Julio Cesar Leal

CROSS

CROSS IS THE ACTION TO SEND THE BALL TO A TEAMMATE IN THE OPPOSITE AREA, OR EVEN JUST HANG TO THE INTERIOR OF THE ADVERSARY 18 WITH THE INTENTION OF BEING COLLECTED AND FINSHED BY A COLEAGUE, OR A DEFENDER SCORE AN OWN-GOAL.
IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PASS, BUT WITH SOME PECULIARITIES, AS BEING A FINAL ASSISTENCE FROM THE SIDES OF THE FIELD, FROM THE FLANKS, AISLES. CROSS IN PORTUGUESE IS “CRUZAMENTO” OU “CENTRO”. THERE ARE GOOD PASSERS, BUT BAD IN CROSSING.
ONES MADE FROM THE GOAL LINE ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS, BUT THOSE DELIVERED FROM THE “GOLDEN POT” (INTERSECTION OF THE GOAL LINE AND THE LATERAL OF THE 18 AREA, ARE FATALS, FROM WHER MANY GOALS ARE SCORED, IT IS A GOLDEN MINE, AND THERE ARE 2, ONE IN EACH SIDE OF THE 18.
IN GENERAL, IS A SPECIALITY OF THE AUTHENTIC, ROOT-WINGERS AND MANY MODERN WING-BACKS.
FROM EVERY PART OF THE FIELD, DEEP NEAR THE FINAL LINE, OR FROM THE INTERMEDIARY, THE FEET OF SUPPORT, THE FEET TOUCHES THE BALL AND THE POSITION OF THE ENTIRE BODY DIFFERS.

PONTOS ESSENCIAIS

ALWAYS TRY TO GET THE GOAL LINE, FROM WHERE CROSSES ARE MORE DANGEROUS, BEING POSSIBLE GO TO THE GONDEN POT, SPACE AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF THE GOAL LINE AND THE BOUNDARY OF THE 18, FROM WHERE ALL PLAYERS INSIDE THE BIG OR SMALL AREA BECOME STRIKERS, BY FORCING THE DEFENDERS TO FACE THEIR OWN GOALPOSTS (MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF FORWARDS FRONT TO THE OPPONENT GOAL POSTS) . DEFENDERS SHOULD NEVER, EVER, FACE THEIR OWN GOAL POSTS. ALWAYS IT IS POSSIBLE BEFORE DELEVER THE CROSS HAVE A LOOK TO FIND THE BEST PLAYR OR PLACE TO PUT THE BALL,M MAINLY WHERE IS THE MAIN GOAL SCORER.

CONSIDERING THE DISTANCE, THEY ARE LONG (CLOSED TO THE BOUNDARY LINES AND FROM THE INTERMEDIATE), MEDIUNS (OUTSIDE THE 18 AREA NEAR THE AREA OR THE GOLDEN POT), AND THE SHORT ONES (INSIDE THE 18 OR THE GOALKEEPER AREA), ALSO VERY EFFECTIVES. FOR EACH OF THOSE CROSSES ONE KIND OF TOUCH, POSITION OF THE FEET ON THE GROUND, DIRECTION AND POWER.

CONSIDERING THE DIRECTION MIGHT BE STRAIGHT OR IN CURVE, WITH SPIN (IN OR OUT). STRAIGHTS ARE LIKE THE FINAL PUT IN THE GREEN OF GOLF, WITH SPIN, THE ONES OUTSIDE THE BIG AREA, MAINLY. THE NEED OF THE SPIN IS TO MAINTAIN THE GOALKEEPER INSIDE THE GOAL, AND THE STRIKERS LIKE RECEIVING FROM THE GOAL LINE, BESIDES CONFUSE THE DEFENDERS.

CONCERNING THE TYPE: INSTEP (STRONG BUT LESS DIRECTION); INTERNAL PART OF THE FEET (MORE PRECISE AND WITH SPIN); THE ONES WITH THE THREE LAST TOES (POWER, SPIN, PRECISION); AND THE “TELÊ” ONES, VERY LIGHT TOUCH WITH THE UPPER PART OF THE BIG AND SECONG TOES, FROM THE LAST LINE, NOT FAR, MAKING THE BALL LIFT WITHOUT SPIN AND STAY LIKE HANGING IN A GALLOW WAITING THE ARRIVAL OF ONE FORWARD TO STRIKE EASYLY AND SCORE.
MOST GOALS ARE SCORED WITH ONE ONLY TOUCH AND CROSS OR PASS IN ASSISTENCE WITH ONE OR TWO TOUCHES, SO IMPORTANT TO PRACTISE A LOT TO MAKE MORE DIFICULT THE LIFE OF DEFENDERS AND KEEPERS.

SOME OF THE BEST I EVER SAW AND REMEMBER:

ARCE (GRÊMIO)

CARLOS ALBERTO (CAPITÃO DA SELEÇÃO)

EDSON (FLAMENGO E CORITIBA)

EDU (SANTOS)

ESCURINHO (FLUMINENSE)

FLECHA (AMÉRICA RJ)

JUNIOR (FLAMENGO)

LEANDRO (FLAMENGO)

LULA (FLUMINENSE)

MARCO ANTONIO (FLUMINENSE)

NILTON SANTOS (BOTAFOGO)