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LET’S NOT UNDER VALUE THE ART OF DEFENCE

PHIL Neville talked this week about Sir Alex Ferguson’s ‘gung ho’ attacking style at Manchester United and surprisingly revealed that the emphasis as the team left the dressing room was on the ‘clean sheet’.
David Beckham and Ryan Giggs were expected to work so hard that their full-backs could have very quiet defensive afternoons and evenings. Neville cited the ground distances covered by Beckham and Giggs as the telling statistic in the footballing strategy that underpinned the treble winners.
The culture of football has unquestionably changed. The public emph...

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