Half Spaces

Football tactics explained by a licensed coach

Lukas Berndt2 episodes2 min of audio645 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2Aug 12, 20260:45412 plays Preview

Back Three or Back Four, and What Each One Costs

A conversation with a Saudi Pro League assistant coach on choosing a defensive shape, the hidden costs of wing-backs, and why formations on the team sheet say so little about the match.

S1 · E1Jul 18, 20260:45233 plays Members

What a Pressing Trigger Actually Is

Lukas explains the cues that tell a team when to press, a bad touch, a backward pass, a full-back receiving facing his own goal, and shows how one Bundesliga side built its whole season on three of th…

About the show

Half Spaces is a weekly football tactics show for fans who want to understand why a match went the way it did, not just who scored. Lukas Berndt, a UEFA A-licensed coach who spent six years as an analyst at a Bundesliga academy, picks one game or one tactical idea per 35 to 45 minute episode. He explains pressing triggers, build-up shapes, why a team plays with a false nine or a back three, and how a single substitution changed a match, using plain language and clear pictures you can hold in your head without a screen. Roughly every third episode is a conversation with a working coach, analyst or player from Germany, England, Spain or the Gulf leagues. Lukas is sceptical of buzzwords, happy to say when a tactic is overrated, and always separates what a coach intended from what actually happened. For club supporters, FIFA players, coaches of youth sides and anyone who has ever yelled press at the television.

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