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français term

Peggy Daly

États-Unis

7 questions

Face au 4-2-2 stéphanois, avec l'apparition d'espaces, l'équipe…

français vers anglais Autre Sports / forme physique / loisirs

This is from an article on the match between French soccer teams Saint Etienne and OM. I am just not sure what this is saying. Any help would be appreciated. Thx!

The whole sentence: "Face au 4-2-2 stéphanois, avec l'apparition d'espaces, l'équipe a été, après le repos, plus séduisante dans l'animation, le gestion des transitions, les phases de progression."

Proposed translations (anglais)

4 +3	With St Etienne's 4-2-2 opening up spaces	philgoddard
4 +1	See explanation	Paul Connolly (X)

Change log

May 2, 2017 22:29: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "Face au 4-2-2 stéphanois, avec l\\\'apparition d\\\'espaces, l\\\'équipe…" to "Face au 4-2-2 stéphanois, avec l\'apparition d\'espaces, l\'équipe… "

Discussion

Martyn Greenan Apr 28, 2017:

Could you provide more text/info, Margaret? I'm just wondering if "4-2-2" is a typo for "4-4-2" (a standard football/soccer formation, as Phil has explained) here, or if Saint-Étienne had two men sent off...

Proposed translations

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philgoddard

États-Unis

8963 answers

Native in anglais

français term (edited): Face au 4-2-2 stéphanois, avec l\'apparition d\'espaces, l\'équipe…

Selected

With St Etienne's 4-2-2 opening up spaces

A 4-2-2 formation means four defenders, four midfielders and two forwards.
Etienne is the French equivalent of Stephen, so Stéphanois is the adjective of St-Etienne.

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_(association_football)

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/st%C3%A9phanois

Peer comment(s):

agree	katsy 46 minutes
agree	Philippa Smith 1 heure
agree	writeaway : I never accept jobs requiring football speak. I did know that the team has to be St. Etienne and that's all....... 2 heures
	I find them hard work, but fun.
neutral	Francois Boye : a soccer/football team has 10 instead of 8 field players, hasnt it? 3 heures
	Maybe two players had been sent off: that would open up space. Maybe it's a typo. But my translation is still correct. You could easily check by looking up match reports if you knew the date.

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. This answer is the easiest and most straightforward."

1 jour 2 heures

Paul Connolly (X)

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Native in anglais

français term (edited): Face au 4-2-2 stéphanois, avec l\'apparition d\'espaces, l\'équipe…

See explanation

Not often I see a thread about a Marseille game, so here goes!

If this is in reference to the 4-0 match the other week, Saint-Etienne started and finished that game with 11 men, so 4-2-2 is very likely to be a typo.

But their formation seemed to be more like a 4-2-3-1 (see link) and one match report suggested they set up quite narrow, so I would suggest:

"With Saint-Etienne lining up with two banks of midfielders, Marseille were able to exploit the spaces in behind after the break, moving the ball forward effectively with spells of attractive possession and build-up play."

Reference:
https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/match/363809

Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : great explanation

14 heures

Thanks, the '4-2-2' is a potential banana skin, to borrow a well-worn football cliché..

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agree	writeaway : great explanation 14 heures
	Thanks, the '4-2-2' is a potential banana skin, to borrow a well-worn football cliché..