2. Bundesliga certainly has a lot of talents in it. Some quickly gain popularity after a few impressive games, but some others dont seem to get mentioned as often. Felix Agu is perhaps an example of the latter. However, though many football fans are not quite yet familiar with his name, that doesnt mean that his talents have gone unnoticed.
Agu has been a regular for Daniel Thiounes Osnabrück this season having featured sporadically the season before. The versatile wide player has seen rapid improvements this season and he has, without doubt, become one of the most interesting full-backs/wing-backs to watch this season along with a few others.
In this tactical analysis/scout report, well get a closer look at Agus attributes and how he plays in Thiounes tactics at Osnabrück.
Osnabrücks tactics and the role Agu plays in it
Thioune has used a rather big variety of formations throughout this season, but 4-2-3-1 seems to be his favourite system. The style of play and tactics are relatively consistent though despite being applied in a number of formations.
Osnabrück tend to play from the back but seem to be fairly direct as they usually would look to move the ball forward quickly either through quick exchanges of short-medium passes or even using long passes to bypass the midfield. When in the build-up, theyll usually create a three-man backline with one midfielder dropping to sit in between or beside the two centre-backs to help circulate the ball. Meanwhile, the full-backs/wing-backs would sit high and instead of dropping to receive when theyre under pressure at the back, they tend to run forward instead, giving the three-man backline options upfront where they can launch the ball to. On some occasions though, they do drop deep to receive in order to reduce the risk of a very dangerous turnover and help circulate the ball and get out of pressure.
Osnabrück tend to combine and create chances from the f
