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English
Etymology
From German, popularised by Ralf Rangnick (1958–), German football manager.
Noun
gegenpressing (uncountable)
- (soccer) A tactic in which a team, after losing possession of the ball, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup.
- Synonym: counterpressing
2015 October 26, Barry Glendenning, “Football transfer rumours: Pep Guardiola to manage Chelsea?”, in The Guardian:Not the kind of player you’d associate with the frenzied gegenpressing for which Jürgen Klopp’s name is a byword, the striker’s non-future with Liverpool is expected to be thrashed out by his agent Mino Raiola and Klopp in what the Rumour Mill imagines will be a fairly short conversation.
Verb
gegenpressing
- present participle and gerund of gegenpress