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Confused About High Defensive Line? We Are Here to Clear the Air

  • January 29, 2020
  • Aditya Sreevatsava

Playing high line in football is an extremely defensive strategy opted by the teams. It is a strategy which requires a lot of communication. The defensive unit of the respective team pushes up to reduce the space for the opposition. This is a very dangerous move which has been taken by the team.

It is done to see that the opposition striker would be in the offside position. For this to work out perfectly, the team must have quick defenders and talented Goalkeeper. The goalkeeper must be able to clear his lines if the ball is played through on goal, keeping the striker onside.

Let’s take a situation as an example.

Consider, a team is attacking and passing the ball about. When this is happening the defense makes sure that they up the field to have a high line in defense. This ensures that the striker will also have to move up the field to receive the ball.

With the defending team applying pressure on the attacking team can make life tough for the attacking team. This is used by the team which have a really good and coordinating defense.

Most European clubs like Barcelona, Liverpool, Bayern Munich use this strategy.

When a defense sits back it allows the attacking team to come closer to the half of the defending team. This helps the attacking to create more chances.

To avoid this from happening, the defense plays a high line. This helps in having better hold of the ball and possession. It helps in recycling the ball better and which helps in creating better chances. 

The underdog teams stay back and hit back the teams on the counter. They do this because usually the top teams play with a high line. This definitely a risky thing to do as they are inviting pressure to themselves. They still do it because they feel that’s the best way to score a goal.

The top teams must be careful with regards to counters as the defense would be playing a high line. Once the striker passes the keeper he will have only the keeper to beat. With this, it can be said that playing high line has its own advantages and disadvantages. 

Here’s a video of High Defensive line explained

The disadvantage of this technique is that if the  striker breaks through the defense, he will be through on goal with the keeper. Neuer has found ways of clearing this issue by acting as a sweeper-keeper. A sweeper-keeper acts as another defender behind the defense. A sweeper keeper must be strong with his feet and passing. If the striker gets through on goal, sweeper-keeper will come out of his box to act as another defender. It is still a dangerous technique. 

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