博客來Positions didn’t evolve. They dissolved.
In The Fluid Pitch, Ralf Luiz De Magano delivers a rigorous analysis of how modern football tactics erased fixed roles and replaced them with fluid, phase-based systems of spatial control.
Drawing on elite case studies-including Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, and Arsenal-the book explains:
How inverted full-backs and center-backs redefined defensive roles
Why the 3-2-5 and box midfield became tactically dominant
How positional interchangeability creates statistical superiority
Why automated movements replaced improvisation
How AI and predictive analytics are reshaping tactical decision-making
Why the ＂universal footballer＂ is now mandatory, not optional
For analysts, coaches, and serious students of the game, this book explains why modern football no longer belongs to specialists-but to intelligent generalists who solve space in real time.
