![]() ![]() Benfica's defensive efforts in the wide areas, getting numbers around the ball, mean that Carlos Augusto and Davy Klaassen find themselves smothered and the home side force the turnover. In these clips we see how the Benfica full-back and wide attacker both press at the same time – in the first, João Mário presses the wide centre-back Yann Bisseck as Morato closes down Matteo Darmian.Ĭlip 2 offers more of the same: we see Morato and João Mário working in tandem once more on the left, and then Fredrik Aursnes and Ángel Di María doing the same on the right side. It is their pressing that is the focus of Clips 1 and 2 in the video above. Roger Schmidt's side set up in a 1-4-2-3-1 but defensively moved into a 1-4-4-2 and their organisation was good – they were mobile, disciplined and co-ordinated in their pressing. In the Zone: Benfica's defensive organisation ![]()
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