And Kangaroos skipper Danny Buderus thought Great Britain's superior ball control was the major factor in their victory.
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The Bills were the favorites but the Giants came to play and established dominance with record-breaking ball control.
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Bergkamp then shot straight at Taylor before almost setting up Van Persie but the young Dutchman could not bring the ball under control.
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They do not need to run for two hours in the same pace, they need to run when it is necessary with the ball under control.
Conway's free-kick found the unmarked Jon Daly in the fourth minute, but the striker could not get the ball under control as it trickled back to Hearts goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald.
Reo-Coker was then let down by Ashley Young's inability to bring the ball under control after he had pushed a smart pass through with the England winger lurking on the shoulder of Sunderland's defenders.
It's just keeping the ball under control.
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Control where the ball is placed initially, and you control where it ends up.
"The big problem is that sometimes this ball is impossible to control, " said England's Italian manager.
The Leeds skipper used a touch to control the ball before guiding it past the advancing Camp.
The rules of soccer prohibit players from trying to control the ball with their arms and hands.
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas and Brazil custodian Julio Cesar have previously suggested the ball is difficult to control.
But to the relief of the centre-back, the Stags striker failed to control the ball from two yards out.
"His foot was in the air as he was trying to control the ball, which was coming down, " explained Jefferies.
Without James and Wade to control the ball, Miller and Allen had more opportunities to make plays going toward the basket.
Exhibit No. 1 is the West Coast Offense, which relies on quick, short passes to control the ball and gain incremental yardage.
Milner delivered and inattentive Swedish defending allowed Onuoha to control the ball, and strike a swivelled shot into the corner of the net.
The striker had time to control the ball, but instead opted for the spectacular with an overhead kick, firing wide of Kirkland's left-hand post.
Gavin Melaugh flicked on from a Scates cross and Kelbie, despite failing to control the ball, managed to prod it past keeper Philip Matthews.
Wanderers hit back and almost took the lead when Stelios Giannakopoulos headed across the Birmingham goal to Diouf, who failed to control the ball inside the six-yard box.
The U.S. appeared disorganized and out of sorts for most of the game, struggling for long stretches to control the ball and mount anything like a steady attack.
Inverness defender Lionel Djebi-Zadi's failure to control the ball inside his penalty area, the ball broke kindly to the Welshman who coolly side-footed past Michael Fraser from 10 yards.
Boyd squandered a chance when found by a Kenny Miller cross into the six-yard box, the Scotland striker failing to control the ball as he attempted to turn away from his marker.
Three minutes later Villa raced through a static dark blue defence to collect a visionary chip by the elegant Xabi Alonso but uncharacteristically failed to control the ball with only the keeper to beat.
The opening half was largely devoid of inspiration and often resembled a meaningless end-of-season encounter until Richard Chaplow's outswinging corner fell to Jones, who took one touch to control the ball and another to fire high into the net from six yards.
Latching on to a pass from Marouane Chamakh, who appeared to control the ball with his arm in the build-up, Bendtner raced clear and fired off target, only for his shot to get a helpful diversion off the sliding Clarke and into the far corner.
To beat them we will need a rock steady defence, good discipline and control of the ball.
Wigan went close through Terry Newton, who lost control of the ball as he reached for the touchdown.
Dempsey then threatened to score again before flanker Shane Jennings lost control of the ball as he went over.
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