4-3-3

noun

A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers

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noun4-3-3 (uncountable)
  1. uncountableball gamesA popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers

    England had started in a 4-3-3 formation that had Welbeck and Oxlade-Chamberlain coming in from the wings, with James Milner and Stewart Downing operating alongside Jack Wilshere in more deep-lying positions.

    18 November 2014, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian
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