Invitation marking in football

The concept of “invitation marking” is also very important; the defender can in fact induce the opponent with the ball to go in the direction desired by the defender himself (where the attacker is less dangerous, roughly in external areas, away from the goal) and invite him to his strong side. The defender’s ability to read the game is therefore essential to evaluate the following aspects as quickly as possible:

Is the opponent skilled with only one foot? Is it the right or the left?

Invite him to play on the side of the less able foot?
Do I invite him to the center because I am taking him to an area with a higher concentration of defenders?
Do I invite him to the center because he is good at shooting at the 2nd post and I want to avoid dangers in the subsequent development of the game?

If the defender decides to invite the attacker he must be sure that he is going in the direction desired by the defender. Therefore it is advisable to make sure that the forward line of the attacker does not pass inside the support base (lower limbs) of the defender.

1vs1 Marking

The goal of a defender in a 1vs1 duel is not to get jumped. Therefore, in general, when starting the defensive action, he must be able to accompany the attacker in possession of the ball. In addition, he must fake entry interventions on the ball (contrast) to alter the possessor’s perceptions of time and space. In the initial stages it is advisable to focus attention on the position of the ball because in the event of an opponent’s feint it could become unbalanced and favor the attacker’s dribbling. In this regard, today many players have altered this concept by marking the direct opponent by looking at his chest and letting go of eye contact with the ball.

Marking Opponent Back to Goal

The defender must get used to not making a foul and must not allow the opponent to turn around in front of the goal. Furthermore, it must not allow the attacker to exploit the figure of the defender himself as a pivot on which to rotate to jump him and then go to the shot.

Marking an opponent not in possession of the ball

The defender who marks an opponent not in possession of the ball must be good at being between the opponent and the goal and have the ability to visually control the opponent and the ball. The difficulties of the defender arise when he is no longer able to control the position of the opponent and the ball at the same time (unmarking of the attacker behind his back). In this regard, the defender will have to evaluate his own positioning by trying to read the opponent’s qualities (speed, physical structure, technical ability, etc.) and his position (far or near the goal to be defended).

The concept of “mark and cover”

The skill of a defender lies in continuously reading the game to understand how much he has to mark and how much to cover. In particular he must read the position of the opponent to be marked and the time and space conditions of the ball owner.

The more the ball is pressed, the more the defender will be able to mark the direct opponent.
The more the ball is uncovered, the more the defender will have to cover.

Last aspect we see, but not least by importance, it is the marking of the opponent who is to receive the ball. In this moment there is a transition for the defender and that is in a very short time he passes from marking an adverb without the ball to marking one with the ball. The defender’s ability lies in getting as close as possible to the opponent who is about to receive the ball when the ball is being transmitted from one player to the other. In the instant in which the direct adverb receives the ball, the stance becomes fundamental again. One of the biggest problems in organizing defenses often lies in the poor reading and marking skills of the protagonists who are jumped by their direct opponents, creating situations of inferiority behind them.

Punters are always looking for the accurate soccer prediction sites but sometimes it’s hard to tell which site can offer best and most authentic tips. If you are too looking for one such site then you can surely rely on soccerprediction.co. soccerprediction.co is since its inception offering different kind of help in betting especially in soccer. They have garnered a good many subscribers in shorter period of time due to their amazing and most helpful predictions..