How to play association football, etc

HALF-BACK IN POSSESSION
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Diagram 38
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Attack.—When the blue left-half is tackled by the red
inside-right, both the outside-left and the inside-left of the
attacking team are partially marked by the red right-half.
Either can easily place himself in an unmarked position, the
outside man by moving back some distance towards his own
goal-line, and the inside player by increasing the distance
between himself and the red right-half.
If the half follows up either of these two attacking forwards,
he leaves the other in a good position for accepting a pass
from the blue left-half.
Defence.--The simplest and probably the most effective
method of meeting the attack is for the right-back to move
forward to the assistance of his half-back. Thus there will
be two defenders to watch the two left-wing forwards of the
attacking side,