The tactics behind hearts of Oak’s freekick goal against Hearts of Lions in the Ghana Premier league

Hearts of Oak 3 : 0 Hearts of Lions. Hearts of oak defeated hearts of Lions by 3 goals to nil at the university of Ghana stadium, but the main talking point in town now is how they scored their second goal, which was scored from a freekick just outside the Penalty area. Set pieces have been one of hearts of oaks dangerous weapons thus season in the Ghana premier league, having scored 3 goals from set pieces this season but the freekick scored against Hearts of Lions, proves to be the best among them all, that why i want to go through how they scored the goal and the tactics behind the goal. Now Walk with me as i explain the goal with four scenario.Now let look at this first picture, the taker is about to take the free kick and the defenders were expecting a long ball or a direct freekick so all their Focus is on the ball, but because hearts of Oak knew what they were doing, everyone of them stayed in shape, there’s a guy in the black Circle who almost not seen, that the tactics, he was used as the hidden man that the defense cant keep an eye on. and then Kakari who knows where the space is going to open up stayed calm and not rush.now the hidden man then comes out, for the ball for the ball which none of the Opposition Players expected, and clearly, they are having their eyes on the other Hearts players, which means they are late to recover from the receiver. Still Kakari standing close to the wall stayed calm and waited for the space.Now there comes the space, the defenders now tries to recover the ball from the receiver, but what happens this then create the space for the through ball and then takes their eyes off Martin Kakari who now’s is free to make the run into the space, the receiver also knows Kakari is on the move he just played a defense spliting pass to Kakari. The defenders from this pic looks disorganized and that is the motive behind this set piece routine by hearts of oak.now the pass is gone in between the defenders who cant do anything about it, and also Played Kakari onside, it was though a poor finish from Kakari but it eventually felled on a plate for John who smashed it into the back of the net.

This is a very good set Piece routine that will help a club like Hearts of Oak to create something from nothing, I know this is not the only one that has been worked on in the training ground,

LESSON: This is not only good for Hearts of Oak but it is good for the league as a whole, it will serve as eye opener to the other coaches in the Various clubs too to start exploiting different options in creating chances in the game, which is going to improve the standard of the league. I hope it doesn’t stop here, there’s still room for improvement.

by the Tactical Lens. #GPL #HeartsofOak @Betway @Ghanafootball

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