Rest Defense – TheMastermindSite

Rest-defense continues to evolve with the best teams in the modern game. It's become so much more than just what happens behind the ball. It's also much to do with the structures and shapes teams use at the very back-end of their possession in the attacking half. As you will see, "resting" players aren't really resting at all. Here is how the best teams in the world use their rest-defense to create chances.

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