攻める: attacking in a match and planning a market push
Compare an attack from the right, where the opposing defense was weak, with a plan to enter an overseas market, reading the target and whether action has happened.
攻める (せめる): the direction of attack in a match
「相手の守りが薄い右側から攻めた。」 (“We attacked from the right, where the opposing defense was weak.”) The attack comes from the right, where the opposing defense is weak. That action does not establish a score, victory, or the outcome of the whole match.
The direction is information given about this event. Do not turn a particular match action into a tactic that every team should use.
A planned push into an overseas market
「小さな会社は独自の技術で海外市場を攻める計画だ。」 (“The small company plans to target overseas markets with proprietary technology.”) The company's overseas-market push is presented as a plan. Forming the plan is different from completing the expansion.
This market use is not a physical attack scene. The sentence does not supply investment figures, entry methods, or sales results.
Read the target and execution status together
The targets of 攻める here are an opponent in a match and a market. Different targets do not make both sentences reports of completed action.
Keep the reported sports attack separate from the company's plan. Distinguishing a plan from its execution also preserves their different timing.
Does a plan to 攻める an overseas market mean the company has already entered it?
Show the answer and why
No. It gives a plan, not completed execution or sales results. Read it separately from the reported attack from the right, where the opposing defense was weak.