After reaching an agreement with Botafogo, Martín Anselmi will arrive at the club with the responsibility of trying to put into practice the famous “Botafogo Way”. The idea is to have, with the Argentine coach, a team that presents attacking football with physical strength, speed and intelligence. And the leaders of black and white football understood that the professional would be capable of it after studying his style of play in the clubs he visited and after interviewing him, with the right to a video presentation from him.
Anselmi’s assessment is that the coach has well-defined tactical styles and strong motivational power, making him capable of getting players to faithfully follow his model of play. This was a source of dissatisfaction during the Davide Ancelotti era, as managers believed that some players were abandoning the stipulated plan in their eagerness to score goals or help the team.
Tactically, Anselmi is an attack-oriented coach with strong pressure on the offensive field. The objective is to have, more than just a vertical team, a team capable of constructing offensive plays in a coordinated and intelligent way, as if the movements were becoming almost automatic. In offensive pressure, the idea is the same: recognizable and well-installed “traps”, so that the upward movement is collective.
On the other hand, a characteristic linked to the Argentine that might not please you at first is the habit of using a defensive line with three defenders, in a 3-4-2-1 formation. Since becoming SAF, Botafogo has only acted this way in emergency queues, with Luís Castro. Additionally, the club is in the market looking for defenders precisely because of the few options currently available.
The board expects Anselmi to be a coach capable of exhibiting some variability in his playing style, both in starting lineups and (and especially) during matches. The Argentine is also expected to know how to adapt his tactical preferences to the team he has.
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