United move illustrates elegant type of football (3-5)

I believe the answer is:

one-touch

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'elegant type of football' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'united move' is the wordplay.
'united' becomes 'one' (as in a phrase like 'we are one').
'move' becomes 'touch' (touching is a kind of moving).
'one'+'touch'='ONE-TOUCH'

'illustrates' acts as a link.

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