Given the tendency within the diamond to predictability, it seemed to me fine as a defensive formation, but of less use to a team who needed to take the initiative.

考虑到钻石型中场内在的可预见性倾向，在我看来它可以作为很好的防御性阵型，但对于那些想掌握主动的球队来说用处就没那么大了。

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In fierce football matches, reasonable application of concealed passing techniques can disrupt the defensive formation of the opponents, achieving the best passing result.

在激烈的比赛中，运用合理的隐蔽性传球技术，可以打乱对方防守阵型，从而取得最佳传球效果。

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There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.

长期以来，海员中流传着一种迷信的说法，认为海豚会把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命；或在人们周围列队保护，使他们免遭鲨鱼伤害。

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In 1986, when I was a quarterback at Syracuse University, we installed a defensive formation called Cover 8.

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Levein brought on Miller and Chris Iwelumo for Mackie and Caldwell as the Scotland coach had to abandon his defensive formation for a more adventurous 4-4-2.

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The Italian giants travelled to London with a slender 2-1 lead and Mourinho ditched his normally defensive tactics with an attacking formation that reaped dividends.

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