Hi I think it means that Bale - rightly or wrongly - feels that, in the English Premiership, teams play in a defensive way. They are closing down play By contrast, in the European League, both teams tend to play all out for a win. They may not concentrate so much on defence and that leads to a more open game The nature of the European game is that it is more open Dave
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