passing combonation in the middle of the park which gets player out to the winger for him to play down the line for the overlapping full back to cross into the box as this is happening the supporting midfielder makes his run to the edge of the boxand the 2 strikers split front post and back for the full back to pick his cross out
back post cross: lean back when kciking the ball to create the loft needed to reach the attacker at the back post
Front post cross: lean more over the ball keeping it low for the front post srtiker to hit a first time shot
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