The 4-3-3(1962)

The focus in the 1962 World Cup in Chile was shifted to defensive tactics,
and the Brazilian team mirrored this trend. Aimoré Moreira, the Brazilian
coach, shifted Mario Zagalo back into midfield. In 1958, he was a winger who
occasionally dropped back to help out in defensive duties in midfield. By
1962 he was shifted to midfield, thus becoming a left midfielder who
sometimes helped out with attacking moves on the left wing.



Played with 4 fullbacks, 3 midfielders, and 3 attackers including a winger,
the 4-3-3 is both a defensive formation and an attacking formation. The
Argentinian flavour of 4-3-3, played in the 1978 World Cup, was highly
attack-oriented. Four fullbacks with zonal marking was the standard then in
Argentine club sides. However, so many players tended to move forward that
the formation ended up looking like a 2-3-5 at times. The modified 3-man
forward line consisted of 2 wingers (said to have been extinct when England
won World Cup '66 without wingers) and a centre-forward. Osvaldo Ardiles and
Mario Kempes were "midfielders" on paper, but were really "inside-forwards",
attacking from time to time.

Advice on the 4-3-3:To play the Brazilian flavour well, the same things as
the 4-2-4 are needed: overlapping fullbacks. For the Argentinian flavour, all
you really need are attacking players. Quite a few of them. They must also
have above average ball control, and good sense of positioning as always.
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