Tayyab Khan
tayyabito.bsky.social
Tayyab Khan
@tayyabito.bsky.social
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So finally after dedicating considerable time and effort, I'm excited to share my latest piece and is by far my most detailed one.

Here's my words on Xabi Alonso's invincible Bayer Leverkusen's principles of play using detailed data from @statsbomb.com 360
🔗 link.medium.com/VAlMwZ5zLQb
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So finally after dedicating considerable time and effort, I'm excited to share my latest piece and is by far my most detailed one.

Here's my words on Xabi Alonso's invincible Bayer Leverkusen's principles of play using detailed data from @statsbomb.com 360
🔗 link.medium.com/VAlMwZ5zLQb
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So finally after dedicating considerable time and effort, I'm excited to share my latest piece and is by far my most detailed one.

Here's my words on Xabi Alonso's invincible Bayer Leverkusen's principles of play using detailed data from @statsbomb.com 360
🔗 link.medium.com/VAlMwZ5zLQb
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Huge fan of how Wirtz links play for Leverkusen. His far foot receptions on vertical line breaking passes and receiving high-velocity passes even in tight spaces is really wonderful. We can see his affinity to target the box when receiving such passes.
December 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Here's something similar for Xhaka. Even though, he primarily picks the ball from the CBs and advances play, a lot of times he is also useful in circulating the ball. The viz on the left really just demonstrates that role and how he sets up attacks targeting half space channels.
December 2, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Huge fan of how Wirtz links play for Leverkusen. His far foot receptions on vertical line breaking passes and receiving high-velocity passes even in tight spaces is really wonderful. We can see his affinity to target the box when receiving such passes.
December 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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📊 Heres Xhaka’s progressive carries. Notice the large spaces (right graph) which show these movements where he’s responsible in carrying the ball in the final third to create the substructures which Leverkusen utilise for progression.
(data via @statsbomb.com )
November 21, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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How I see it is that Alonso’s system heavily depends on the interiors on how Leverkusen construct their attacks. The system is reliant on having different substructures/connections to progress play in which the interior occupying the half space channel almost always...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:36 PM
How I see it is that Alonso’s system heavily depends on the interiors on how Leverkusen construct their attacks. The system is reliant on having different substructures/connections to progress play in which the interior occupying the half space channel almost always...
1/n
November 21, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Video Analysis of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen: Mastering "Playing Through the Press" and Adapting to Man-Oriented Pressing vimeo.com/1031470735?s...
playthr-vs-man-orientation
This is "playthr-vs-man-orientation" by Tayyab Khan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Video Analysis of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen: Mastering "Playing Through the Press" and Adapting to Man-Oriented Pressing vimeo.com/1031470735?s...
playthr-vs-man-orientation
This is "playthr-vs-man-orientation" by Tayyab Khan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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Did something similar for Tapsoba and trying to visualise his unreal ball playing ability.
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Did something similar for Tapsoba and trying to visualise his unreal ball playing ability.
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 AM
been recently playing around
@statsbomb.bsky.social 360 open dataset on Bayer Leverkusen, I tried to create a metric which measures space for a pass upon reception.
Feedbacks appreciated!
November 18, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Introduce yourself with four footballers.
November 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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Want to share some recent work: I wrote a scout report last season on Alejandro Baldé. Would appreciate any feedbacks!
tayyab415.substack.com/p/alejandro-...
Alejandro Baldé: Scout Report
Diving deep into FC Barcelona’s emerging sensation—Alejandro Baldé. The article comprises of his scouting from the last season followed by my opinions on the player.
tayyab415.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Want to share some recent work: I wrote a scout report last season on Alejandro Baldé. Would appreciate any feedbacks!
tayyab415.substack.com/p/alejandro-...
Alejandro Baldé: Scout Report
Diving deep into FC Barcelona’s emerging sensation—Alejandro Baldé. The article comprises of his scouting from the last season followed by my opinions on the player.
tayyab415.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Want to post some video clips stuff, do those footage copyrights work here too?
November 17, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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For my first post on here, I tried to pen down my thoughts around Space Creation methodology along with examples of the same using Statsbomb 360 data. Feedbacks and criticisms would be much welcomed.

half-space.medium.com/space-creati...
Space Creation
Using Tracking Data to Quantify Line Breaking Passes & Space Creation
half-space.medium.com
November 8, 2024 at 7:20 AM
For my first post on here, I tried to pen down my thoughts around Space Creation methodology along with examples of the same using Statsbomb 360 data. Feedbacks and criticisms would be much welcomed.

half-space.medium.com/space-creati...
Space Creation
Using Tracking Data to Quantify Line Breaking Passes & Space Creation
half-space.medium.com
November 8, 2024 at 7:20 AM