Didn't know where to put this, so I just created a new thread. Mods, please do what thou wilt with this..
A weird, but relatively successful philosophy from Diniz(at least this year). He's dumped convention for a more free "system" which emphasizes relationships between players in order to deal with the various situations during a match. He flat-out rejects the European philosophy of creating and exploiting space in favor of these on-field relationships.
His players even reject massive holes of space, preferring to instead play in congested areas, in close proximity to each other, thereby making the pitch much smaller.
Makes me think of 7-a-sides and quick kickabouts between mates. The "social" game!
I think it's fitting that it's a Brazilian coach who's doing this since it typifies the early intuitive style of football that Brazil was known for before it was also "formalized".
Very interesting, and I might start following some of their matches.
https://www.youtube.com/v/IevycgbLct0