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Football · Level 6

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9 sub-levels · 90 tests · 900 facts · updated 6 September 2026

Level 6 works at the level of tactical systems: positional play, wide-play inversion, striker roles, marking schemes, coaching schools, defensive blocks, the goalkeeper inside the structure, midfield shapes, game management and knockout football.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 6.61Positional Play (Juego de Posición)Below the survey level 5 gave possession football: how superiority is created and lost, what the occupation rules mean in awkward moments, third-man timing, rotations, how good defences break positional play, how it…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.62Wide Play and Role InversionBelow level 5's survey of width: the inverted winger's duel, choosing between overlap and underlap by what the defender shows, inverted and false full-backs, holding width from a back three, choosing the delivery,…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.63Striker RolesWhat a centre-forward does rather than what he is called: pinning the last line, movement to receive, hold-up and link play, what happens after a false nine drops, pressing from the front, timing runs against the…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.64Marking Systems: Zonal, Man-Oriented and HybridHow marking actually works rather than what the schemes are called: handing a runner over at a zone boundary, what a defender watches, how close to stand, tracking runners from deep, marking inside the box in open…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.65Tactical Schools and Their SystemsSystems rather than the men who built them: what a game model is made of, how principles show up as behaviour, what survives a change of squad, the scientific school and the Italian compromise, why a school is not a…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.66Blocks and Defensive OrganisationWhat governs a defensive block rather than what the heights are called: what sets its height, the two compactnesses, the moment it drops, how it shifts as one, what it concedes deliberately, how its front line…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.67The Goalkeeper in the SystemThe goalkeeper as part of the shape rather than as a shot-stopper: what sets his starting position, the decision to come for a cross, distribution as a tactical choice, what changes for him at each block height, the…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.68Midfield Structures: Pivots, Box and Rest DefenceHow the centre of the pitch is arranged and what each arrangement costs: the single and double pivot, the box midfield, the shape a team leaves behind while it attacks, the runner from midfield, and who is…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 6.69Game Management and In-Game AdjustmentsWhat a coach does with a match once it has started: reading the opening, the interval, spending a limited allowance of substitutions, answering the opponent's changes, rearranging the same eleven, and playing the score.10 tests · 100 facts

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IFAB Laws of the Game / UEFA & FIFA technical reports / Opta & StatsBomb definitions / coaching literature