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Brexit Ball

Tactic on football:
Going beyond parking the bus, Brexit ball is the act of putting most, if not all players in the box to block shots and intercept passes.
Popularised by Sean Dyche's Burnley side, the tactic is shunned by the football world alike for its boring nature.
Despite the fact that Chelsea had 96% possession, and 47 shots, Dyche's Brexit Ball kept the ball away from the keeper
by 1997HondaCivic January 17, 2021
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brexit baller

A brexit baller is type of slang used in football to tell you a player is overdoing it or not passionately this type of player has only one thing on his mind and that’s to smash it in the goal.They have no time for skills just and nothing is doing to much
Jamie vardy is such a brexit baller just look how he plays
by Aj_world May 8, 2022
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Brexitball

A football strategy that involves "no nonsense" defending, parking the bus, hoofing the ball up the park instead of playing precise through balls, high aggression and reliance on the brute strength of the players to overcome the opposition. Shithousery, in other words. A more "traditional" way of football. Famously used by Burnley FC and their goat manager Sean Dyche. While often criticised, some claim it has helped Burnley and other similar teams to success in recent years, and has gotten them results against tough opponents. Influence has spread all across English football.

Named for the fact that "Brexitball" teams are normally based in white, working class areas with similar players, and these areas are known to support Brexit and Boris Johnson in recent years.
Burnley managed to Brexitball their way to a 1-0 win at Old Trafford yesterday

England playing complete Brexitball against Germany here.
by theSmartPenguin23 August 15, 2021
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