The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.
In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.
You can't be a sloppy football team and be successful in the NFL.
Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.
At the highest level, if you don't have a solid defensive base, you can't get by. In one match, yes. But over a whole competition? No.
Usually, a team of Claudio is really very solid. They usually defend very well, sometimes low, but very well.
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.
You know what to expect when you play Championship sides. They're very solid defensively, they're not scared to put their foot or head in, and they defend very well.
