Football · Level 3
Pre-Intermediate
10 sub-levels · 100 tests · 1000 facts · updated 12 October 2026
Positions in depth, set pieces, basic technical skills (passing, shooting, dribbling), and the structure of major competitions: leagues and cups.
Sub-levels
Sub-level 3.1Advantage RuleLaw 5 advantage: allow play to continue when stopping would benefit the offending team; 'several seconds' window for advantage to materialise; revocation if advantage doesn't develop; cards still apply at next…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.2Drop BallLaw 8 drop ball: restart when referee stops play without a foul (injury, outside interference, ball touching referee, simultaneous offences). 2019 change: dropped to GK if inside penalty area; dropped to one player…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.3VAR ProtocolVAR (Video Assistant Referee) protocol: 4 reviewable categories (goal/no-goal, penalty/no-penalty, direct red card, mistaken identity), 'clear and obvious error' threshold, OFR (on-field review) vs VAR-only review,…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.4Goal-Line TechnologyGoal-Line Technology (GLT): camera-based or magnetic-field system determining whether the ball wholly crossed the goal line. IFAB approval (2012), Hawk-Eye vs GoalControl, signal to referee's watch within 1 second,…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.5Defensive TacticsDefensive systems: low/mid/high blocks, zonal vs man-marking vs hybrid, offside trap, defensive shape and compactness, recovery runs, defending set pieces. Catenaccio (1960s Italy), Atlético Madrid's bloc, modern…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.6Attacking PatternsCombination play (one-twos, give-and-go, wall passes), third-man runs, overlaps and underlaps, half-spaces, switches of play, diagonal runs, blindside runs, false 9 movement, isolation tactics, attacking through-balls.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.7Set Piece TacticsCorner kicks (short corner, near/far post runs, in-swinging vs out-swinging delivery), free kicks (wall positioning, direct vs indirect, runners), throw-in routines (long throws, short combinations), penalty kicks…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.8Pressing SystemsHigh pressing, gegenpressing (counter-press), pressing triggers, press resistance, PPDA metric, pressing intensity, man-orientations vs zonal pressing, pressing in 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1, famous pressing teams (Klopp,…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.9Build-Up PlayPlaying out from the back, build-up phases (1st/2nd/3rd phase), goalkeeper distribution, salida lavolpiana, splitting centre-backs, inverted full-backs, progression through lines, rest defence, breaking lines with…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.10TransitionsOffensive transitions (counter-attack), defensive transitions (recovery after losing possession), transition triggers, counter-attack speed and runners, defensive recovery shape, rest defence in transitions,…10 tests · 100 facts