COMComo 1907Club page
RBLRB LeipzigClub page
Squad value€539.55m
Squad value€530.95m
Key playerNico Paz
Key playerCastello Lukeba
Head coachCesc Fàbregas
Head coachMartín Demichelis
Como 1907 press high and RB Leipzig insist on playing out through it. Expect the ball lost in dangerous places.
Como 1907 commit to keeping the ball and RB Leipzig are waiting to break the moment they lose it.
Como 1907 and RB Leipzig both come after the ball high up the pitch, so it keeps changing hands in dangerous areas.
Como want the ball and almost everyone is on the move, so there is nearly always a team-mate free in front of the man on the ball. Nico Paz, the full-backs and the wingers never stand still.
“I giocatori di Fàbregas hanno sempre le idee chiare sulla giocata da effettuare in fase di costruzione e di rifinitura, perché il movimento continuo di tutti gli elementi – soprattutto di Nico Paz, dei due terzini e dei due esterni offensivi – crea sempre una linea di passaggio verticale.”Fàbregas's players always know exactly what to do with the ball when building up and when creating chances, because the constant movement of everyone — above all Nico Paz, the two full-backs and the two wide forwards — always opens up a forward passing line. our translation
They are not romantics about it. Once they are ahead, Fàbregas will happily throw on an extra defender and sit in a flat five to see the game out.
“al minuto 65′, il cambio Kempf per Diao ha determinato il passaggio a un vero e proprio 5-4-1 difensivo, da parte della squadra di Fàbregas”on 65 minutes, bringing Kempf on for Diao switched Fàbregas's side to a genuine defensive 5-4-1 our translation
The second Como lose the ball they swarm back at you straight away, right inside your own third. Losing possession to them near your own goal is dangerous.
“Fabregas vuole una squadra aggressiva nella riaggressione.”Fabregas wants a team that is aggressive in winning the ball straight back. our translation
New coach, new tempo. Leipzig want the ball but they also want to win it back fast and go straight for goal the moment they do.
“The former Bayern defender wants RB to play with intensity, aggressive pressing and quick vertical attacks after turnovers without surrendering possession and control entirely.”One midfielder stays home; the other two sprint past the striker into the box. Both full-backs push right up the touchline, and the second the ball is lost everyone piles in to get it back.
“Demichelis took the same positional six, the same adventurous eights, the same aggressive full-backs and the same immediate transition pressure into his first competitive match.”Expect Leipzig to keep the ball far more than the old Red Bull stereotype suggests, while still swarming you when you have it. The attacking players swap positions constantly.
“Demichelis, dessen Role Model sein langjähriger Coach Manuel Pellegrini (Malaga, Manchester City) ist, lässt ein 4-3-3 spielen mit viel Ballbesitz und aggressivem Pressing, mit agilen Außenverteidigern, wechselnden Rollen im offensiven Zentrum, einer Sturmspitze und technisch versierten Innenverteidigern.”Demichelis, whose role model is his long-time coach Manuel Pellegrini (Malaga, Manchester City), has his teams play a 4-3-3 with a lot of possession and aggressive pressing, with mobile full-backs, changing roles in the attacking centre, one striker up front and technically accomplished centre-backs. our translation