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Running into space behind a defender when they're focused on the ball or another player. Defenders can't watch everything at once, and the blindside run exploits that. Timing matters - move too early and they'll spot you, too late and the pass is gone. Strikers who are good at this seem to appear in dangerous positions out of nowhere. Agüero made a career of it.
Sergio Agüero was a master of the blindside run - he would position himself behind defenders' eye line, then dart into space the moment the ball was about to be played, appearing unmarked in the box with seemingly supernatural regularity.
Robbie
Feb 6, 2026
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