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"What do you expect from your substitutes?" Here is the title of the conference given by Sammy Lander for VESTIAIRES coaching / ©VESTIAIRES coaching

The leading expert in supporting substitutes (who gave us a conference and wrote a book titled Finishers), Sammy Lander is a specialist with a strong reputation in England. He took advantage of an FA Cup match he was attending to note a mistake that he believes is made too often by clubs: "At half-time, neither team brought their substitutes out for a little training session. As a result, when the players came on in the second half, they hadn't touched a ball for over an hour. How can we expect them to make a difference in a high-intensity match?" For the consultant to several Premier League clubs, half-time is, on the contrary, an opportunity to work with the substitutes on a game situation that the coach wants to focus on in the second half. "If you have analyzed that the right back of the opposing team leaves a lot of space behind him, work on a situation around the search for depth, so that the substitute is as ready as possible when he comes on." According to Sammy Lander, this method that has already proven itself, so he doubles down on his principle: "Take advantage of half-time to train your substitutes!"