In recent years, Atletico de Madrid has been revolutionized by coach Diego Pablo "El Cholo" Simeone. Since his arrival, 'los colchoneros' have won the Copa del Rey, La Liga, Spanish Super cup, UEFA Europa League and a UEFA Super Cup. One of the key points of this success has been the stopped ball, Someone's Repertoire is full of set pieces so accurate that it´s hard that those tactics don't end up been a goal.

Every corener, every free-kick, is a headache for the rivals. Double marking, marking in zone, man to man, they study all, and there is no way that these set pieces are not a risk, even less when the team gets used to them and mechanized this movements. That's why they score a lot of goals in these ways, they practice them a lot.

The important guys in this type of plays are Koke, the pitcher, and Miranda, Godin and Raul Garcia when it comes to head kicks. Also Arda Turan or Gabi are useful when the idea is to play low. They are so important for Atletico and for Simeone that the youths are starting to imitate them.

The boys from the feeder team have named this set pieces with the names of the players of the main team to honor them so for example if you go to a match of the U-18 team you'll hear one of the youths scream Arda, Godin, Miranda or Gabi, that's because they are preparing a corner or a free kick and telling their team mates how to move so it can be a goal.



Miranda: Usually a corner kick from Koke so Miranda can kick the ball with the head at the first post.



Godin: Set piece in which Godin is free of marks thanks to his team mates and locates himself at the second post.



Arda: The player is free of marks inside the area so a low pass put him alone in front of the goalkeeper.



These are just some of the tactics of Simeone, in this video you can find more goals and from other players like Mandzukic.