THE KEY TO THE GAME: HOW MODERN FOOTBALL WORKS

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What’s a “false 9”? And why are goalkeepers suddenly playing like defenders? In his new book, Tobias Escher explains the fundamentals of modern football. Using the four-phase model he explores all the relevant details about every player position, every play situation and every tactical challenge. It provides amateur and professional players and coaches – or just ordinary fans – with a valuable new resource that will make them see the game with different eyes and gain a deeper understanding of what’s happening on the pitch.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 21.04.2020
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-00198-7
  • 240 Pages
  • Author: Tobias Escher

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THE KEY TO THE GAME: HOW MODERN FOOTBALL WORKS
Tobias Escher THE KEY TO THE GAME: HOW MODERN FOOTBALL WORKS
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Tobias Escher

Tobias Escher is the co-founder of the award-winning blog Spielverlagerung.de . He also analyses Bundesliga games for a web show called Bohndesliga produced by Rocket Beans TV. As a freelance journalist, Escher writes for Die Welt  and the football magazine  11 FREUNDE . In 2013,  Medium Magazin  named him one of Germany’s top ten sports journalists. His most recent books published by Rowohlt include  Der Schlüssel zum Spiel  and  Was Teams erfolgreich macht .