What do "open up" and "evade" in this sentence?
34 min City open Newcastle up with a beautiful passing move on the left. Eventually De Bruyne plays in Zinchenko, whose low cross just evades Jesus in the six-yard box.
If a team opens up another team it means they have created space for them to attack. Good teams can open up a defence by using attacking patterns and of course good skillful players. In this example, City opened up Newcastle (opened Newcastle up) by passing beautifully.
To evade in the example above means that the cross did not reach the forward (Jesus); but there is a suggestion that the forward was unable to reach the ball by just a little - he almost connected with the cross but it evaded him.
Thanks a lot for the explanation, Damian.
- Open a team up
- Open up a team
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