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back four
noun
- soccer the defensive players in many modern team formations: usually two fullbacks and two centre backs
Example Sentences
"The team has been good with a back four," Clarke said.
Tom: Spurs would be absolutely mad to sack Postecoglou under these circumstances - starting the game with the third choice keeper and a decimated back four.
The early May bank holiday, traditionally celebrated on a Monday, was moved back four days to carve out a three-day weekend for commemorative events on the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 2020.
The 20-year-old Cameroon player is more of a ball carrier than someone like Rodri and one of City's issues has been his protection of the back four being missing.
In Villa's 4-1 defeat to Spurs earlier this month, their average positions show a clear back four shape.
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