offside trap
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
offside trap (usually uncountable, plural offside traps)
- (soccer) A defensive play intended to catch the attacking team offside, generally in such a way that the defense line suddenly and simultaneously moves forward.
- He managed to beat the offside trap and clinch the winner.
- 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC[1]:
- But the visitors started the game in stunning fashion when Morten Gamst Pedersen dinked forward a clever looping pass and Kalinic beat the offside trap, surged into the box and beautifully placed the ball past goalkeeper Scott Carson.
Translations[edit]
defensive play
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