Japan's
high defensive line got them into trouble on occasion — most notably when Sebastián Soria broke the offside trap to put Qatar 1 - 0 up in their quarter - final — but their football was very pleasing on the eye.
Not exact matches
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.
It's not the cleanest analogy, but the multitude of final minute timeouts reminds me of the ridiculous «check with me» epidemic in
high school and college football where the team
lines up, checks the
defensive formation, and then, in unison, turns back towards the coach to
get his signals.