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How Bournemouth broke down Sturm Graz to make it two Europa League wins from two
16.10.26, 00:48 Updated 16.10.26, 11:10 8 Minute Read
Football at all levels produces the same old questions. For AFC Bournemouth in the Europa League against Sturm Graz, they were asked to break down a low block.
This is a scenario that plenty of clubs face, be it those amongst the Premier League’s elite to favoured sides in the third tier of China. Long ago someone worked out that you could rock up to a more fancied side, stick men behind the ball, and look for a goal on the counter.
Many top sides struggle with this proposition, especially clubs like Bournemouth so wedded to an identity of generating chances by winning the ball in transition. Unable to apply their typical formula, Cherries turned to their toolbox to find a way to break down their first guests to Dean Court in European competition.
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Starting his journalism career covering local non-league football at the age of 14, Dorset-native Jack Tanner covered Cherries for the Bournemouth Daily Echo for the best part of four years. After a brief stint covering AFC Bournemouth on a freelance basis for national newspapers, Jack went on to cover boxing for The Independent.