Using the smart goals an attacked (blue) will lead through the gate receive the ball and have to run through the next gate and start a 3v2, the defender has to complete the same action without a ball reacting to the light gates. If the defender is quick enough they will be there in order to tackle back and stop the overload from scoring.
In a counter the team should focus on:
in more ways than one
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