This book analyzes how Guardiola, Alonso, and Arteta build their game under pressure — and provides tactical details and ready-to-use coaching sessions to help you train these methods with your own team.

Whether your team struggles to build under pressure, or you want to offer your players more structure and clarity when exiting defense, this book offers a practical tactical framework to beat pressure and build confidence from deep areas.

What's inside?

• Tactical solutions for developing the game against various styles of pressure and defense
• Proven models for development systems with 3 or 2 defenders
• 47 detailed coaching exercises with progressions to simulate match-day pressure
• Step-by-step coaching instructions and progressions to develop the team's collective perception with possession
• Position-specific details to improve decision-making and player coordination