In modern football, it is difficult to get in behind the opposition defence, as teams are often very compact at the back with eight or nine players behind the ball.

6“在现代足球当中，很难撕破对方防线，因为球队通常在后场有8到9名球员的密集防守。

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You can work out, you can do all the shots and skill work, and you're still behind the eight-ball because there's no playing.

您还可以解决所有投篮和技巧工作，并且您还是在八球之后因为没有演奏。

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Now, it's about injury. Gasol suffers another early one, again putting him behind the eight ball physically.

他再一次在赛季初的时候受伤，这也使他在体能储备上落后于比赛的要求。

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"If we focus only on objects then we're always behind the eight ball, " Pistole said.

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Year-to-date, however, FXI is still behind the eight ball, underperforming the MSCI EM by 3 percentage points.

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