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That was insightful. However I never know AVB wanted to play direct football? I thought it was more possession, patient football?
Read this (lifted from the Capoue thread)
http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tacticsandanalysis/id/1657?cc=5901
"His Porto side -- which remains a better representation of his favoured footballing style than his efforts with Chelsea or Tottenham thus far -- was a perfect example. Porto had talented midfielders, but they didn't hold onto possession for the sake of it -- they attempted to transfer the ball into the final third as quickly as possible. Porto were relentless, powerful and determined, consistently launching wave after wave of direct, immediate attacks. Opponents were overblown by their sheer force, rather than cut open slowly by their subtlety. "