Playing as soccer striker

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Striker
Your mission as soccer striker is simply to score on every offensive attack. This is of course impossible, but you should try to score as often you can. To increase you goal scoring you must always think and be faster than your opponents.

Running fast as soccer striker is a big advantage but of course there are successful strikers in today’s soccer that do not run with the ball under 12 seconds but they are few.

Comparing to a forward your job as perfect striker doesn’t mean shifting your sides so much, instead, staying in the middle and near your opponent’s 18 yard box is the ultimate position for a striker. You don’t need to run from side to side chasing the ball as a forward need to do, instead, focus and save your power to score on every chance you get in front of your opponents goal.

Playing as a soccer striker doesn’t mean that you don’t have any defense responsibility. One of your defense tasks is to attract your opponent’s defenders when they have the ball, and stress them to make mistakes. As soon as you or your teammates conquer the ball you must be in front of your opponent’s goal and try to score.

Forward
Comparing to a striker, your job is not only to score goals every time you have the ball, instead, you need also to help your midfield in defense. If your team prefer to play with 2 forwards, (common in a 4-4-2 formation) both of you need to be in conjunction.

Keeping distance between each other is important because you have opportunity to work the ball more effectively while you pull opponents defense apart. It may sound easy but to perform this task well you need to have good stamina and be a fast runner. Do not chase the ball every time your opponents have it. Spare your energy and wait for the right moment to score, or use it to help your teammates in defense.

The most important skill when playing forward must be the ball handling. You simply must have a good technique because your opponent’s defenders will try to stop you whatever it takes.

Some of the most popular striker ever is Van Basten who was a good runner, had a great stamina, and was almost unstoppable in a heading duel. When talking about forwards it is impossible to mention the great Pele who led his Brazil to three World Cup winnings.