The giant screen in the PSG training center is no longer a novelty, but the latest tactical session of Luis Enrique's team has left everyone surprised due to the inexplicable scheme that the players were following. The French have drawn both matches played in the championship and lost the Trophée des Champions to Lens, so the coach's attention is maximum. For this reason, he has shown everyone the next strategy to correct the path of his team.
The diagram used by the Spaniard is not the formation with which they will play the next match and at first glance it seems meaningless, but in fact it represents an open lesson for his players: it summarizes all the principles of his philosophy and the giant screen allows him to give them clear instructions on the pitch, without having to return to the locker room, a method he has been using since he was managing the Spanish national team.
What do the names of PSG players mean in the scheme?
It is immediately clear that this is not about the formation, the way the players are positioned on the pitch and the strange lines that connect them to each other. There are the PSG veterans, but also the new arrivals, with Ferran Torres, who is not very used to this particular training. In fact, it is an exercise in positioning and movement, as the calls of Luis Enrique's assistants, who urge the players to keep moving, suggest: it is a positional game, to codify a certain type of movement and to automate the collective principles of the team.
Each player must know exactly where to position themselves, how to move and which player to look for, and for this reason, the most direct form is the scheme projected on the giant screen. The lines between the names serve to understand at a glance the connections required by Luis Enrique, so that the team does not get separated and allows for a much more fluid game. The players in the center, colored green, seem to be the most technical and have tasks in building the shares, while the others must press and defend by following the movements defined by the Spaniard precisely. Luis Enrique uses a rather unique method to make the players quickly absorb his requests and to orchestrate the game of PSG, which this season has not yet found the right rhythm.
