Why do many football teams now use double striker styles less?

This is a great question and has great discussion value. Indeed, many giant teams now use double striker styles less, and it turns out that there will be more.

For example, Manchester United's Black Wind Double Shark combination, York and Kerr, Manchester United liked to play 442 back then, with two midfielders equipped with two wing forwards, and then partnering with two forwards, which is very threatening;

and Wenger's Arsenal also likes to play 442 formation. The two forwards are Henry and Borgkamp, ​​and the two cooperate very well. One person is responsible for connecting and connecting, while the other person scores and scores, switches to each other, and cooperates with the routine of cutting inside the wing forwards such as Pire and Yongbery, and plays very well.

In other teams, Juventus has Piero and Trezege, Real Madrid has Raul and Morientes, and there are also many classic routines of 442.

In that era, the configuration of double strikers would be mainstream, and the tactics of 442 and 352 would be used very frequently.

However, this phenomenon began to change after 2005. With the rise of the 433 routine, the routine of wingers' inward cutting and center fulcrum support has become more and more perfect. Many teams have begun to abandon double strikers and start to face the combination of three strikers.

Usually the team will switch back and forth in tactics such as 4231 and 433, and few teams will use the routine of double strikers.

Except for minority coaches, such as Ancelotti, he also uses 442. He had this routine when he was using it during Real Madrid, and there were fewer others, most of them used in emergency use.

The team suffered injuries and the winger group was injured. There was no one available, so the coach could not change to a smooth 442 routine to connect the transition.

Otherwise, most of the fans will see the routine of one center and two wingers.

The more typical one now is Barcelona, ​​and the team is the mainstream configuration of the three forwards' style of play. First, a world-class center is equipped with Lewandowski, and then there are Rafinia and Yamal on the wing, both cutting and passing and breaking through, passing and shooting, and using diverse offensive methods to create scoring routines.

This is the mainstream style of playing in football.

Why are there fewer and fewer configurations of double strikers? Here you can first look at a formation diagram. After reading

, you can roughly understand why few teams use double strikers. This figure shows the position distribution between 442 parallel stations and 433 tactics.

Compared with the three forwards' stand, there is a problem with the 442's formation, which is that the coverage of the front and rear space areas is not deep enough, and the space utilization limit is limited. Parallel positions will easily become disconnected, and the gap between the central front-line, the back midfielder and the forward is too large, making it difficult to form a series of connections.

If it is a diamond position, the single-middle routine will easily get into the defensive problem.

Then this formation has extremely high requirements for the forward, and basically requires a Shevchenko and Ronaldo all-round player. Can break through by yourself, shoot, and dribble to create threats, creating an out-of-stage situation through your own strength.

Or you two full-backs, with strong assisting skills. Giggs needs to ride alone through a thousand miles, or Beckham's cross-legged foot technique to open the attack.

In other words, the 442 formation is also a formation that requires extremely high requirements for the players' personal abilities, and the overall sense will be very high.

However, now everyone in the football world has seen that players' physical fitness, running speed and pressing ability are getting stronger and stronger, much faster than in the 1980s and 1990s. Not only has the defensive efficiency improved, but everyone's physical ability to fight has also improved a lot.

, especially the Premier League.

When you watch Premier League games, the strength of small and medium-sized teams should not be underestimated. Many small teams have also not weak strength and are particularly strong in physical confrontation.

It is very difficult to break through the enemy's encirclement based on personal abilities alone. The defensive rotation speed is fast and there are many physical confrontations, which makes it difficult for players to get rid of their opponents based on speed and breakthrough alone.

In the Premier League, few teams have used the 442 routine. It’s not that no one uses it. Aston Villa and other teams occasionally use this tactic, but there are not so many compared to the past.

Using the tactics of 433 or 4231 will be safer. If you configure a double-leftback + double-middle defense system, the formation will be relatively compact and will not be easily exploited by the opponent.

You can also find that when watching the game, the teams pressed at high positions and there are many routines for oppression in the frontcourt. The way of slowly dribbling the ball and finding space no longer exists.

If you get the ball, 2-3 players around you will immediately oppress you, and you will not be allowed to distract yourself and conduct transmission.

If you hit the ball a little slower, you will be stolen and will be immediately hit by the opponent to make a counterattack. The use of space will be maximized. In this environment, the 442's tactics will lose its functionality.

cannot open the space, but it also creates a defensive hidden danger. Once the ball is lost, the entire defense will be wide open and the opponent will counterattack and score.

For safety reasons, coaches are usually not bold and aggressive to use the 442 style of play, which will disconnect the midfield and the front line, but will be closer. The players in the midfield and frontcourt can help each other, protect them, and be more comfortable in receiving passes and conducting.

At this time, 433 or other formations will meet this requirement. The situation facing the giant team is more complicated now than before. There are both strong dialogues and weaker opponents, and they will encounter problems with the defense of the Iron Barrel Formation. Relying on two forwards alone to conquer the world, they are no longer able to adapt to the deployment of multi-line combat. In addition to the tactics of

442, it is also necessary to have multiple 433s or other styles of play. You can also make targeted arrangements for coaches when they encounter different opponents..

Judging from the development of football, I think the 442 tactics will evolve in the future, and there may be other new routines.

For example, in August, Alonso tried to play 442 in the warm-up match. There were attempts to switch the play 442 in the 3421 system process, trying to make the two strikers of Mbappe and Gonzano Garcia appear.

Here, Mbappe will lean towards the middle, and some say they will cut towards the side, and then Vinicius will penetrate into the middle to switch positions; there is also Kavajal running up and down on the right, Dias cuts inward, and then the formation will be raised. The team's four defenders' style of playing suddenly becomes 352, making the tactics diversified.

Under Alonso's command, Real Madrid's football is very interesting now, but there are many changes. They are not saying that they are not the third defender who is in love to play, but also the routines of the four defenders and the two forwards have also been switched.

Such a changeable idea will make the opponent run away and it will be more appropriate to defend.

The development of football in the future will change like this. The soldiers are inconsistent, and the water is inconsistent. It is hard to say that they can define it with a specific formation. Flexible switching will be the mainstream.