Tactics

Playing most of the game in the opponent's half, pinning them back regardless of possession. You can have lots of the ball but play it in your own half, which isn't territorial dominance. The best teams do both - high possession and playing it in dangerous areas. Field tilt stats track what percentage of the game is played in each third. Teams that dominate territory create more chances and concede fewer.

Each defender is assigned a specific attacker to follow wherever they go, rather than defending a zone. Old-school but still used in certain situations, especially at set pieces. The problem: if your man drags you out of position, you create gaps. Zonal marking largely replaced it, but some managers still use man-to-man systems or hybrid approaches.

The cue that tells a team to start pressing. Common triggers: a back pass, a pass to their weakest player on the ball, the ball going into a certain zone, or a poor touch. Everyone recognizes the trigger and presses together instead of one player chasing alone. Without clear triggers, pressing falls apart and teams just pass around you.

Running into space behind a defender when they're focused on the ball or another player. Defenders can't watch everything at once, and the blindside run exploits that. Timing matters - move too early and they'll spot you, too late and the pass is gone. Strikers who are good at this seem to appear in dangerous positions out of nowhere. Agüero made a career of it.

A measure of pressing intensity. Divide the passes you allow by the defensive actions (tackles, interceptions, fouls) you make in the attacking third. Lower number means more aggressive pressing - you're intervening more often. Higher number means you're sitting off and letting them pass. It's a standard stat now for measuring how much a team presses, though it doesn't tell you how well organized that pressing is.