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4v5 on defense: who plays where

In one line: Outnumbered, the defense cannot cover everything: choose what to hold and what to give up, play closer together so you can trade, and lean on the retake more than on holding.

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The situation

Defense, 70 seconds. You lost the first duel: four against five. The gap is wherever your dead teammate was playing.

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