Retaining momentum after scoring a goal
Don't let the other team score immediately after you do - keep that pressure on, says England U20 head coach Peter Taylor
The few minutes immediately after scoring a goal can be the most crucial of the 90 for any team.
Not only is complacency (or even surprise) an issue – some teams just don't know what to do; whether they should change their style of play, if at all.
Too many sides sit back and let their foot off the accelerator; others deliberately set their sights on defence and let the opposition bring the attack.
With England under-20 head coach Peter Taylor's help, learn to get your tactics right and keep your momentum after scoring a goal.
See also:
Peter Taylor: Get the best out of wingers
Peter Taylor: Defending for wingers
Jamie Carragher: the Miracle of Istanbul
Peter Taylor: selecting a captain
Peter Taylor's three top tips for young players
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Huw was on the FourFourTwo staff from 2009 to 2015, ultimately as the magazine's Managing Editor, before becoming a freelancer and moving to Wales. As a writer, editor and tragic statto, he still contributes regularly to FFT in print and online, though as a match-going #WalesAway fan, he left a small chunk of his brain on one of many bus journeys across France in 2016.
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