"Half of the three-back team ↓" Four-back heyday is back in the K-League following the trend
"Half of the three-back team ↓" Four-back heyday is back in the K-League following the trend
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81.7 percent. This is the ratio of back four of the 20 teams that the EPL secretariat disclosed in September after the opening of the 2024-2025 English Premier League. Four of the five teams use the tactic of having four defenders. In the EPL, which is considered one of the best leagues in the world, the proportion of four teams using the four-back system has been on the rise recently, with 70 percent in the 2020-2021 season, 71.4 percent in the 2021-2022 season, 79.3 percent in the 2022-2023 season, and 78.3 percent in the 2023-2024 season. In other words, the number of back-backs with three defenders at the back has gradually declined. It is said that soccer tactics are in fashion, but it is no exaggeration to say that back-backs have become a trend these days.
This is not just an EPL story. According to the 2024 K-League Technical Report (technical report) released recently by the Korea Professional Football Association, nine teams, or 75 percent, of the 12 teams that participated in the "Hana Bank K-League 1 2024," used four-backs, while three-backs were used. It is similar to the 81.7 percent EPL. Ulsan (4-2-3-1), Gangwon (4-2-3-1), Gimcheon (4-3), Seoul (4-4-3), Pohang (4-2-3-1), Suwon FC (4-1-4-1), Jeju (4-4-2), Gwangju (4-4-3-1), Jeonbuk (4-2-3-1) used four-backs, and Daejeon (3-5-2), Daegu (3-4-3), and Incheon (3-4-3) used three-backs. In the 2023 season, the ratio of the teams using four-backs and three-backs has halved, compared with the six-to-six tie. "In the 2024 season, the trend of giving up three-backs has increased. Four-backs were definitely the trend," concluded TSG members of the K-League, which consists of leaders, through their technical report.
Specifically, "The four-back with a center of gravity in the front is easy to create scoring opportunities unlike the three-back with a center of gravity in the rear," he said. "The 2024 season was a season in which a number of K League 1 clubs adopted aggressive game management. These choices gathered one by one to increase the overall score of the league. The increase in the sequence of taking the ball by pressuring the opponent hard above the half-line and hitting the fastball is also linked to the increase in league scoring." In fact, the total score in the 2024 season was 596, the highest in five years since 2019 when he scored 593.
Four-back tactics and three-back tactics can be found to have some connection with the performance. 스포츠토토 The team using four-back dominated the top split. The actual rankings 1st to 6th and the scorers 1st to 6th were exactly the same. On the other hand, all the teams using three-back stayed in the lower split. A similar trend has continued recently in the EPL. High-ranking teams such as Liverpool, Nottingham, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, Manchester City, and Bournemouth are all using four-back. Of course, four-back and three-back are not a matter of right or wrong. Some teams started the game with four-back and formed a three-back during the game, and others formed a defense-en-five-back and changed it to a four-back during the attack. The technical report concluded, "In the K-League in 2024, three-back and four-back were constantly intersecting. The teams reinterpreted the two tactics to suit their taste according to the identity of the team and the context of the game." What is clear is that four-back is likely to become the trend in the 2025 season, which will open on February 15. There are only two teams in Gangwon Province that have changed their manager, and Gangwon coach Chung Kyung-ho and Jeonbuk coach Gus Foye are expected to use four-back. The promoted team, Anyang, was promoted to the first division based on four-back last season, and Anyang coach Yoo Byung-hoon plans to mix four-back and three-back.