In this drill, there will be 2 teams against each other. The players will discuss their team name. For example, Real Madrid vs Manchester United. Real Madrid and Manchester United players will number themselves between 1 to 4. Once that's done, they will line up facing towards their defending goal. When the referee calls out a number, the players with that number will run around the cone and run towards the ball and it will become a 1v1. The progression will be that the referee might call out two numbers, 3 numbers or 4 numbers.
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