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Meaning of gegenpressing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A tactic in which a team, after losing possession of the ball, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup.

uncountable

Examples

“Not the kind of player you’d associate with the frenzied gegenpressing for which Jürgen Klopp’s name is a byword, the striker’s non-future with Liverpool is expected to be thrashed out by his agent Mino Raiola and Klopp in what the Rumour Mill imagines will be a fairly short conversation.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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