gegenpressing means A tactic in which a team, after losing possession of the ball, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.
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- A tactic in which a team, after losing possession of the ball, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup.“Not the kind of player you’d associate with the frenzied gegenpressing for which Jürgen Klopp’s name is a byword, the striker’s non-future with Liverpool is expected to be thrashed out by his agent Mino Raiola and Klopp in what the Rumour Mill imagines will be a fairly short conversation.”