Reviewer's Note - A fun soccer tactic book that blends theory and practice!
Prologue - Soccer is 'tactics'!

STAGE_01 Personal Tactics - Attack
01 The secret to breaking through defenses with dribbling / The entire team utilizes Messi's dribbling habits.
02 The secret to dribbling even if you're slow / Use your opponent's movements to your advantage
03 The Secret to Receiving Passes Easily / Barcelona's Passing that Creates Numerical Advantage
04 The secret to facing forward on the first touch / Xavi receiving a pass so he can move in either direction
05 The secret to keeping the ball safe / Ronaldinho hiding the ball at his feet
06 The Secret to Taking Advantage of Left-Footed Players / The Rare Left-Footed Right Fullback
07 Where to move after passing / Zidane and Lizarazu, a famous combination
08 The Secret of Inside and Outside Short Passes / Wide Angle Endo
09 The Secret to Off-Timing Passes / Cruyff's Control of Timing
10 Patterns of Through Passes / Slow Passes for Fast Movement
11 How to occupy the space behind the defender / Kagawa enters the defender's blind spot
12 Easy Shot-Successful Areas / Invincible Del Piero Zone
13 Secrets to Successful Mid-Range Shots / Column: Goal or Home Run
14 How to Timing Early Crosses / How to Use Beckham
15 How to Timing a High Cross / Shots from the Front Have the Highest Success Rate

STAGE_02 Individual Tactics - Defense [Charge]
16 Priorities when defending / There's nothing to fear if we all defend together?
17 Distance from the Opponent in a 1-on-1 Situation / Theory is not always right
Timing to rush to the 18 ball / Move or not before passing?
19 Tips for Intercepting / Watch the forward's body language to predict what will happen next.
20 Defensive tactics when a larger player is keeping the ball / Avoid physical contact and sandwich marking
21 How to Stop an Oncoming Opponent While Dribbling / Beckenbauer's Composure in a 1v2 Situation
Recover when a pass is made into the space behind the 22nd / Baresi's razor-sharp tackle
23 Should I push him to the side or to the center? / What if it's a 1v1 situation with Messi or Bale?
24. Criteria for Judging Whether or Not to Go for Pressure / The True Value and Evolution of the Fighting Cock Gattuso
25. Sliding to stop the ball / The dreaded 'head tackle'
The secret to not conceding goals from crosses: Center-backs defend with class.
27 The secret to winning the second ball / Makelele's mobility that makes him exceptionally effective on the second ball
28 Ball Clear Priority / When clearing, fly to the Pacific Ocean!
29 How to defend a fast player / Two players working together to block Robben
30 How to defend a technically gifted player / Is Dani Alves a defensive winger?

STAGE_03 Group Tactics - Attack [Strategy]
31 Why do penetrative passes / Is Ronaldo a tactic?
32. The game of bait movement / Zidane's game-making of inducing pressure and then releasing it
33 Overlapping Mechanism / Pulling down the opposing team's line by overlapping
34 Theory of Possession / England and Scotland
How to Use the Long Ball / Why England's Long Ball Strategy Disappeared
36 Why Counterattacks Have a High Success Rate / Mourinho's Strong Team's Counterattacks
37 Benefits of One-Touch Play / The True Value of One-Touch Play
38 How to Use the Danger Zone / The Danger Zone is Arsenal's Lifeline
39 Timing of side transitions / Italy's Pirlo system
40 How to Break the Offside Trap / Inzaghi Scores from an Offside Position

STAGE_04 Group Tactics - Defense [Discipline]
41 The Difference Between Zone Defense and Man-to-Man Defense / Establishing a Four-Back
42 Challenge & Cover Theory / 200 2v2 Defense Patterns
43 How to Stop a Counterattack / 3-Meter Concept
44 Secrets to Stopping Powerful Dribblers / How to Stop Powerful Attackers?
45 How to press from the front / The Dutch's ball hunting
46 The secret to the offensive transition / Busquets waiting at the back is the key to the pressure
47 Defensive Strategies When Pushed to the Goal / Catenaccio and the Aesthetics of a 1-0
48 Zone defense mark takeover / Milan's line control
49 Defensive Methods in the Penalty Area / Mistakes Made by Japan
50 Priority of play when counterattacking / Pique's quick flank transition

STAGE_05 Team Tactics - System
51 Differences in System and Formation / Milan Changes Tactics
52 The origins of the modern system / Enganche, an Argentine tradition
53 How to press / The English style that requires a lot of movement from the wide midfielders
54. The Brazilian Numerical Advantage / The traditional Brazilian system in which all positions are paired.
55 Dutch Numerical Advantage / Messi's False Nine Tactic
56. How to Respond When Matchups Go Wrong / A Balanced 'Super Deport'
57 The Importance of Balance / Senna, the Driver of Spain's Victory
58 The Mechanism of 'Zero Top' / The Genealogy of Totti and Zero Top
59 Barcelona's defensive system / Trussier's flat three
60 The Relationship Between Football and Systems / Ajax, Netherlands, and Barcelona's 3-4-3

STAGE_06 Team Tactics - Set-piece
61 The Secret to Winning Long Balls / Intelligent Goal Kick Strategy
62 The secret to turning throw-ins into scoring opportunities / Are throw-ins actually disadvantageous to the attacking side?
63 The secret to turning long throws into goals / Delap's long throws are practically free kicks
The secret to turning a free kick directly into a goal / Rivelino's magical free kick that breaks through the wall
The secret to scoring from a free kick on the 65th flank / Crosses that knock the goalkeeper out
Defensive Theory of Free Kicks 66 / Sometimes Walls Can Be a Hurdle
67 The Secret to Scoring from a Corner Kick / The 'High Corner Kick': Soaring High and Falling
68 Defensive Theory of Corner Kicks / A Glimpse into the Coach's Thoughts on Defensive Corner Kicks
69 The secret to a successful penalty kick / Zidane takes the opposite approach in the final
70 Theory for Stopping Penalty Kicks / The Will to Win in Penalty Shootouts

Column "Story of Soccer Tactics from the Past and Present ~The Era of Five Systems~"
Column_01_1930s~1960s: WM and the offside rule
Column_02_1950s~1960s: Hungary's MM and Brazil's 4-2-4
Column_03_1960s~1970s: Shocking Dutch Football
Column_04_1980s~1990s: Milan's Tactical Revolution
Column_05_2000s~: Changes Brought About by Barcelona

Epilogue - Anyone who reads this book will undoubtedly improve their soccer skills.

A fun soccer tactic book that blends soccer theory and practice!

Not everyone who reads this book can become Lionel Messi.
Just reading this book won't make you a David Beckham crosser or a goalscorer like Filippo Inzaghi.
But even so, this book does a good job of explaining the 'tactical meaning' and 'ideas' behind the plays of players like Messi, Beckham, and Inzaghi.
It may be embarrassing and embarrassing for me, who has not dedicated my life to the field, to talk about football tactics.
But on the other hand, as someone who has been working in the field of expressing soccer through words and writing, I have been waiting for a book that describes the various tactical aspects of soccer that unfold on the field in an easy and fun way.
To be honest, this book pretty much satisfies my expectations.
Let me elaborate on the strengths of this book:

First, this book explains the most common, yet most fundamental concepts of soccer in an easy-to-understand way.
During soccer broadcasts, we often hear expressions and comments such as 'overlapping', 'pressing', and 'covering', but when asked in what situations overlapping is appropriate, how to apply pressure, and what the most basic techniques for covering are, it is not easy to give an easy-to-understand answer.
This book will provide conceptual answers to such fundamental questions.

Second, this book is both theoretical and practical.
Of course, this book is not a technical book.
For example, this book does not explain how and where a soccer player should strike the ball to kick or pass.
However, this book explains what tactical implications a successful kick or pass has, why a particular technique might be effective in that situation, and what the defensive response should be.
Therefore, I believe this book will be helpful in improving the 'thinking' of players that is necessary in actual games.

Third, this book covers individual tactics, partial tactics, and team tactics.
This book provides an engaging account of the fundamental movements and underlying ideas of each tactical unit, from individual players to entire teams.

Fourth, this book provides real-world examples to aid understanding.
Players like Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez, David Beckham, Franco Baresi, Filippo Inzaghi, Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso and Franz Beckenbauer are some whose specific playing styles are clearly etched in our minds.
This book provides examples of their play through the main text and mini-columns, which not only increases readers' interest but also helps with intuitive understanding.

Fifth, this book includes a history of tactical change.
In explaining any concept, it is essential to cover at least some of its history of change.
Of course, this book was not written for the same purpose as Jonathan Wilson's tactical history, so it does not describe the changes in football tactics, systems, and formations in detail and depth.
However, by describing it as much as necessary in the necessary context, we are helping the reader's understanding.

Of course, I think this book has its 'disadvantages that are not flaws'.
Since the author is Japanese, the names of Japanese athletes and coaches who have worked in Japan often appear in the examples given.
The names of players such as Shunsuke Nakamura and Shinji Kagawa, and managers such as Ivica Osim and Philippe Troussier are among them.
However, rather than viewing the frequent appearance of "Japanese soccer players" with discomfort, I hope you will read this book while focusing on the "tactical meaning" conveyed by the explanations utilizing those cases.
Perhaps, in the future, the responsibility for creating a tactical book that utilizes the actual case studies of our Korean players and K-League teams falls to soccer writers like myself.
Lastly, I sincerely hope that this book will be widely used by everyone, from aspiring soccer players who want to become familiar with soccer to professional soccer players and fans who want to enjoy soccer more analytically.

_Han Jun-hee (KBS soccer commentator, adjunct professor at Ajou University)