Sentence examples for compacted midfield from inspiring English sources
Cagey stuff then - and a compacted midfield.
Look closer at Japan though and you'd see a compact midfield, at times with five players bustling to give the Socceroos midfielders no time or space, with the captain Makoto Hasebe in particular excellent in hounding Rogic and cutting off supply to the Socceroos' key playmaker.
8 Ibrahim Afellay Composed and disciplined in a compact midfield, with few chances to show his more constructive side.
Ireland's No9 produced a remarkable shift, partnering Murphy in attack whenever his team had possession and dropping to the right of a compact midfield diamond the moment it was lost.
After Carrick's entrance to the game, United played with a much more compact midfield.
"The team were really solid and compact, the midfield really strong," said Mourinho.
"At halftime," said Bale later, "the gaffer (Villas-Boas) said City compact the midfield, but we should use the space out wide.
Though Dortmund continued to boss possession and territory, they did so with far less venom than in the first half with Arsenal frustrating them by dropping a touch deeper and looking a lot more compact in midfield.
