Any teams I have played on have not used a striker, so is it up by the center forwards, or is it close to the stopper?  Or does it depend on what formation you are playing in?
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Striker is really the same as a forward...usually the center forward acts as the striker.  His task is to try and convert the balls that the midfield and wing players send in.  However, some of the best strikers have made poaching for easy, loose balls from the defense an art...so a true striker is an opportunist as well as a very strong physical and technical player who can take on the defense and place shots on goal.
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p. Schmeichal\n\nS. Pearce, T. Adams, J. Terry, G. Neville\n\nP. Viera, R. Keane, R.Giggs, F. Lampard \n\nA. Shearer and T. Henry\n\n\nThat defense of Pearce, Adams and Terry would scare any striker.  If they dont get the ball at least the players not getting near the goal.\n\nManager Alex Ferguson\n\nBench: Seaman, Cantona, Bergkamp, Beckham
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If the striker kick the ball out of the goal keeper base line, den it will be a goal kick. If the opposing team hit or deflect the striker's ball and it went out, den it will be the attacker ball. It will be a corner kick.
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GREAT QUESTION !!!I've been playing for quite a while and you finally asked the question I have been waitng for all this time...thanks...normally you have to take into account formation,players current form and of course your opposition...with that said my team is soo good they are the team everybody would want to beat because they would be an ULTIMATE opponent...here goes...\n1.Cech(Chelsea)\n2.Puyol(Barca.)\n4.Terry(Chels.)\n5.Toure(Arsen.)\n3.Cole((Chel)\n6.Makele(Chels)\n7.Ronaldo(ManU)    \n8.Gerrard(Liver.)   \n9.Ronaldinho(Barca)\n10.Rooney(ManU)\n11.Eto'o(Barca)\n\nBench:\nHenry(Arsenal)\nTotti(Roma)\nKaka(AC Milan)\nViera(Juve)\nR.Carlos(Real)\nZambrotta(Juve)\nRobinson(Spurs)\n    Of all time my team would look like this...\n1.Gordon Banks\n2.Roberto Carlos\n3.Jarzinho(Brazil)\n4.Franz Beckenbauer(Germany)\n5.Roy Keane(Rep.Ireland)\n6.Rudi Kroll(Holland)\n7.Diego Maradona(Argentina)\n8.Johan Cruyff(Holland)\n9.Gary Lineker(England)\n10.Pele(Brazil)\n11.Ronaldinho(Brazil)...\n    in a 4-4-2 formation playing Maradona just behind Pele and Lineker and Keane just in front of Beckenbauer.Honorable mentions/bench to Zoff(Italy),Puskas(Hungary),Kempes(Argentina),Platini(France),Zidane(France)and Moore(England).\n       Thanks hope you like my picks!!!
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Not in this instance. A scoring situation usually results in a goal, and it takes less than 2 seconds. if we got as far as the scoring situation, and the game wasn't stopped before, the injury must have just occured (mere logic). A skilled striker will score way faster than the opponent will discover his injury (if we are talking about something that happened almost at the same time). Obviously, if you have to dribble around the keeper, and someone is seriously injured, you shouldn't complete the play. But it is normal to take a shot.
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Not really problems, but the ball has a new design that makes it more unpredictable for goal-keepers. It has 14 panels instead of the 26 or 32, which makes it rounder. The aerodynamics are different and when hit with a slow spin, it makes the ball less stable in midair giving it a more unpredictable trajectory.
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i ve taken a lot of penalty kix for my HS team.... all you have to do is never look at the goalie... and put your head down but you have to know and never change your mind to where you are placing the ball.... i mean never change your mind.... dont get nervous... dont try anything fancy.. start at the the corner where the arc ends.... as you start sort of hop and skip and three steps before you kick slow down just a little and then speed up and kick the ball. i ve made all of my PKs that way and my team really trusts me on PKs. i usually use outside of my right foot... it goes to the corner and hits the bar sometimes but it goes in.
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4-1-3-2 ARE THE BEST WAY TO UTILISE SISSOKO AND GERRARD AND YOU CAN USE LIVERPOOLS QUALITY WINGERS. KUYT AND BELLAMY ARE THE BETTER PARTNERSHIP, IF LOOKING TO SIGN A STRIKER USE RAFAEL SOBIS FROM REAL BETIS
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Okay. In order to play soccer, you have to be in VERY good shape. Soccer players are some of the best athletes on the planet because they have to be constantly moving up and down a huge field. If you want to be a striker/forward, you will need to be able to sprint, but you will not be doing as much running as midfield/halfback. Midfields stay in the middle of the field and run an average of 2-4 miles, depending on the intensity in the game, in high school, and more in college. Soccer is very competitive in some areas. Do not be afraid of coming into contact with the ball because you will need to head it(use your hairline), and trap it with your chest, torso, and legs. Practice should be intensive, based on the personality of the coach. You will do antything from running sprints to passing to running miles to scrimmaging. And as to the goalie question, usually a player volunteers to be a goalie. If no one volunteers, which is highly unusual, then the coach should determine the goalie based on which player is least intimidated by the ball and has the quickest reflexes. No, no one will make you be goalie. You always have the option of saying no or quitting the team. Soccer is a very intensive sport, but I love it. I am currently playing on a high school varsity team and I love it. I usually play right midfield, but can be subbed in for the forward position. In my opinion, soccer is the best sport and really helps get the stress out. Advice: think of someone you hate/would love to smack and kick the ball with all your might. Kick using your shoelaces and lean back to put power into your kick. Pass the ball with the side of your foot. When shooting, never use your toe. And finally, never use your arms to trap the ball. Some referees call a handball only if the ball touched the actual hand, but most usually call it for any part of the arm. Good luck, chica!!! :D
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Your aim as a coach is not to have a particular tactic, but to adapt your tactic to the opposing team. If they were a weak team, and if they would play extremely defensive, then you should field as many strikers as possible. But 4-2-4 is highly unbalanced, as you have few players in the midfield, which is the most important position in the game. Besides, Since Sir Alf Ramsey started using wingers in his 4-3-3 formation, 4-2-4 and other attacking-minded formations have not been used. Teams are now more interested in not losing, so they'll even use 5-3-2. or 5-4-1.\n\nOf course certain balanced formations such as 4-4-2 or 3-5-2 are good for almost any opposition
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I think Zeus and Hercules would be good strikers, and Goliath a good goal tender, however, if you intend to have jesus or mohammed as defenders, you might have trouble against Brazil...  The midfielders should be Thor and Budha, you need them to assist your strikers. Confusious might be a weak link, he would most likely occupy himself pondering as to why the objective is to win.
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# In a Free Kick (direct or indirect) the players can locate themself  at least 9.15 meters (10 yards) from the ball (permit by the laws of the game) and the ball is place where the offence occurred.  \n• So the defenses players try to make it more dificult to the offense team to score, so they form a barrier between the ball and goal. \n• A offense player can get inside the barrier, because the law of the game permits him to be at the same distance, so they try to create holes in the barrier, to make it easier to score.\n\n# Penalty kick: the players can locate themself  at least 9.15 meters (10 yards) from the penalty mark, but they have to be outside the penalty area, that's why you see them  infront of the goalie, but behind the penalty kicker. \nAfter the ball is in play (after it is kicked and moves forward) and if it is repel by the goalkeeper or the goalposts, we have that:\n• any offense's player have the opportunity to try to score (except the player who kick the penalty, he can play the ball only after it has been touche by another player)  \n• any defense player will try to avoid a score.\n\nThe Fouls and misconduct are penalised as follows:\n\nAWARD A PENALTY KICK \nA penalty kick is awarded if any offences award with a direct free kick is committed by a player inside his own penalty area, irrespective of the position of the ball, provided it is in play.\n\nAWARD A DIRECT FREE KICK\n#A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following six  offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:\n• kicks or attempts to kick an opponent\n• trips or attempts to trip an opponent\n• jumps at an opponent\n• charges an opponent\n• strikes or attempts to strike an opponent\n• pushes an opponent\n#A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following four offences:\n• tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball\n• holds an opponent\n• spits at an opponent\n• handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)\n\nAWARD A INDIRECT FREE KICK\n#An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper,inside his own penalty area,  commits any of the following four offences:\n• takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession\n• touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player\n• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate\n• touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate\n#An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player, in the opinion of the referee:\n• plays in a dangerous manner\n• impedes the progress of an opponent\n• prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands\n• commits any other offence, not previously mentioned in Law 12, for which play is stopped to  caution or dismiss a player
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It's easier to understand if you know why it's there, rather than what it is:\n\nImagine what would happen if a team was allowed to line up loads of its players right in front of the opposition goal mouth - it would be really easy for one of them to knock the ball into the net if it was passed to them.\n\nSo to prevent players from 'loitering' near the goalmouth like this there's a rule which says that a player from team A is offside if (and only if) he receives the ball while the only team B player standing between him and the goal is the goalkeeper himself.
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I'm not sure Defoe is England's answer. But you are correct. Why bring a player along if you won't play him. I can think of a couple other strikers who deserve a chance.
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Midfielders get tackles, assists, and score more than defense or strikers. They will add points easier, unless strikers get the goal.
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Of course there's a strategy. How you set up the team effects the balance of defense and attack. The individual skills of independant players have to taken into account when deciding where and when to play them.\n\nThe ball can be played long to get it up the pitch and to the striker, or held and passed a lot to tire the opponents.\n\nYahoo answers needsa a seperate section just to discuss the tactics there are so many! I assume from your commenst that you are an american and are therefore utterly terrible at the sport. It may suprise you to know that the rest of the world doesn't think much of most of the sports you guys play either...
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I guess its because player positioning is still rather static.\n\nIt also gives commentators, managers, supporters and spectators a contextual reference point for a players position - Michael Owen is a striker and so by definition (without seeing the game) you would expect him to spend most of his time in the opposing half.\n\nThe game has got slightly more complex with the introduction of newly established formations - unlike the more common 4-4-2 - and so this has given rise to the creation of new player-position descriptions (i.e. wing backs are a more attacking-minded full-back).\n\nYou can also note the use of less anachronistic terms in the modern game (like a player who players "in the hole behind the striker"), but again these all are used for player-positional reference on the pitch.