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"Anti-football", also known colloquially as haramball, is a playing style in association football that emphasises a highly defensive approach, relying mainly on passing and involving the deployment of all team members except the striker behind the ball. The goal of the tactic is to prevent the opposing team from scoring, rather than pursuing an offensive strategy to win the game. Managers known for such tactics include Massimiliano Allegri, Mikel Arteta, José Bordalás, Antonio Conte, Sean Dyche, José Mourinho, Diego Simeone, Thomas Tuchel, Walter Smith, and Hugo Broos, among others. Managers accused of playing anti-football usually deny using such tactics, though Smith openly admitted to using anti-football tactics at Rangers following criticism from Lionel Messi after Messi's Barcelona drew 0–0 away in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) with Smith's Rangers in the 2007–08 season.
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