anti-footballnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæn.tiˌfʊt.bɔːl//ˈæn.t̬iˌfʊt.bɑːl/a style of playing football in which trying to prevent the opposing team from scoring is more important than scoring goals yourselves. Many people consider this style to be boring and against the principles of the game.
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