シャドーイング練習: How Fabregas Curious Tactic is Breaking Serie A - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

When you think of build -up shapes, it usually looks something like this.

But now just think of a build -up where the actual center backs are running away from it.

And if they stayed, then everyone else disappear, creating a strange 2 -0 -8 structure.

This is the unique tactics of Cesc Fabregas, a man who took this small second division club and turned them into challenging some of the biggest clubs in Italy.

And the reason?

Just like a chameleon, his system keeps on changing its shape and patterns, depending on the opposition's weaknesses.

And on top of that, his strange build -ups are becoming a new way to break the dominant man -to -man press

that has taken over modern football.

So how exactly does Fabregas' build -up work?

And how does he combine control and freedom to make his team so unpredictable?

Too much listening to the coach sometimes can create many, many doubts and take away many things from your game.

When you look at the playing days of Fabregas, he was managed by many greats who had completely contrasting philosophies.

So he understands both sides of the game really well, and he's not afraid to switch his style depending on the situation.

For instance, when you look at his formation, sometimes it's a normal 4 -2 -3 -1, sometimes it's a back 3, and in In rare cases, he even uses a classic Christmas tree formation,

and within these, some players won't be seen nowhere close to their actual positions.

For instance, this was Como's left winger, and now look at his heat map, he actually played on the right for the entire match.

And the reason?

Udinese were actually stronger on the left, so Fab sent this winger on the right, creating an extra overload to protect that side.

But football is so complex.

Football takes you into so many different aspects in a game.

If you tell a player all the time, oh, this is your zone, this is where you have to move, football is not like that.

The game will demand that you go a little bit more into the right and to the left.

And just like that, his systems are tailor -made based on each opponent's strengths and weaknesses.

And this is the reason why he uses certain rotations and build -ups against specific oppositions.

As before 2019, most build -ups used to look like this, where the pressing teams were happy to send only their front line higher while the midfield stayed deep.

But after FIFA allowed more players inside the box for the first pass, this naturally made the front line to press even higher, leaving a huge central space.

And as we know how managers like De Zerbi targeted that space with their famous third man passings.

But to counter

that, teams started sending more men higher up who would mark each build -up players no matter where the ball is.

This way they blocked every free man in the build -up

so if you are a strict positional team you either have to take the risk

or go long which is something we are seeing with teams like arsenal but

if you lean more towards a relationist side like fabregas they

have found ways to use chaos to break these man -to

-man pressing systems like this one the player you're seeing is

actually como's full back next to the keeper instead of going

direct the keeper plays it to him who then lays it off to the center back

and moves back into position so by By adding this middleman who moves away, it creates a distraction for the markers, which then creates more space and time for the center back to make the next move.

This way Fabregas uses several techniques where the defenders make forward runs and drag the front markers into unfamiliar places.

And with the ball often traveling through the air rather than on the ground, it becomes easier for these physical defenders to beat the forward pressers.

But this only works if your opposition's pressing is moderate.

Against extreme pressing teams, you need even more distractions to make the buildup less risky.

And this is the reason you will know why Fabregas pushes everyone forward except the centerbacks.

And when you compare this with a deep buildup due to the close proximity of pressers, you have very little space to receive the ball comfortably, as the marker is right next to you,

giving you almost no time to react.

But with this buildup, if you are here, you can run into this space while your marker is still chasing you from behind.

This gives you more space and time to react, where you can pause and even turn.

Also with the center back already staying deep, they can act as safe support options for a back pass.

This then naturally pulls the opposition's deeper players in a forward momentum, creating space at the back to play a third pass to the running forward.

However, this doesn't always work.

Sometimes the opposition stays in a low block and doesn't step up.

So in that case, you are forced to carry the ball forward but unlike the buildup, here the density of defenders are much higher.

As a result, this shape may have a low risk when building up from deep, but it also comes with a lower reward if you want to actually break the opposition's backline.

But on the other hand, the deeper buildup is really risky at the start, but if you manage to progress through it, the reward is much higher due to less numbers at the back.

So to solve this, Fabregas tried to find a balance of both where he lets his keeper step up as a third center back, while also dropping his both pivots deep.

This way, you still have enough numbers to attract the oppositions.

And at the same time, you can create a numerical advantage further up the pitch, with your fullbacks are now free to join the front line.

But as Como progresses through the buildup, this is where their shape slowly starts to blur and become harder to read.

For instance, they often form an unusual box midfield, where instead of a fullback or centerback, a winger drifts inside to complete that box.

And unlike normal box, it doesn't rotate within a fixed structure.

Rather, it keeps moving constantly without holding its shape, as the main objective of this is to prevent the opposition's lines from staying stable and create spaces in between.

And these movements are so quick that it becomes almost impossible to predict them beforehand.

But even with all this chaos, Como still have one of the best defenses in the league.

And the secret behind this is Fabregas' hybrid rules, where one half of the players are free to roam across the pitch, while the other half are strictly instructed to stay in a resting position.

And these resting position mostly looks like a 2 plus 3 shape, where the pivots tilt to one side with the full backstepping higher.

And the special thing about this is it can easily turn into a 4 plus 1 shape while moving back.

So if they lose the ball high up the pitch, these resting players use their preserved energy to aggressively counterpress and block all available space for the opposition to counter.

And this explains exactly why Como have scored so many goals from counter -pressing situations.

But these tactics can only be understood even better when we apply them practically in a simulation.

With Fabregas keeps changing his formation based on the oppositions, but his most common shape is the 4 -2 -3 -1.

And within this, the front four are the most flexible ones in the squad.

So the striker and 10 could act as a false 9 and free roamers respectively, while one of the winger plays as a playmaker, who drift inside as a second 10 to fill that box midfield.

While in team instructions, since Fabregas uses both deep and high buildup, it's not uncommon to see them playing wide ranges of passings, so we will keep it standard.

While the creative freedom will be set to expressive, as Fabregas gives his players the freedom to think and move based on what they see on the pitch, rather than relying only on fixed instructions.

And just like company, Fabregas likes to have a balance of both extremes so most of the settings can remain balanced.

While out of possession, Como are known for their aggressive gegenpressing style, so we will keep a high press and turn counterpressing on.

But against opposition's buildup, you won't see them pressing straight away.

Instead, they defend in a narrow 3 plus 2, where the front 3s stay back and shadow mark the central players.

So the pressing trap should be set as outside.

So overall, like many modern managers, Fabregas showed us how valuable it is to stay flexible and adapt when one plan isn't working.

And his innovative build -ups may have opened doors to be more creative at the back to counter the high presses.

And this is the reason why they are considered one of the most unpredictable sides in Europe.

I think sometimes we're just making players so robotic,

just looking at one way when there is so many other things happening in the game.

But speaking of other things, there is one team in England who has taken this idea and turned football corners into deadly goal machines, using tactics from completely different sports.

So what exactly is this new corner trick, and why rivals are calling it to be banned?

Let's check it out in this video.

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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「How Fabregas Curious Tactic is Breaking Serie A」を教材にしています。繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：Fabregas, player, buildup, pressing, space。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が82文、単語が1640語あります。音声の長さは8:20です。話す速さは速く、1分あたり約197語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。単語の85%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
pitch 名詞	/pɪt͡ʃ/	投球
tactics 名詞	/ˈtæktɪks/	戦術
defender 名詞	/dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/	防衛者, 擁護者
naturally 副詞	/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/	勿論
reward 名詞	/ɹɪˈwɔɹd/	見返り, 賞
chaos 名詞	/ˈkeɪˌɑs/	混沌
depend 動詞	/dɪˈpɛnd/	依存する
weakness 名詞	/ˈwik.nɪs/	弱さ, 弱小
instruction 名詞	/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/	指示
flexible 形容詞	/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/	柔軟な
risky 形容詞	/ˈɹɪski/	危険な
distraction 名詞	/dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/	逆上
unpredictable 形容詞		予測できない, 先が見えない
stable 名詞	/ˈsteɪ.bəl/	馬小屋, 厩舎
trick 名詞	/ˈtɹɪk/	欺き, 企み

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	意味
take over 動詞	引き受ける

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる	was managed · won't be seen · are forced
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	has taken · have found · have scored
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加える	man who took · long which is

注意したい発音

話し手はdoesn't, won't, isn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を7回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

「sh」と「zh」の音: instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, respectively /ɹɪˈspɛktɪvli/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, innovative /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

/r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, respectively /ɹɪˈspɛktɪvli/, rely /ɹɪˈlaɪ/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, rival /ˈɹaɪvəl/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: respectively /ɹɪˈspɛktɪvli/, solve /sɒlv/, objective /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, aggressive /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: defender /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/, midfield /ˈmɪd.fiːld/, flexible /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/, drift /dɹɪft/, defend /dɪˈfɪnd/

この動画での練習方法

まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。pitch, tactics, defenderなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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