This Week: On Saturday Joao played 83 minutes in West Ham's 4 - 1 defeat to Liverpool on Saturday, where he was
used as a trequartista in a 3 -4-1-2 system, and according to all reports he was terrible.
Even though Vidal will be in his unnatural
spot as a trequartista instead of playing alongside Pirlo, he will incredibly important to the cause.
Joao Mario and Eder have both shown that they play better as substitutes, while the deep - lying midfield role has proven to suit Borja Valero much better than further up the
field as a trequartista.
Another thing to note: After giving it a lot of thought, I've decided to interpret Paulo Dybala's role
less as a trequartista and more as a seconda punta, so he will be included with the striker group and not the midfield group.
As noted above, until Alberto consistently starts league games in this position, it is difficult to truly develop a sense for how he will cope against high quality opposition on the
ball as a trequartista.
Rodgers has utilised
Alberto as a trequartista against Notts County in the Capital One Cup victory at Anfield, as well as against Oldham in the FA Cup, his only professional starts for Liverpool.
Francesco Totti has seen some minutes up top in matches against smaller opponents and has also
featured as a trequartista behind Dzeko.
Kaka will play
as trequartista for this match while the forward line will see the pairing of Matri and Balotelli.
Personally it would be great to see
him as a trequartista given freedom of the pitch to make his mark on a game.
Capable of playing
both as a trequartista, and as a playmaker from midfield, the young talent was in blistering form for Fabio Grosso's ultra successful Primavera squad from last season.
He has abilities to play as a deep - lying playmaker and
as a trequartista, the latter being a position that Allegri has been trying to fill since he joined.
He has played out wide as a winger, as a central midfielder and
as a trequartista.
He can play on either wing,
as a trequartista, even as a striker in a pinch, albeit as a seconda punta or false nine.
Yet, he has played admirably as a left sided midfielder and
as a trequartista.
A slight increase when it comes to fouls committed, on the other hand: 1.25 now against the 0.9 when he was playing
as a trequartista.