[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  #UNPLAYABLE [@UnplayableZA](/creator/twitter/UnplayableZA) on x 135.2K followers Created: 2025-07-15 17:22:12 UTC πππ¦π¦π’π‘π¦!!! Rulani Mokwena πΏπ¦ explains what he learned from the type of football he played at Wydad, as he goes back to North Africa to coach MC Alger; "The Moroccan level is very demanding from a physicality perspective, and I think technically, the players are also at a very, very good level, particularly in dominating duels offensively and defensively and playing under pressure. "I think a lot of the situations that I had in my game model was to build a little bit lower using a goalkeeper for an example, but in Morocco you only find that you'd probably have five, six, or seven passes between the center backs and even engage the six... the defensive line only retreats towards zone two for an example. So you've wasted so much time, people have recovered, and even the intensity and the energy, and then [the opponent] is able to minimize your possibilities to attack, and then you've got to find different ways. Like, can you also adopt a phase or a scheme that you can develop that involves a direct ball to certain areas? Try to regain that ball and then try to restart an attack in areas where you know you can get some sort of volume in and around the box. "So, things like that you'd not think about in South Africa, but I think in Morocco I was able to think diversely and find solutions that I was never able to even think about because in South Africa you do get teams that press you high, you do get teams that give you possibilities of space behind, and if not, then spaces in between the lines. But when that happens it's easier to play a little bit more differently, but how do you then maintain a possessional relational structure, even against teams that are very, very compact and sit maybe in zone two? It was a great challenge from a tactical perspective [in Morocco]." [@SNAWA_MetroFmSA]  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [playing](/topic/playing) [Post Link](https://x.com/UnplayableZA/status/1945172057257369805)
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Created: 2025-07-15 17:22:12 UTC
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Rulani Mokwena πΏπ¦ explains what he learned from the type of football he played at Wydad, as he goes back to North Africa to coach MC Alger;
"The Moroccan level is very demanding from a physicality perspective, and I think technically, the players are also at a very, very good level, particularly in dominating duels offensively and defensively and playing under pressure.
"I think a lot of the situations that I had in my game model was to build a little bit lower using a goalkeeper for an example, but in Morocco you only find that you'd probably have five, six, or seven passes between the center backs and even engage the six... the defensive line only retreats towards zone two for an example. So you've wasted so much time, people have recovered, and even the intensity and the energy, and then [the opponent] is able to minimize your possibilities to attack, and then you've got to find different ways. Like, can you also adopt a phase or a scheme that you can develop that involves a direct ball to certain areas? Try to regain that ball and then try to restart an attack in areas where you know you can get some sort of volume in and around the box.
"So, things like that you'd not think about in South Africa, but I think in Morocco I was able to think diversely and find solutions that I was never able to even think about because in South Africa you do get teams that press you high, you do get teams that give you possibilities of space behind, and if not, then spaces in between the lines. But when that happens it's easier to play a little bit more differently, but how do you then maintain a possessional relational structure, even against teams that are very, very compact and sit maybe in zone two? It was a great challenge from a tactical perspective [in Morocco]."
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