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Long ball

In association football, a long ball is a pass attempt that moves the ball a long distance on the field via one long aerial kick from either a goalkeeper or a defender directly to an attacking player, with the ball generally bypassing the midfield. Rather than arrive at the feet of the receiving attacking player, the attacker is expected to challenge the…

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related to Examples · 19
Long ball → Analysis, Argentina, As, Bergkamp, Boer, Boer's, Both, Dennis Bergkamp's, Dutch, FIFA World Cup, Frank, In, It, Mere, Netherlands, One, Only Bergkamp's, The, World Cup
related to Effectiveness · 17
Long ball → Argentina, At, Brazil, England, FA, FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup Final, Hughes, Ireland, It, Italy, Montenegro, Reep, Republic, Serbia, The, While
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Long ball → Charles Hughes, Charles Reep, England, Gulleys, RAF Wing Commander, Reep, Skills, Tactics, The, The Football Association Soccer, The Winning Formula
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Long ball → pass attempt that moves the ball a long distance on the field via one long aerial kick from either a goalkeeper or a defender directly to an attacking player, quick counterattacking move and with a fast striker may produce multiple goals

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Long ballis apass attempt that moves the ball a long distance on the field via one long aerial kick from either a goalkeeper or a defender directly to an attacking player0.90text
Long ballis aquick counterattacking move and with a fast striker may produce multiple goals0.90text
attacking free kicks or successful tackles in the opponent's halfinstance ofReep also fails to distinguish statistically between three-pass moves that emerge from long balls and those that emerge from other sources0.80text
those by Brazil against Italy in the 1970 FIFA World Cup Final or Argentina versus Serbiainstance ofWhile multi-pass moves0.80text
Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup are widely lauded as brilliant examples of footballinstance ofWhile multi-pass moves0.80text
it is partially the rareness of success for such long moves that results in their appreciationinstance ofWhile multi-pass moves0.80text
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Long ballrelated to EffectivenessEngland0.60section
Long ballrelated to EffectivenessHughes0.60section
Long ballrelated to EffectivenessFA0.60section
Long ballrelated to EffectivenessReep0.60section
Long ballrelated to EffectivenessAt0.60section

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