tiki-taka
/tɪkɪˈtakə
/noun [mass noun] Soccer
A style of play involving highly accurate short passing and an emphasis on retaining possession of the ball: the foundation of Spain’s success was obviously tiki-taka [as modifier]: their tiki-taka style...
- He is still the only manager to have found an answer to tiki-taka.
- There is no chance of him developing his tiki-taka football.
- Spain's "tiki-taka" style of play had not been working as well in recent years.
Origin
Early 21st century: from Spanish tiqui-taca, probably originally imitative. The term was originally associated with FC Barcelona.
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