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Back line
noun
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Noun
- 1 Collectively, the defenders of a team.
"Battling Bolton disputed the goal, claiming Drogba was offside, but the Ivorian appeared to have timed his angled run across the visitors back line to perfection to race onto a fine Michael Essien pass and ensure Chelsea moved back into fourth place in the Premier League."
- 2 The line running across the goal to the corners of the playing field.
- 3 The players known as the backs, whose primary responsibility is defense.
"A running fullback radically improves the attacking prowess of any back line, particularly if she is able to read a play, knowing when it's time to hit the line at pace or to join the line to act as an extra attacker."
- 4 The imaginary tactical line across the field that passes through the backs, through their primary line of attack/defence (i.e. excluding any players in a more backward defensive position).
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