Meaning of man-mark | Babel Free

Definitions

To mark an opposition player closely.

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Examples

“In the most extreme form⟳ of man-marking, each player has a pre-established opponent to be followed and to be man-marked, from a more or less short distance, wherever he goes. The main objective of the defender is to steal⟳ the ball from his opponent if he receives it, or to place⟳ him in a threatened condition, thus forcing him to immediately get⟳ rid⟳ of the ball.”

“No, and I still hate⟳ him. This is for you. He's going to be man-marked. He won't be allowed anywhere near you. I'll rip him to pieces if he tries anything funny, […]”

“Our manager Don Megson had given me the job of man-marking George Best, so we were both a little disappointed, shall we say⟳, that he scored after only 71 seconds.”

“It was my last⟳ round up against Noel O'Leary. He was rolled out to man-mark me again at the last⟳ minute. […] While the Cork manager might have⟳ felt he was negating my influence⟳ on the game by man-marking me with a secret last-minute selection, in reality we were always using the arrangement to our advantage.”

“When the team might have⟳ tired from that hard-running style they have⟳ had days to rest⟳. When first Sam Allardyce and then José Mourinho exposed a certain weakness against a two-man attack, and also when the "supply⟳" players, [Eden] Hazard and Pedro, were man-marked, [Antonio] Conte had a week to drill his team and patch this up.”

“If Rangers want⟳ to put⟳ someone on me, fine. If a team man-marks you that just pulls people out of position. I can go in and sit⟳ at centre-half which suits me. If my man-marker wants to play⟳ centre-forward, it's fine.”

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