Marking Today
Today, several modern defensive formations use a mixture of both man-to-man and zonal marking e.g. 3-5-2 formation (which defensively becomes a 5-3-2). This means 5 defenders: 2 stoppers marking man-to-man, 1 sweeper (sweepers always mark by zone), and 2 wingbacks playing almost like end-to-end side midfielders. Also, several other teams rely exclusively on pure zonal marking approaches.
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