WPM R1 @ Perth Glory | Sat 18th Oct | 11:45pm | SS2

RR

Great deep build-up and central progression before Armiento’s goal last night.

📌 Central rotations from the CMs to disrupt opposition lines.

📌 WBs stretching the pitch horizontally.

📌 CF occupying the CBs to open avenue for others.

📷 @aus_tacticspic.twitter.com/7yJCL3niwI

— Petar Petrov (@PPetrov_FR) October 19, 2025

chiefy was talking about 3 "10s" in the post match press conference  and you can clearly see it here.

theprof

From memory this was kinda the basic plan for last year, maybe tweaked a bit with less rushing with the ball, our careful build up play looked really good at times and Perth's star defence struggled to manage the attacks form all angles.

The difference is that we're generally starting it higher and when we advance, our CBs also press way higher than they used to - none of this stuck in the middle bs we had last season

Yes  we will get caught on the counter but this is what you have to do to win games

Another post by @aus_tactics about the match.

Alex Rufer was key to Wellington's high press setup on Saturday night.

5-1-3-1 as he hovered underneath Nagasawa, ready to read the situation. This meant he could stay close enough to the CB's to drop in for second balls from direct play, or push high to make it a 4-4-2 m2m press if Perth played short.

1-2: Perth play over, Rufer squeezes the space around the first ball, helping to create a numerical advantage for the second ball.

3-4: He is slightly higher in this moment, but still at a distance where he can affect both scenarios. Perth's lack of bodies between the lines means he doesn't have to worry about what's behind. He jumps to the #6, while the wingback jumps to the opposite wingback → man-to-man.

Adaptable.

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(Hopefully I got the pics in the correct order)