Sentences with phrase «heavy first touch»

He still sometimes has a heavy first touch, but Campbell has more dynamism and all - round contribution than Ox.

Sometimes he has a heavy first touch, but he always tries to win the ball back.

He is not the finished article yet, and he sometimes has a heavy first touch, but he is learning and has 2 goals + 2 great assists (in the CL) which shows his progress.

There was contact, but Griezmann embellished it to make up for a heavy first touch and got himself booked for a few choice words he said to the referee Gil Manzano.

Two minutes later Bentancur put a heavy first touch on a Costa pullback, but he tenaciously followed the ball and laid it back himself to Higuain, who was denied by Cordaz's foot even though the rest of the keeper was going the other way.

If a player has a poor first touch then he can see moves break down because of a poor or heavy first touch.

First Touch — If a player has a poor first touch then he can see moves break down because of a poor or heavy first touch.

At the other end, Son played Llorente clean through in space but a heavy first touch carried the ball away from the striker and, as he came out to gather at his feet, Burki's head hit the ground and he was forced off, replaced for the last few minutes by veteran stopper Roman Weidenfeller.

Romelu Lukaku 5 — Missed two one - on - one's; the first fired at Ben Foster and the latter he didn't even get a shot in after a heavy first touch.