Football formations have gotten weird? Or have they?

Today we take a look at why teams take up so many different structures - sometimes shifting between multiple shapes in the same game. Is it just a case of ‘modern tactics’, or something else?

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Sections:
0:00 Formations are a lie?
0:46 Girona vs Manchester City
1:50 Position matters
4:00 Michel’s 3-1-6
7:00 The era of the positional coach