Netherlands’ First Goal Against Italy

If you watched my previous video Italy’s first goal against Netherlands, and if you didn’t, you can watch from the link now, this time in the end of the attack, Bergwijn will be free. But it will be harder because he is already in half-space. So in a central space. So Italy defenders already have to be careful about covering him. And this time, Italy’s left back Dimarco knows that Bergwijn could be dangerous and takes position closer to him.

But Bergwijn’s teammates help him to have more space and freedom. Weghorst runs diagonal and pulls Italy’s left stopper to himself. Wijnaldum runs diagonal too and pulls Italy’s left back to himself.

So when the ball reaches to Bergwijn, he is free to shoot. With these movements, Netherlands players pulled Italy defenders to more central spaces but also created a completely free opportunity for Bergwijn in a less central space but also, still Bergwijn’s space is central enough for a really great shooting opportunity. And Italy’s none of the players are able to cover him.

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