Football words & meanings

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Across
  1. 5. Suck opponents towards you to create space for others.
  2. 7. Protecting the ball using your arms, legs and body.
  3. 9. An action from the opponent that starts a reaction from us.
  4. 10. To start again with an attack and keep possession of the ball with more patience.
  5. 12. Being on your toes, scanning, good body shape.
  6. 14. Sprint back into shape.
  7. 15. pass A pass that goes a different way to which you are facing.
Down
  1. 1. When marking an opponent be closer to our goal than they are.
  2. 2. having a look around to check for space.
  3. 3. Change your speed to get away from an opponent.
  4. 4. Players move forward quickly and put the opponent with the ball under pressure.
  5. 6. Stand next to an opponent and stop him from receiving the ball or creating a scoring chance.
  6. 8. Players shift the ball and/or body to around an oncoming defender.
  7. 11. We have the ball.
  8. 13. Player makes runs behind the opposition player.