Last year Superliga champions Racing Club started their 2019/20 season trailing by four points to the unexpected table leaders Argentinos Jrs by the end of December.
There was still a lot to play for, and their manager at the time, Eduardo Coudet, despite the struggles in the first half of the season, seemed to be in control and ready to take the club back where it was last season.
However, club management and particularly the director of football, Diego Milito, decided to start fresh and appointed 39-year-old Sebastián Beccacece, who was sacked previously by Independiente.
Despite his bad spell for El Rojo, his reputation wasnt damaged, and Racing showed their faith in him.
In the first three months in charge, Beccacece introduced several tactical changes that are very interesting and which guaranteed Racing a qualification spot for the Copa Libertadores.
In this tactical analysis, I will examine the tactics that Beccacece has been implementing during his time in the club.
Sebastián Beccacece Build-up strategy
A lot of teams in South American football love to use three at the back in the first line of the build-up.
The most common way to approach this is for a defensive midfielder to drop deep and join the two centre-backs while the full-backs push up higher and wider.
Mexican national coach La Volpe extensively used this concept in the 1990s, and then it spread to the rest of the football world.
Beccacece hasnt used three players in the first line during his time in Racing, with the La Academia mainly staying with four initial defenders.
The Argentinian lines his team up in a 4-1-4-1 formation, and this is how their basic set-up looks in-game:
Usually, Miranda plays as the deepest-lying midfielder, with two talents, Rojas and Zaracho, playing as the central midfielders.
The backline has not undergone major changes, with Soto and Sigali playing as centre-backs, and with Mena and Pillud in the left and right full-back positions respectively.
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