Sports anime are known to blur the line between realism and dramatization in order to have a rather entertaining but sometimes hyperbolic version of the sport being discussed. Blue Lock is one such weirdly crafted anime based on soccer, a perspective of soccer shown in high stakes and with a dangerous competitive mindset where it displays one's skills and ego at full potential. It seeks to represent strategies and mentalities in soccer, but how well does this anime represent real-world soccer tactics and the psychological elements behind them? In this article, we will discuss the realism of soccer strategies in Blue Lock and how well they match up with current techniques and philosophies involved in soccer.