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Defenders
(attributes of quality defenders)
- High work rate (tireless).
- Gets stuck in. Tough tackler.
- Can pick out teammates with a long ball.
- Wins high balls.
- Reads the game well.
- Knows strengths and weaknesses (plays within themselves).
- Crosses the ball well.
- Serves in good long balls (driven passes) to the forwards.
- Communication.
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Watch great tackles from the pros and defenders scoring goals:
Keys: Don’t foul when you have a defender in the corner with their back turned. So often you see players foul the defender unnecessarily, and something that’s so frustrating for the rest of the team. The defender is in their own defensive third, just close them down and force them to make a tough pass or kick it out of bounds. | 
