Example Sentences

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In the first leg he played Gabriel Jesus on the wing and used Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne as false nines.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2020

He might plump for a strikerless system to make use of his collection of false nines.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2014

For 60 years, English football has been bedevilled by other kinds of attacker: false nines, hole-lurkers, string-pullers.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010