# Cruyff — Ajax Total Football (3-4-3)

- **Style:** Tiki-Taka
- **Mentality:** Positive
- **Formation (in possession):** 3-4-3 DM AM Wide
- **Formation (out of possession):** 3-4-3

## Players

| Position | In-possession role | Out-of-possession role |
|---|---|---|
| GK | Ball-Playing Goalkeeper | Sweeper Keeper |
| DCR | Wide Centre-Back | Stopping Wide Centre-Back |
| DC | Ball-Playing Centre-Back | Covering Centre-Back |
| DCL | Wide Centre-Back | Stopping Wide Centre-Back |
| DM | Deep-Lying Playmaker | Screening DM |
| MCR | Central Midfielder | Pressing CM |
| MCL | Central Midfielder | Pressing CM |
| AMC | Advanced Playmaker | Central Outlet Attacking Midfielder |
| AMR | Winger | Wide Outlet Winger |
| AML | Winger | Wide Outlet Winger |
| ST | False Nine | Central Outlet Centre Forward |

## Team instructions — In possession

- **Passing Directness:** Shorter
- **Tempo:** Lower
- **Attacking Width:** Wider
- **Build-Up Strategy:** Play Through Press
- **Goal Kicks:** Short
- **Patience:** Work Ball Into Box
- **Shots from Distance:** Discourage

## Team instructions — Out of possession

- **Line of Engagement:** High Press
- **Defensive Line:** Higher
- **Defensive Transition:** Counter-Press
- **Trigger Press:** More Often