The element of surprise can be everything in football.
Remember when Everton manager Roberto Martinez stuck Romelu Lukaku out wide to catch Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal unawares in 2014? He repeated the trick with Belgium against Brazil at the 2018 World Cup and it worked again – but only because he’d rarely used the tweak since.
Then there was Sheffield United’s unique approach in the 2019-20 Premier League, which befuddled their top-flight opposition and gave them the edge required to outperform expectations.
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