pressing alto

[Trosa]

ciao

The context is calcio.I know the term pressing, but as for the "alto" not sure abot in here. Looking forward for some help.

When a team do a pressing alto over some other team.

Grazie

 

[neuromatico]

Could we please see the original Italian sentence?

 

[puli_dog]

Hi,
'Pressing alto': when pressing is done mainly beyond midfield in order to discourage opponent's action right from the start