Serie A: 5 Tactical changes to expect from Maurizio Sarri at Juventus

#3 Triangular passing lanes

Sarri is an individual who by all confessed accounts is obsessed with triangles. He has spent the entirety of his career in perfecting a 4-3-3 formation that encompasses precise triangular passing lanes in order to deliver quick ball movements and start attacks from the base of the defense which reach the opposition goal in the least possible touches possible.

No less than five triangular passing channels are incorporated in his system. The centrebacks split up the length of the box to form the first one with the goalkeeper. The fullbacks on either side of the pitch form successive channels with the central midfielders and the wingers. The centre backs form another channel with the regista, and the wingers form a channel with the striker.

Such an outlay seems convoluted on paper but has been positively tested by the Neapolitan during his tenure with a Napoli squad that did not possess the most talented players in Europe but practiced the art of facilitating these triangular passing lanes to perfection.

The result saw his former team blowing teams away with scintillating displays and explosive attacking patterns. The system must be taught to the point of excessive repetition to replicate the mechanical movements of its schematics. Sarri's current squad contains more than technically capable individuals to carry out this system