B4 - Sunday, April 3, 1983 - North Shore News

[By BOBBY LENARDUZZI |

If you were to summarize
the characteristics of soccer
players, you would say that
defenders are conservative,
midfielders are creative and
forwards are aggressive.

Perhaps too simple, but in
one sense accurate. While
every player must always be
ready to attack, the defender
must remember ‘safety
first”.

And it’s defending we're
going to talk about. man to
man defending. .

If the defender can keep
the other team from scoring,
then he can do all the at-
tacking the caoch wants. In
fact, coach Johny Giles
emphasizes attacking. He
wants every player doing his
bit to score. John believes
that when we have the ball
every man is an attacker and
when the other team has it,
then all of us defend.

You must put pressure on
the man with the ball. This
means closing the distance
between him and_= you
quickly, not giving him room
to manouevre. And believe
me, that's easier said than
done.

If you run directly at a
player who's coming at you,

The Champ

IN LAST Sunday's
information on the
North Shore Cross
Country championships,
one of the four evem
winners was inad-
vertently left out. Alice
Woolley captured all
four events in the
Juvenile girls category.
The photo of Alice
Woolley was taken last
November in Vernon
when the young Hillside
student finished 31st out
of 250 runners at the
B.C. championships in
the open category.

Now you
know

he has the possibility of
beating you to either the left
or the right. And if you get
too close, he can easily work
a give and go, or step around
you.

Remember when he has
the bali, he knows what he's
going to do before you do,
which gives him the jump on
you.

Far better to stay at least
one yard away from the ball
carrier and “angle” him.

Lf he’s coming down the

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wing, keep a 45-degree angle
with him, forcing him wide.
And stay with him. If you're
covering a man and he
suddenly passes the ball,
don't follow the ball. Stay
with the man. If you don’t
you'll lose him and he'll be in
position to receive a pass
back on a give and go.

And never make a tackle
if you aren’t 100 per cent
sure. Force the attacker to
make the move. Concentrate
on closing him down. You

can feel foolish sliding on
your backside while the man
goes by because you thought
you could get the ball.

In 1979 when we played
the New York Cosmos in the
conference final, I was
marking Seninho, the fast
Portuguese winger. Early in
the game he came down the
wing with the ball and [ got
tvo close to him. In a flash

; he was by me. From that
\moment, I had a terrible

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game against him. I forgot
all the .basics of defending. I
rushed at him, attempted
tackles, then stayed too far
away. In short, he totally
dominated me and at one
point got past me and put in
a cross which resulted in the
Cosmos ' first goal.
Fortunately we beat them
and went on to play Tampa
Bay Rowdies in the Soccer
Bowl. I knew that Rowdies’
winger, Steve Wegerle was
much like Seninho and I

WITH THE CAPS

knew I had to stick to the
basics which I hadn't done
against Seninho.

It was a totally different
game. fot me. I concentrated
on the basics, controlled
Wegerle and we won the
game, and Soccer Bowl, 2-1.

One last point. Good
defending is learned by
doing and most of your doing
Is in practice. Use your
practice well and you'll be
well on the way to being a
good player. d

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