Here the teams will play a 6v6 with 'dead ball' Robert and Wouter will referee. If a team score then it will begin, there will be three minutes of time for"
1. The team that scored the first goal has to make sure they do not have a goal against them, really slow, waste time, ball possession.
2. The team that had the goal scored against them have to give EVERYTHING to try and score within 3 minutes, full press, lots of balls forwards, quickly as possible.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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