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Midfielders, on average, get somewhere between half a second and a second to think before they have to move the ball on. For strikers, however, it is significantly less: between 0.1 and 0.2 of a second before a defender is on them.
Robin Van Persie
Average
Ball
Before
Between
Defender
Get
Half
However
Less
Move
Second
Somewhere
Them
Think
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