He's a very good player in the defensive phase, even though he has offensive characteristics and does not create any unbalance in the squad.

在防守上，他也很出色的，虽然他是一名进攻球员。他不会给球队带来丝毫的不平衡。

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American forces have already suffered casualties, and more may well follow, even though the marines will not take part in an offensive against Kandahar.

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This is most obvious in Britain, where during the recent election campaign Labour and Tory leaders vied with each other to bad-mouth Brussels (though the new Labour government has begun, as John Major once did, with a charm offensive in Europe).

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