Word: catenaccio
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Throughout the final half, the Crimson spent most of the time taking shots and stealing the ball from MIT. Harvard was so effective in keeping the ball in the Engineer half that it looked like MIT was playing an Italian catenaccio defense, a defense that floods the defensive zone with bodies...
...styles. Ajax, shooting for a third successive cup victory, epitomizes a relentless, free-flowing new style of "total football." Attackers defend and defenders attack interchangeably. Juventus, winner of 15 national titles and known as the "grand old lady" of Italian soccer, represents the conservative, traditional style known as catenaccio (literally, door bolt). The emphasis is on tight defense, with the opponent's attacks being used as springboards for counter-thrusts and breakaway strikes by swift forwards...