Forced turnovers,transitions,defensive line breaks etc world cup stats.

[Timbertop]

Where have all these statistical phrases come from and being a simple football fan can someone explain what they mean and why do we need them ?

[CAMiller]

I think they used to be called

won the ball
passed the ball forward
beat a man

You need them so the people providing and analysing all this data can get paid!

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Don’t forget

Won a penalty
Entitled to go down

Plus others from the lexicon of cheating

[CAMiller]

I agree, penalties should be conceded not won, although I think Trevor Phillips 'won' quite a few for us back in the day.

(Just noticed that TP played alongside Ian Rush at Chester City for a few months in 1980).

[crashbang]

Bale won a penalty.