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August 13, 2016
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
In soccer, I thought the phrase "against the run of play" meant a counterattack when the other team has most of its players close to the opposing goal.
Today in the Wednesday/Norwich City game, it was used to describe Wednesday getting an attack during a stretch when Norwich City had been dominant. It wasn't a counterattack.
Which is it?
posted by rcade at 07:47 PM on August 13, 2016
It's usually the latter.
A counter attack is a particular moment in the match. Against the run of play means a team scores while not dominating possession or the number of goal attempts.
posted by owlhouse at 11:21 PM on August 13, 2016
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