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How Arsenal's Tactics CRUSHED Real Madrid!

What to study

Borrowed Recognition

  • Real Madrid are the biggest name in European football, so seeing them crushed interests fans well beyond Arsenal's.
  • Declan Rice's grin tells Arsenal fans this is a night to relive.
  • The red arrow gives THIS a target, a passing move drawn across the field.
How the packaging works
Title

CRUSHED in capitals turns a tactics breakdown into a result fans want to relive, and 'Tactics' promises the how rather than another highlights clip.

Thumbnail

The yellow box makes THIS the loudest word, and the red arrow gives it a target, a chain of passes ending in a red diamond of open space.

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When your subject beat a name everyone respects, put that name in the title as the one that lost. Show the winner smiling, and draw the move as one connected shape so it reads as a plan.

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The transferable lesson

Name the famous side that lost, because people who'd skip the winner will click to see a giant fall.

NicheFootball
Video formatExplainerCase Study
Click driverBorrowed RecognitionCuriosity GapExpectation Violation
Visual signalArrowCircle HighlightFace-LedPhotographyHeadline Text

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