Could you explain what "wriggle" and "bullock" mean in this context?
25 min Fiorentina 0 West Ham 0
Milenkovic wriggles free in the box, meets the corner unimpeded and bullets a free header over the bar from 12 yards.
17 min Fiorentina 0 West Ham 0
Coufal finds Antonio in his old position on the right wing. Antonio bullocks past Biraghi but then goes down when he pushes the ball ahead of him and too close to Ranieri, claiming a foul.
To wriggle free means that the player tries to get away from their marker. In this example, the player is trying to break away from the defender who is marking him. To wriggle means to shake a lot so they try to break free by shaking or moving their body.
We might also hear the phrase 'wriggle past' someone which is to beat a player in a very smal or tight space.
To bullock past is not used a lot (or at all?). A bullock is an animal - a young bull - which is very strong indeed. It is strange that a player is described like this - why not simply say that the player showed strength in getting past an opponent?
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