red player plays the ball into white player, white player plays to blue, blue to green then back to red, the red then attacks down the wing whilst the other 3 players start making there way to the box then the red crosses a ball in for one of the others to finish.
Extension
put a defender in the wings for the attacker to beat them.
- switching play
- crossing
- finishing
- beating a player
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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