Or a Poulsen.

i used to play left back in school level last time and i sucked at defending haha...cos rampage forward too much opsss

keep up the pace wif the attacker...sum1 shud pressure the guy wif the ball already...have to b midfielder...if u keep up the pace wif him.n u try stand within the gap and stay on a distance wif him.....so that he can hardy get chance to run for space...

it's not always about who outrun who.the main thing is to prevent him from scoring/crossing.try to bring the forward as far as possible from the goalpost.

susah2 sgt, cynical faul. habis cerita.

if hes too quick for u...and u realise it as soon as u can..just take the foul.....take him down...

yap professional foul..but you only got one shot..better save it..

play as one unit. its true u can't defend by yourself. especially the opponent are much better than yours.

in your case, i suggest u to keep communicating with your left wing to track back his area. when the situation like what u illustrate is happening, u might want to keep marking or close down on your area. thats when central defender or it might be safer to use defensive midfielder to keep pressure the opponent.

btw, i used to play as a left wing back at my school age. my coach always reminded me to track back the ball whenever the ball is on the left flank. another usage of left wing.

lol... ya... as someone said, try to adapt maldini defending style ... if you can ... LOL ...

Either play a stopper or DM to pressure the play maker, or play a sweeper to guard the runners overrunning the full backs.

my 2 cents

this is quite common happen even have a teammate like mascherano/tevez/lampard/makelele
first u need to up ur body turning and fallback, then conjunction with the runner (runner should receive the ball aredi, and you just in time block his path to deliver the cross to the center), try to pressure him (just form a wall in front of him), he either try to
- dribble pass u (which unlikely happen because almost out of field), - ---- back pass to their backup(usually LB), and that time it should be your LM do the marking,
- dive...

haha, this is a very common tactic being used by the striker to fool the fullbacks..try playing fifa or pes..this is always a great chance for the striker to come to the middle from the right/left flank..

the only the fullbacks can do is shout for the offside jz to change the linesman mind and at the same time run towards the striker to close him down..

usually the striker will sent the ball to the middle instead of shooting because he hold the ball at the same time, but the gk is there..so he will search for his teammate..let the center backs and the other fullback prevent the ball from reaching the ongoing midfielder and strikers into the box..

thats all u can do, jz close him down..if you are faster than him..maybe u can make a sliding challenge from behind..but make sure you tackle the ball, not his legs! sometimes u might get a foul..but if inside the penalty box..youll be damned..LOL

i dunno what happen until it comes to that situation bro , but my advice is

1. if your team is playing offside trap , you need to hold the line with the cb while preparing a reverse gear to close the wingers down if the opponents with the ball chooses to do a thru ball to him . do not let the wingers get past you no matter what , u dont need to rush him to get the ball just keep delaying him just enough . let him cross the ball , probability to get goal by crossing very low dont worry. just keep protecting your goal post . if he choose to stay wide dont go to him , the goal posts is at your back not on his side. speed and positional sense is important here .

2. if you cb choose to rush/delay the player with the ball you need to replace his position and prepare to close the wingers if the opponents chose to pass to him or preparing a possible one two between the opponents where you need to quickly get to press the player with the ball.

what ever you do as a defender , you need to cover your goal area . let the goal post behind you all the time do not let them face the goal.

thats my 2 cents bro . good luck

Keep an eye on the striker beside you. Don't let him run. If the striker can't run, then the through ball won't happen. Use your body, physical strength to block him.

Experience will help you soon, it'll make you think quicker

track the winger ...
leave the forward to the cb ...
have the dm drop to fill up the hole ...
cm covers the middle ... if you're playing with 2 forwards, 1 should drop back so that the midfield don't get overrun ...

cb jobs to stop the ball and clear it , mark the runner

u should man mark ur opponent. follow wherever he goes..

later on, when time goes by, u'll know what to do best while having the same problem again..

just my opinion..

imo,what i would do is stand sideways..if you're not able to intercept the through pass,block their run using your body strength..if you watch yesterday's game,like what johnson did to ivanovic.foul yes.then just block his path.let the CB collect the ball
from an amateur pov

+1
some one gotta close that guy down before he attempts to make a thru pass or take a shot.
its very weird, for this situation to happen, usually somebody will hack him down
unless ure facing a counter attack situation, but still

Since people are adding their two cents, I will as well

First of all, there's the classic handling of wingers. In your case, if he's left-footed, don't let him cut inside and marshall him to the byline. If he's right-footed, it may be okay to let him cut in while you concentrate your effort on getting between him and the goal.

If you can't outpace him, man-mark him and get physical. Get contact and slow him down and marshall him to the appropriate position. Nevermind the passer since he's not near you.

Key thing is to not let him get too far and not let him get into his favoured foot.