Al Ittihad are preparing to officially announce the contract of Portugal’s Nano Santo at Al Ittihad, who will take over the Tigers’ training from next season, replacing Romanian Cosmin Contra.
In the meantime, the coach is studying the team’s preparation program for the new season, after Austria has chosen the camp for the federation, and has completed the selection of friendly matches, and is waiting for the coach’s decision on setting their dates.
The union decided to hire a new coach after the team reached its natural position in the championship fight after finding it difficult to outrun danger in recent seasons.
Many federations believe that Kuzmin’s stage is over and the federation needs a top-notch coach capable of deciding championships, especially with competitors looking to sign coaches of world renown in search of titles.
Many analysts believe that the Portuguese Nuno Santo managed to inscribe his name in the ranks of the elite coaches of the English championship, the strongest at the moment on the world stage, thanks to his career in the Wolverhampton team (Wolverhampton).
Nuno started his career at Wolverhampton when he finished fifteenth in the First Division and managed to bring it back to the Premier League and win the Champions League title in his first season. Portuguese school
Nuno Santo belongs to the Portuguese school of coaching that embraces the idea of using hard counterattacks to the detriment of possession, which is the golden rule for Mourinho-led Portuguese coaches and Wolverhampton’s biggest characteristic with Santo. After the rise, Nuno Santo made up for the gap in quality between his side and the top Premier League, so he decided to change the team’s playing style to 3/4/3 in attacking cases or 3/5/2 to limit the opposition in the middle. fields.
The 3/5/2 tactic worked great with Nuno, especially against the big Big Six teams, and he has outperformed them all since his ascension.
Pressing hard with five midfielders and crushing opponents has been a revolution in English football since Antonio Conte, who also played 3/4/3 in the 2016/2017 league season. Nuno Santo prefers to play with forwards.
Santo Cons
If Nuno Santo performs well in front of seniors, letting them have the ball and then punishing them with rebounds, he clearly suffers in front of small or medium teams that rely on defensive methods and play behind the ball.
Of the Wolves’ thirteen games lost last season, six were against teams that finished fifteenth or lower.
