Sentences with phrase «get near the ball»

The opposition couldn't even get near the ball.

Someone must say he will not get near the ball.

Not exact matches

It was WRONG tactic to start Giroud against a high pressing side He can't get anywhere near the ball and when he does he can't run with it When would we learn?

the other problem i often see is in our last 2 games, when someone create attack from wing / wide side and then passing the ball to mid he rarely watching other player position player before passing (like ox) so its just waste & only 1or 2 player who's hard tryin to get the ball, when arrived to mid like sanchez / giroud, the other i think are just watching and waiting (if lucky) the ball come near him.

Simpson was so effective, and Denver was so conscious of his whereabouts, that when Braxton got the ball the big fullback's major concerns were avoiding his own blockers and trying not to appear too startled by the distances separating him from the nearest defenders.

I'll be the first to admit counter attacking football and Arsenal should go together like cookies and cream but ever since the invicibles teams have refused adamantly to play high defensive lines against us and counters do not work if the opposition has a defensive 5 or 6 set up near the edge of their box when you finally get the ball up there.

The problem is that they had damn near zero shot to hit Brady, let alone sack him because, as I mentioned previously, he was getting the ball out on time.

Had no balls thrown even near him and didn't get a game ball.

Standard 5 - step drop, Buechele releases at a normal pace, one on one coverage, with the ball dropping there is a DB in the middle of the field near the Longhorn emblem, another DB covering a wide receiver (Not Duvernay) and Duvernay gets overthrown.

Five passes and ten or so seconds later, the ball is in the back of the net, and while there's no such thing as a twenty yard tap - in, there's also no chance the keeper was getting anywhere near this one.

First Petr Cech made an error in running out and getting nowhere near the ball to allow Kouyate a free header from a free kick that probably should not have been.

In fact Everton never got the ball near the back of the net which is the only thing that counts.

First of all this article is not about Messi if only some of Arsenal fans will reason out there thought or thinking they'll have know that Arsenal fc is no where near affordin Messi» s wages my own opinion is that i believe Messi is getting closer every day to the end of his foot ball career and i can't see Wenger to pay that kinda money to a 28 year old man.

Giroud going to The Chavs actually weakens their squad as Batshuayi will score more goals than the Frenchman will.Giroud is NOT a good finisher he is NOT a good target man he does NOT hold the ball up and bring others into the game he has NOT got any pace He is NOT anywhere near the class of Lacazette.JUST GET RID OF HIM.If he was anywhere near half decent he would have doubled his goal tally for us since he's been here.

When the whistle was blown to signify the end of a play, you could bet No. 11 was standing near the ball — or getting up so the ball carrier could do the same.

He doesn't move enough but if he gets the ball anywhere near the box then its pretty much curtains..

They swarm to the ball near the line of scrimmage as well as anybody, but they'll probably have to get behind the line occasionally.

As he struggled on the ball, he then vacates his position near colquelin ever more and keeps trying to get ahead of the CF in the box.

Germany's No. 1 couldn't get anywhere near the ensuring strike, and was left red faced as he was forced to pick the ball out of his net.

The San Diego Chargers were near the goal line getting ready to pound the ball into the end zone to take...

The San Diego Chargers were near the goal line getting ready to pound the ball into the end zone to take a 14 - 0 lead on the Arizona Cardinals.

For all of Romos faults the guy had the balls to take a lot of calculated risks, he got burned a lot by it but he created much more good than bad when he did it... It seems like the Cowboys got scarred by all the late game INTs Romo would throw when trying to come back then vastly overcorrected to a guy who takes damn near 0 risks.

Mannone got nowhere near Marc Pugh's cross, and but Stanislas was unable to turn the ball into the empty net.

Getting back to Jones, the situation is this: His ball is in long grass, 210 yards from the green, and his direct line to the hole is impeded by the near corner of a packed grandstand — in rules jargon, a TIO.

He had one particularly impressive sequence near the beginning of the fourth quarter in which he initiated a steal at mid-court, gave the ball up to point guard Ezra Manjon only to get it back on a perfect alley - oop pass.

You could mention how coq would be back to cover, but he will be preoccupied Chelsea as i mentioned earlier will not play Oscar up front, Drogba is fit we all know what he is capable of, even if he doesn't get anywhere near the ball, he is a proven striker in the league with an eye for goal, and ridiculously overpowered and still quick for his age, if his on the pitch his job would be to draw coq away from the heart of the midfield.

Ball bouncing away from you on the half volley to beat De Gea at his near post even though he got a hand on it!!

With the ball nowhere near within playing distance he gets taken out by the defender.

People talk about «beasts» in midfield — Santi is a beast in terms of ball retention and re-cycling — hardly anyone gets near to tackle / dispossess him — one of the most composed possession players I have seen in recent years.

Lisa (Elledge) got me the ball near the top of the box and I took one touch and remembered what (assistant coach) Matt Contreras says is the only equation in soccer, that «far post = goal.»

Guardiola is the nearest that u named, and he demands all his players runs his socks to get back the ball quick when they lost it... who?

Keep shape, win the ball back, get the ball to our creators and ball retainers, to which he's done near to perfection.

And he was able to get so high up for the bicycle kick because he'd started a back post to near post run while defenders were ball - watching.

This can be TAUGHT and worked on on the training field, worst case scenario would be that he may gain more confidence, best case scenario would be that he gets confidence AND learns to actually put his foot or head actually near where the ball is to win it.

Mustafi should have been trying to block Perez» near post effort by getting his whole body in the way between ball and goal, not poking a hopeful foot out.

He very nearly got said hat trick when he rattled Rico's post after a long, searching ball, and he got that elusive third by striking the ball from near the penalty spot after a great cutback from Saúl.

Give him the ball near the net with just a little bit of space and he will get you a goal.

Pablo Hernandez - Got himself on the ball more as the game went on but much like Saiz never got near to his beGot himself on the ball more as the game went on but much like Saiz never got near to his begot near to his best.

I am not talking about flying into tacklesOld British style, but more closing down defenders and forcing them into mistakes and offering himself for out balls into wide areas, rather than just hang around in the middle and only spring into action when the ball gets near the opposition box.

They would wait for the ball to get to Argentina's wingbacks, usually Di Maria (more on that later), Brazil's winger would backward press him and use his cover shadow to block the pass back, also the ball near number 8 would block the passing lane to the center and with the help of the fullback they would use this pressing trap to take the ball back from Argentina.

The same thing happened in the 48th minute, Countinho and Augusto got the ball off Otamendi which then led to Willian being fouled in a dangerous area near the box.

The amount of times you see Cech or VDS flailing arms get nowhere near the ball.

Am reading all over the net and hear as well that people are blaming the players fabianski for not getting his angles right, he had an ok game but a top class keeper would not be beaten at his near post, song who out of nowhere has become an attacking midfielder, chamaka for missing two easy headers, diaby for taking too long on the ball, Squillaci, Koscielny i know they new but they are making some mistakes that school boys would not basic mistakes rosciky for blasting a penalty over the bar when a cool head was needed, deneilson your team leading 1 nill late in a game and you shoot rather than take or pass the ball to the corner i can go on almunia whose technique is horrible and you say this team has improved.

Mohd Sali was the star for the hosts and he could have made it 2 - 0 when he got the better of Kyle Barkley, but could only find Mannone when he tried to squeeze the ball in at the near post.

Right on the hour mark, Mane got the ball inside the box near the 18 yard line.

He picked the ball up near the halfway line, got a lucky bounce off of Coote and managed to motor away towards goal unchallenged.

That streak was snapped early in the game when freshmen forward Amber Birchwell got behind the MU defense on a ball played from near midfield by Theresa Durkee and beat Maddy Henry one - on - one to give Providence the first half lead.

He didn't get anywhere near enough on the ball and it dropped to Griezmann who stabbed home his second.

The ball did not need to reach its target at the far post, as Pope and Long got in a tangle at the near stick with the defender juggling the ball over the line for an own - goal.

Like Bentaleb, was missing when we didn't have the ball, and we needed to win possession back well before it got anywhere near our nervy defence.