Fonseca proposes an offensive game but with balance.
Fonseca asks his team to go up the field with short passes, putting many men behind the opposing pressure lines in the most central corridors, for example by letting the two wings enter the field, which initially act as de facto midfielder. The Portuguese coach's goal is to narrow the playing field to bring his men closer and make it easier to play at speed, as well as to free up space for the full-backs, who almost always remain very wide and tall. Without the ball, on the other hand, Fonseca opts for a very tight 4-4-2 both vertically and horizontally, and with a very high center of gravity, even in situations of positional defense. The high pressing is triggered only when certain triggers light up (for example the passage of the central towards the full-back), while for the rest of the time the team tries to remain compact and high on the field in order to push the opponent to throw directly long. towards the strikers, put offside by the defense, or to go to the outside, where the recovery of the ball is naturally facilitated by the side foul line. In short, Fonseca's is, as he himself repeated, a very courageous game that requires the team to have mental intensity before very high physical intensity for it to work. In Serie A, he suffered a lot of tactics in some cases. I think he can do better in the Premier League.
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