As full-backs in football proper have exploited the space they have been afforded and become more attacking, so wide forwards have become more defensive to close them down.

足球中的边后卫得益于其充裕的空间，攻击力渐长，所以边锋变得更加工于防守，以对边后卫构成逼抢。

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With a sound defensive platform, the midfield and full-backs were suddenly liberated: the shift to an ostensibly more defensive shape actually made England a more fluent attacking side.

基于稳固的防守体系，中场和边后卫们被解放了：表面上更保守的阵型反而使得英格兰队获得了更流畅的进攻。

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Attacking full-backs are more important than ever - Chelsea's are basically auxiliary wingers - meaning teams are getting forward in Numbers and leaving lots of space behind them.

进攻型边后卫受到史无前例的重视，比如切尔西的边后卫基本都是助攻型。这种战术意味着球队有多名球员前压，身后当然会留下大片空档。

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Though if he finds that South Africa have good attacking full-backs, he is likely to pull a central midfielder very deep into a holding role, as he did with Mauro Silva in 1994.

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The Scarlets probably had different feelings on seeing one of the northern hemisphere's finest attacking full-backs take the field against them, especially with the Ospreys starting to find some fluidity in the backline.

BBC: Scarlets 14-21 Ospreys