Brits, show an American football coach film of the typical way tiki-taka is defended and ask him what he thinks.

"Prevent defense..."

"Loosest prevent defense I've ever seen"...

"How much time's left in the game here?...The game just started?!"

"You guys don't rush the quarterback...the passer...that little guy with the ball on his foot? We always put nominal pressure on the quarterback...Can't give the QB all day to pass...Pick you apart..."

"What, they can't pass very well with their feet?"

..."Ever blitz?"...It means you gang rush the the quarterback, the guy with the ball!"

"It is dangerous but sometimes you rush the passer into throwing...kicking...an interception. Then you'd have a frigging five-on-one break."

"You guys don't ever play man-to-man?"

"No?! How 'bout a box-and-one like in basketball?"

"How about when the offense gets into the red zone, that frigging big rectangle there?"

"Do teams win playing that prevent defense?"

"We say in the States that the only thing a prevent defense prevents is winning."