Juventus is the most successful team that has used the 3-5-2 formation in modern football. Juventus won 4 consecutive championships in Serie A, with a streak of 49 games without defeat, won an Italian Cup and reached the final of the Champions League in 2014.
Juventus is a particularly successful team in defense, which emphasizes maintaining numerical superiority in the midfield, puts pressure to direct the ball to the wings, marks tightly every possible recipient of the ball, tries to maintain a compact formation and prevent penetrating passes.
Athanasios Terzis is a successful author of several football coaching books, which became best sellers, such as the books "Jurgen Klopp's Tactics in Defense and Attack", as well as the award-winning book "FC BARCELONA, 151 exercises from 34 tactical situations" by the Italian Football Federation in the category "Best Coaching Book" in 2014.
In this book, the author presents a complete and extensive analysis of the Juventus 3-5-2 system during the 2013-2014 period. This tactical book is presented clearly, with the addition of diagrams and detailed descriptions that allow us to discover how exactly Juventus defended in all situations, highlighting the positions and shifts of the players in all possible game situations.
This detailed analysis was used to create 12 complete training sessions (40 exercises) that include functional exercises, games with zones with or without opponents, transition games, game situations, and complex combination games. These help us guide our team to defend like one of the most successful defensive teams in Europe.