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Gaitán instigated the breakthrough with a delightful cross-field ball with the outside of his left foot.
Benfica 1-1 Manchester United | Champions League Group C match report 2011
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Griffin's highlights were simply spectacular his signature moment coming on a long, cross-field touchdown pass with 8 seconds left to beat Oklahoma and he put up dizzying numbers, completing 72 percent of his passes for 3,998 yards with 36 touchdown passes and a nation-leading 192.3 efficiency rating.
RG3 Wins First Heisman for Baylor Associated Press 2011
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The Giants stung the Cowboys for two big-play touchdowns in the second half of a comeback victory that tightened the race in the NFC East, including Hixon's cross-field, 79-yard touchdown on a fourth-quarter punt return that provided a 14-point lead.
NFL Replay: Meachem's clutch plays lifting Saints to rare air 2009
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The Steelers 'all-pro safety put the AFC title on ice with a dazzling, cross-field return of a Joe Flacco interception for a
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A sweeping cross-field pass to Fábio Aurélio would have soothed any nerves in the teenager and defensively he was faultless, crunching hard but fair into Gareth Barry and muscling aside Balotelli as the Italian tried to break through on goal.
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City | Premier League match report 2011
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"Surely putting out the message not to delete a recorded programme is akin to the cartoon favourite "I'm just putting this pie on the window ledge to cool" when there is a hungry dog in the room," muses Phil Withall.6 min: A high cross-field pass from left to right goes over Iniesta, who just turns and plucks it out of the sky before it goes out for a goal-kick.
Real Madrid v Barcelona – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2012
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The interceptions were bad picks, too - Tebow telegraphed a long, cross-field throw that Nic Harris easily grabbed and later made a short flip over the middle right to Gerald McCoy.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Lagging way behind his group in cross-field sprints. ...
Haynesworth, Redskins find they're a bit of a punching bag 2010
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I followed it up with a through-the-cup cross-field forehand to Reif, getting the disc off the sideline and opening up the field.
Pool Play Saturday 2009
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Florence's cross-field, 17-yard return set up the Chargers at New England's 32.
Brady does it again as Patriots eliminate Chargers to reach AFC title game 2007
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