"This team is playing with a ruthless defensive efficiency, combined with traditional Welsh attacking flair, " he said.

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These young innovators, with their inventive, fast-moving approach, remind me of the creative, attacking flair of Brazilian footballers.

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The introduction of substitute Vainikolo gave the home side more attacking flair and Leicester's Matt Smith was sinbinned for killing possession.

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The fly-half also had a late try disallowed for a knock-on in a game short of attacking flair and riddled with handling errors.

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Buoyed by their Champions League victory over AC Milan and the prospect of facing Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, Redknapp named a line-up full of attacking flair and his side flooded forward from the first whistle.

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This season, at home in particular, we may find teams sitting back and not wanting to get beaten so we will have to break teams down with our attacking flair and be a bit more patient at times.

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Those who remember a time when Brazil was a catchword for the beauty of attacking soccer and good old-fashioned principles of flair in the game are certainly getting long in the tooth.

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