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Why don't football teams use one-to-one marking during the game's most chaotic moments?

March 2026

It is yet another Sunday evening, and I am sitting in front of the TV watching football matches. Like most fans, I’ve become accustomed to the way the modern game looks. You see these clean, disciplined lines of defenders moving back and forth in perfect synchronicity. They are guarding zones. It’s a beautiful, geometric way to play the sport, and it’s treated as the gold standard...

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