The player who lies down behind the defensive wall at a free kick to stop the ball going underneath. As attacking players got better at hitting the ball under jumping walls, teams started putting someone on the ground to block that gap. It looks undignified but it works. You see it at almost every free kick near the box now, especially in the Premier League.
Did you see Dominik Szoboszlai's free kick against Marseille in the 25/26 Champions League? No draft excluder and he took full advantage
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