re: Should timeouts be allowed in soccer?

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So they have plays already set up for certain situations?

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For dead ball situations, teams do have set routines.

In open play, what teams work on in training is attacking patterns, spacing between one another, and general movement. There are no pre-planned plays in open play, but there are movements that the players are accustomed to, or expect from other players and certain pre-determined strategies that you can see play out during a match.