Any formation featuring three defenders at the back should not be mistaken to be an out and out defensive formation. So to understand the system, a back three can essentially become a back four or five based on the situations in the match. Possession minded managers have greatly increased while defensive minded tactics are also well suited to this system. The recent increase in the usage of such formations must surely be attributed to the evolution in football tactics where building from the back has become mandatory for most sides. It can also be used to play a possession based game with horizontal overloads in the initial phases of build -up. The formation can be highly defensive minded with 5 at the back and looking to play solely on the counter. The formation has been deployed by various managers for varying reasons. The 2014 World Cup saw the success of Costa Rica (playing a 5-4-1), Netherlands(3-5-2), and Chile(3-4-3) who all enjoyed significant success playing with 3/5 in the back line). The Premier League has never seen teams enjoying success with this system, strictly adhering to four at the back. Italian football sees a lot of teams playing with three central defenders at the back, so much so that the system has become synonymous with them. Serie A particularly has seen teams that use formations with three at the back. The formation though, almost became non-existent a few years back with no club or country keen to play with three at the back.
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He was one of the first managers to achieve great success with the formation, at the top level of professional football. Carlos Bilardo, the World Cup winning manager with Argentina in 1986, was one of the early exponents of the 3-5-2 formation. Of course, with the evolution of football it is virtually impossible for a team to play the 2-3-5 in modern day football. The 2-3-5 and the W-Ms are nothing but history now. Formations have been huge hits only to completely disappear later. There have always been trends in football over the years. The league has started to improve on a tactical basis with a lot of managers who place emphasis on tactics being at the helm of the clubs now. Roberto Martinez was one of the exceptions who did. The Premier League, well, being the Premier League, has not seen these many managers deploying 3-4-3/3-5-2 or such variations. Juventus have pretty much been the sole dominating force in last five years in Italy with their 3-5-2. Elsewhere in Spain, Jorge Sampaoli has been enjoying success with his dymanic 3-4-3. Walter Mazarri is another manager who is keen on playing 3 at the back with his signature 3-4-2-1.
Slaven Bilic has reverted to a 3 man defense system to reverse his team’s horror slump in the opening weeks of this season. This is a particularly and relatively lesser seen tactic in the Premier League with special focus being given to the systems used by Pep Guardiola and Antonio Conte in the recent weeks. There has been so much talk in recent days about how effective a formation that deploys three defenders at the back can be. Raghunandhanan Narasimhan takes a look at why formations with three at the back are coming back in vogue and dissects the pros and cons of such systems.
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