Triangles define the game.
When you receive the ball from the outside in, you step into one of the most common midfielder situations:
striker on your center-back, winger on your fullback, midfielder pressing you.
That’s the triangle.
Your job is simple: get out of the triangle cleanly.
Rule: never play back on the same side you received the ball from.
Doing that traps you in a tiny channel. That tiny channel is deadly — it invites pressure, closes the field, and gives opponents control.
Pressure angles decide your next action:
Press inside your shoulder → switch and escape the press.
Press outside your shoulder → you’re inside the press → go vertical.
Your principles:
Triangle = constraint
Exiting it = priority
Pressure line = the decision-maker
Same side = never
Why this matters:
Stay on the wrong side and the opponent controls the rhythm.
Exit correctly and you control space, timing, and momentum.
Awareness > Comfort
Angles > Reaction
Momentum > Retreat
Master these and the triangle becomes a tool, not a trap.