Dirty ball refers to those balls that are difficult to handle, such as facing continuous double-team efforts from multiple opposing players.
First pass, two opponents pressing.
Second pass, three opponents attacking.
Third pass, four opponents double-teaming.
At this point, it's basically very difficult to pass the ball anymore.
But there are players who are very skillful, have great vision, and strong nerves, adept at handling such balls, capable of picking the football out of the crowd or drawing fouls from the defense to diffuse the risk.
Or those who can handle clearing the ball with endurance against opponents.
Even if the ball is ultimately intercepted by the opponent, they can try to make the interception occur far from the danger zone and immediately engage in a counter-attack.
Washing the dirty ball means passing the football to players who specialize in solving double-team problems.
And Lu Yang is San Remo's top dirty ball washer.
