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THREAD: ADVENT CALENDAR

I am new to Bluesky and haven’t shared any content anywhere else for a while. Mostly due to my full time job.

But now, as the football analysis community is slowly but surely moving away from X, formerly the best thing ever as Twitter - it’s about time.
Danke, SC Paderborn! ❤️
Moin, Hannover 96 👋
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
DOOR 24
2-3-1-4 against 5-3-2

Team: SC Paderborn
Season: 2022-2023
Coach: Lukas Kwasniok
December 24, 2024 at 10:48 AM
DOOR 23
5-2-3: Guiding opponent into half-space to trigger the press, pushing up collectively, finding far wingback on the counter

Team: FC St. Pauli
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Fabian Hürzeler
December 23, 2024 at 2:59 PM
DOOR 22
Pushing up to press against a back 3 from 4-4-2, isolating opponent on the wing

Team: Hamburger SV
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Tim Walter
December 22, 2024 at 3:05 PM
DOOR 21
Use of cover shadow to guide inside in pressing (4-2-3-1)

Team: SV Elversberg
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Horst Steffen
December 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
DOOR 20
Fluid change between 3-box-3 and 4-box-2 in possession

Team: Hannover 96
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Stefan Leitl
December 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
DOOR 19
Inverted right back, isolating left winger 1v1

Team: Hertha BSC
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Pal Dardai
December 19, 2024 at 5:50 PM
DOOR 18
Goalkeeper chain, rotations in midfield (3-5-3)

Team: 1. FC Magdeburg
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Christian Titz
December 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
DOOR 17
Individual pressing behavior by CM in 5-3-2

Team: SV Darmstadt 98
Season: 2022-2023
Coach: Torsten Lieberknecht
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
DOOR 16
Offensive patterns in 3-1-4-2

Team: Werder Bremen
Season: 2022-2023
Coach: Ole Werner
December 17, 2024 at 8:12 AM
DOOR 15
4-2wide-4 attacking structure: Dominating transitions and attacking depth

Team: SV Elversberg
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Horst Steffen
December 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM
DOOR 14
Attracting pressure against man-oriented pressing, playing purposeful long balls

Team: Holstein Kiel
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Marcel Rapp
December 14, 2024 at 8:51 AM
DOOR 13
Occupying spaces, not positions. Movement and flexibility instead of set structure.

Team: Karlsruher SC
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Christian Eichner
December 13, 2024 at 2:10 PM
DOOR 12
Establishing possession off throw-ins: Blocking to find a free man, switch side to release pressure

Team: FC St. Pauli
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Fabian Hürzeler
December 12, 2024 at 3:36 PM
DOOR 11
Walterball

Team: Hamburger SV
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Tim Walter
ttx
December 11, 2024 at 4:21 PM
DOOR 10
High pressing in 3-3-1-3 versus 4-2-4: Running through to goalkeeper, isolating on the wing

Team: Hannover 96
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Stefan Leitl
December 10, 2024 at 5:10 PM
DOOR 9
How to counter from a 5-2-3/5-4-1

Team: SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Markus Kauczinski
December 9, 2024 at 3:23 PM
DOOR 8
Flexible positional play with inverted right back and roaming 10

Team: 1. FC Nürnberg
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Cristian Fiél
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December 8, 2024 at 11:52 AM
DOOR 7
How to counter from a 5-3-2

Team: Eintracht Braunschweig
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Daniel Scherning
December 7, 2024 at 10:30 AM
DOOR 6
Total football.

Team: Bayer Leverkusen
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Xabi Alonso
December 6, 2024 at 1:02 PM
DOOR 5
Transitioning from deep defending to high pressing using a back 5

Team: Greuther Fürth
Season: 2022-2023
Coach: Alexander Zorniger
December 5, 2024 at 4:15 PM
DOOR 4
Attracting pressure in 4-3-3, releasing through wrong footed full-back, high positioning of central midfielder between the lines, double wing occupation (2v1 on far side)

Team: Fortuna Düsseldorf
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Daniel Thioune
December 4, 2024 at 1:53 PM
DOOR 3
Going up from Amateur level to European football: Discipline, running volume and intensity, balance between man-marking and covering depth (yes, that’s Germany‘s current starting striker Tim Kleindienst running into the back line)

Team: 1. FC Heidenheim
Season: 2022-2023
Coach: Frank Schmidt
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM
DOOR 2
Goal kick variation: 2v1 with goalkeeper, overload on last line

Team: SC Freiburg
Season: 2023-2024
Coach: Christian Streich
December 2, 2024 at 2:30 PM
DOOR 1
Interactions in 4-2-4: Attracting pressure, Movements on last line, Third man, Box Occupation

Team: FC St. Pauli
Season: 2023-2024
Coach Fabian Hürzeler
December 1, 2024 at 6:15 PM