Luis Enrique has built one of the most complete teams in world football at Paris Saint-Germain. His side won a historic treble in 2024/25 (UEFA Champions League, Ligue 1 and Coupe de France) and retained the Champions League in 2025/26 to complete a double, recording the highest average possession in Europe's top five leagues at 69.4%.

UEFA A Licence coach and certified tactical analyst Vaios Stergiopoulos breaks down the exact patterns of play behind PSG's success, covering build-up structures, pressing triggers, rotations and the "False 9" movements of the forward. With 57 tactics and 50 practices across 10 training sessions, this is a complete framework to coach Luis Enrique's system.

This Book Teaches You How To:

• Play from the back with asymmetric structures so your players bypass the first pressing line with confidence and control
• Use your defensive midfielder as the connecting link to maintain possession and accelerate play through the lines
• Exploit width and create overloads so your wingers isolate opponents and open up space in central areas
• Use rotations and unbalanced attacking structures to overload one side and find free players in decisive areas
• Make penetrating runs into the final third so your central midfielders arrive late, unmarked and in goalscoring positions
• Win the ball back immediately with a 5-second counter-pressing trigger that keeps your team on the front foot
• Defend as a compact, coordinated unit and control space between the lines

Learn Luis Enrique's Tactical Approach:

• Structured positional play with fluid rotations and collective attacking movement
• Numerical superiorities created through overloads and coordinated positioning
• Dominant ball circulation to control tempo and draw out the opposition
• 5-second counter-pressing to win the ball back immediately after loss
• Compact, organised defending that controls space between the lines

10 Tactical Principles Covered:

• Asymmetric Build-Up Play with Fluid Structures
• Defensive Midfielder as the Connecting Link
• Exploiting Width to Stretch Defences and Create Overloads
• The Free Central Midfielder's Runs into the Final Third
• Rotations and Unbalanced Attacking Structures
• The "False 9" Attacking Movements of the Forward
• Immediate Ball Recovery with 5-Second Counter-Pressing
• Rest Defence Structure and Defensive Transition
• High Pressing with Man-Oriented Triggers and Sideline Traps
• Compact Defensive Blocks and Coordinated Defensive Movement

Practice Examples:

• 10v6 (+GKs) Diamond Connections Possession Conditioned Game
• 7v3 (+GK) Positional Rondo with Defensive Midfielder as Central Link
• Wide Attack and Central Midfielder's Half-Space Run Pattern
• Build-Up with "False 9" Creating a 3v2 Overload in the Attacking Zone
• Build-Up and Finish with a Vertical Pass into Zone-14 Pattern
• Ultra High Press with Strong-Side Overload Conditioned Game
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