Research On The Defense Strategy And Tactical Characteristics Of The Top 8 Teams In The 2008 European Cup

In order to study the world's most advanced features of soccer defensive tactics, learning and understanding of football in today's world of advanced theory and the law of high-level competitions. In this paper, the European Cup in 2008 in the top 8 of the 36 teams games as the research object, the top 8 teams in the game features the basic formation, changes in the characteristics of offensive and defensive formations, defensive action in the implementation of field observation and data Statistics show that focuses on the 2008 European Cup top 8 teams tactics in the overall arrangement of the formation, formation changes and the implementation of different regions of the characteristics of defensive operations, and part of the data and comparative analysis of the previous games, European Cup in 2008 found that top 8 teams during the match the characteristics of the defensive strategy is:1. The main use of the race to four back and defensive midfield player for the defensive barriers of 442 and 451 core formation.2. The game seeks to Balance of Offensive and defensive, attention to defensive players a clear division of responsibilities, the rapid formation of the conversion.3. Key areas in the defense, after the game, defensive strategies and more rational security.4 The main use of half-court zone defense tactics, defensive tactics greatly emphasis on integrity.5. In the course of defensive pressure to take the initiative of action based on the implementation of a variety of defensive players offensive action, defensive action to demonstrate strong initiative.6. In the regions of action of defensive tactics showed different purpose:the former site of the region to interfere with action-oriented defense; midfield area in order to focus on middle region to the overall defense is based on formation, pro-active measures of collective defense, after the market's emphasis on the regional contraction of the number of space-intensive, hazardous area protection middle region to strengthen the protection of each other.7. Proposals concerned about the high level of defensive tactics team changes in trends in the connotation of a deep understanding of the changes; to strengthen the "4-back" game defensive tactical formation and regional research; in the normal course of teaching and training focus on the overall operations of the defense team, cultivation of the sense of initiative, increasing personal awareness and ability to defend at the same time strengthening the overall concept of defense.