Rúben Amorim Attacking Corner Tactics: What Manchester United Can Expect From Set-Pieces

Rúben Amorim has officially become Manchester Uniteds new coach, and fans hope to familiarize themselves with his tactics before the new era begins.

In modern football, working on all aspects of the game is no longer a luxury or an additional advantage but an obligation.

Sporting CP has scored the most goals from corners in Primeira Liga for three seasons in a row!

In this tactical analysis, we will explore Rúben Amorims tactics in attacking corners and what fans can expect from him regarding this aspect.

Rúben Amorim Tactics From Set-Pieces  Short Corners

Lets start with the most significant aspect in which Sporting CP stood out with Rúben Amorim: exploiting short corners.

Rúben Amorims Use Of Overlapping

First of all, Amorium didnt prefer to start having a short-option player.

Instead, he liked to ask a player to sprint from the six-yard line towards the taker to catch this area empty without crowding it from the beginning; this works simply in case only one defender goes there.

In the photo below, the opponent defends zonally with only a man marker (orange) and a rebound defender standing on the edge of the box (pink).

The main attacking structure of Sporting CP consists of six players in the box: the taker, two rebound players on the edge of the box, and a security player at the back.

The blue attacker runs suddenly from the first zonal defenders blind side so that he will arrive a second earlier than him.

In the photo below, it is clear that only the first zonal defender goes to defend the short corner from the box while the rebound attacker fixes the rebound defender.

This causes a 2v1 situation when the taker joins the game with a curved run to avoid offside.