Opponent Breakdown Series: Analyzing build-up to the final third

⚽ 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 – 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩?

In Part 2 of our 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, we‍ dive into 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱-𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 and look at how to use that information in your game planning.

What we covered

We’ll walk through three practical workflows:

🔹 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰: simple routes to quickly see where they’re getting out.

🔹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱: tracking which routes actually lead to shots, not just entries.

🔹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁: full build-up chains from how they break lines, reach the final third and create shots against high, mid and low blocks.

We’ll use real game examples and share practical tips you can take straight into your next opponent week.

Scaling the workflow with MyGamePlan

We’ll also showed how the same process can be scaled with MyGamePlan to:

• build your goal-kick tagging structure once
• auto tag 20+ games of your opponent to those same metrics
• export XMLs straight into your video tools (Sportscode, Metrica, MyVA, etc.)

So instead of preparing from a small 2–3 game sample, you can base your pressing plan on a much broader picture of the opponent – without multiplying your tagging time.

Who it’s for

Performance and video analysts

Assistant and head coaches

Anyone involved in opposition analysis and pressing strategy