Evance Okech (Oketch Uche Mc'Omilu)
YOUNG BUT FULL OF WISDOM
UCHE is a notable proponent of Counter-Pressing, a tactic in which the team, after losing possession of the ball, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup. UCHE tells Obunga Media that a well-executed counter-pressing system can be more effective than any playmaker when it comes to creating chances. Commenting on his pressing tactics, UCHE says that "The best moment to win the ball is immediately after your team just lost it. The opponent is still looking for orientation where to pass the ball. He will have taken his eyes off the game to make his tackle or interception and he will have expended energy. Both make him vulnerable". The tactic requires great amounts of speed, organization and stamina, with the idea of regaining possession of the ball as far up the pitch as possible in order to counter possible counter-attacks. It also requires high levels of discipline: The team must be compact to close down spaces for the opponent to thread passes through, and must learn when to stop pressing to avoid exhaustion and protect from long balls passed into the space behind the pressing defense.
In the midfield UCHE employs a Mid-Fielder as a deep-lying playmaker, who operated ahead of two Lethal and Creative Players. His primary duty is to ping the ball to all corners of the pitch, something that UCHE emphasizes during Training Sessions. Alongside him is another Creative Player who is the classic ball-carrier: he evades a couple of defenders (often with dummies) and promptly make a vertical/sideways pass.
Another side of him is that, he is a no non-sense coach always serious in and off the pitch.
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BY: ASMAN OMONDI OGUDO
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