What is the meaning of "shirts" in football? Two Leeds shirts..., also what does "flood" mean?Â
Leeds 0-0 Leicester (21 mins)
Jack Harrison whips in a corner that's recycled and moved about by white shirts before Harrison can attempt another cross. Two Leeds shirts converge on the high ball but neither can get a shot away, and Leicester gratefully clear.
Everton 0-0 Spurs (24 mins)
Big chance for Spurs. White shirts flood forward, and Sergio Reguilon dinks a fine cross across the penalty area, that opposite wing-back Emerson Royal charges onto and heads just over. Shades of Marcos Alonso and Victor Moses in that move.
When we talk about shirts in the plural we refer to the players. So, in this example, 'two Leeds shirts' means two Leeds players - we were able to recognise the players because of their shirt colour.
To flood forward means that lots of players attack at the same time - think about a counter attack in which many players break out from defence at the same time.
Thanks a lot for the explanation, Damian
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