";s:4:"text";s:6186:" By getting the best out of players like Esteban Granero, he pulled the team up to the next level. After an incredibly successful last two seasons, which have seen him soar from Segunda Division to Europa League football, it was no surprise to see Rubi has developed a reputation for his flexibility in tactical approaches and formations. Sticking to the same kind of approach and capitalising on the same qualities of his players, primarily fast movement and good passing. His work as a manager […]The set-up in front of that line can change, but the back four is essential to the defensive strategy of Rubi. Intriguingly, this does mean that he often works better in a partnership, rather than on his own or as an isolated centre-forward in a front three. At times, the front line is built up of a central striker and two wingers, though at others there are more central strikers to support the main man in attack. With a rigid line, typically protected by a holding midfielder, the two other midfielders have more freedom to move forwards and support the attack.In the front line, there is significant variation. “It’s not definite, but we think it could work, we’ve analysed Betis and think it could work out well,” he told journalists after a week of training with his new squad.
By reducing the ground covered, energy can be reserved for a more intense press in the middle of the pitch. Featured in MARCA, FourFourTwo and La Liga Lowdown. Rubi at Real Betis 2018/19 – tactical analysis. The potential for Rubi to perform well in Seville is huge and he will hope to benefit from the patience afforded to Setien before him.Tactical analyst based in Madrid tracking LaLiga. Possession is a key element of his game plan, but it is not an essential aspect and when his teams go chasing a result late on in games or need to change their approach, they are often able to do so without any problem.That said, at 14.4 passes per minute, only five La Liga teams beat Espanyol for the frequency of their passing last season, one of them being Real Betis.
After an incredibly successful last two seasons, which have seen him soar from Segunda Division to Europa League football, it was no surprise to see Rubi topping the lists of several headhunters this summer. Rather than being on the shoulder of the last man, as the likes of Jese and Loren Moron were for Betis last season, he instead drops deeper and wider to find spaces and pick up the ball.