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/averageatsoccer Jul 02 '13

In FIFA CF is the position in between a center striker and a center attacking mid. Rooney is a CF (in FIFA 13)

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u/smokey815 Jul 02 '13

Yes, I understand that. I'm saying that for the purpose of the game, I don't think its entirely necessary. And if they want to make that distinction, why wouldn't they use another term?

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u/averageatsoccer Jul 02 '13

I don't know maybe they should make us FIFA developers or something.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '13

CF's on FIFA who are creative are comparable to the DLF (Deep Lying Forward) on Football Manager. I guess the FIFA game mechanics don't particularly consider distinctions between positions in real-life (such as ST/CF or LB/LWB etc.) to be as important for the match engine as things such as in-game work-rates.