Tuliskeun saterusna pikeun paragraf ieu - Strategi ieu téh salah sahiji anu geus disangka dying kaluar dina maén bal leuwih dékade panungtungan atawa jadi sanajan kasuksésan Yunani jeung eta di 2004 Championships Éropa
. tapi Sanajan kitu, sok dipaké ku tim-tim tingkat handap, ogé ku tim-tim anu ngabela diri ti lawan anu leuwih kuat. Conto kaasup Dynamo Kyiv's Aleksandr Khatskevich man-marking Real Madrid's Predrag Mijatović di 1999 Liga Champions saparapat-final, PSV Eindhoven's Park Ji-sung man-marking Milan's Andrea Pirlo di 2005 Liga Champions saparapat-final, Chelsea's Michael Essien man-marking Liverpool's Steven Gerrard di 2009 Liga Champions saparapat-final, Chelsea's José Bosingwa man-marking Barcelona's Lionel Messi di musim anu sarua Liga Champions saparapat-final jeung Manchester United's Danny Welbeck man-marking Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso di 2013 Liga Champions babak tina 16. Manajer saperti Guus Hiddink jeung Marcelo Bielsa sok terus ngagunakeun man-marking dina abad ka-21, Bielsa ngagunakeunana nepi ka taun 2020.