Jurgen Klopp and the press that defined three clubs
Gegenpressing, not possession, was the organising idea behind Klopp's Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool sides, and it shaped everything from training to trophies.
Arrigo Sacchi
Italian coach whose zonal pressing AC Milan side reshaped European defending.
Arrigo Sacchi's Milan and the Zonal Pressing Revolution
Sacchi's Milan replaced man-marking with a compact zonal 4-4-2 that defended as one unit and pressed high. Much of Europe spent the next decade catching up.
Catenaccio and the Italian Defensive Tradition
Catenaccio is often caricatured as pure negativity. Its history is more interesting: a precise set of ideas about marking, cover and counter-attack.