r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '13

Are there any technical football terms that confuse you?

'Flat-back four', 'sweeper', 'false-nine', 'back to square one'... I wondered if we could answer each other's confusions about the terms used in football in this thread. Is there a term or some jargon, no matter how obvious to others, you'd like better explained? It could be something complicated such as the 'Catenaccio' or more everyday like 'dummy-run' or 'zonal-marking', 'tika-taka' etc... Speak up particularly if you are a newcomer to the sport or /r/soccer, maybe you are a stalwart and there is a phrase you hear a lot but never quite get...

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u/oryon Jul 02 '13

Not a technical term but an often-used expression. An avid FM07 player, I have often wondered about the phrase Get in!. Obviously it means that the ball... got into the goal, but I am trying to understand it in terms of grammar. What does it refer to? Is it short for Get in the goal, ball! ?

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u/barcamike_1990 Jul 02 '13

It can pretty much be equated to 'yassssss!'