got Leipzig’s four most technical footballers, Sabitzer as we’ve mentioned, Olmo, Kampl and Nkunku, who are the most press resistant into central areas. Allowing the Germans to dominate possession in those areas.

Do you think Julian Nagelsmann is the best young coach in the world?
#Nagelsmann #UCL #AD

Socials:
🐦Twitter:   / statmandave  
📸Instagram: http://bit.ly/StatmanInsta
🖥See more at https://statmandave.com

________________________________________________________________________

► Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED
Track Name: "Smile"
Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @   / lakeyinspired  
Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4nR...
Official "LAKEY INSPIRED" YouTube Channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy...
License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) License.
Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ