{"id":12665,"date":"2026-04-10T20:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:42:25","slug":"roberto-de-zerbi-what-are-his-tactics-as-he-tries-to-save-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12665","title":{"rendered":"Roberto de Zerbi: What are his tactics as he tries to save Tottenham?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Clubs at risk of relegation tend to hire pragmatic coaches.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But that is not how you would describe new Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Italian is known for his attacking style of possession-based football, and has stayed true to his footballing ideas throughout his managerial career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Three years after starting in management in Italy&#8217;s fourth division, De Zerbi was in charge of Serie A side Palermo, where he struggled to showcase his initial potential. When he was sacked, newly promoted Benevento hired him, but relegation followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite that, De Zerbi&#8217;s reputation was boosted &#8211; and he has enjoyed much success since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 46-year-old&#8217;s quality is clear but his system relies on smart and technical players more than most tactical plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So what tactics will De Zerbi implement at Spurs, and will this relegation-threatened group of players be able to execute them?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clubs at risk of relegation tend to hire pragmatic coaches. But that is not how you would describe new Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi. The Italian is known for his attacking style of possession-based football, and has stayed true to his footballing ideas throughout his managerial career. Three years after starting in management in Italy&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}