Lahm, when he plays
as the midfield pivot, is pivotal to the Bavarians maintaining a good defensive shape but, even he, with his lack of pace, cost Bayern in the first leg at the Bernabeu.
Yes, contrary to other games — in which Guardiola used his talismanic skipper, Lahm,
as the midfield pivot in his favored 4 -1-4-1 system — he played Kroos as the deep lying midfielder and, with Alaba and Lahm bombing forward from their Left and Right - Back positions, respectively, Bayern didn't have bodies in their own half, to thwart Real Madrid's counter-attacks.
Carzola just in behind them, use ramsey and coqueline
as the midfield pivot / workhorse, they both have the engines with ramsey supporting the attack occassionally.
Not exact matches
Our rotated defence will have the extra protection of tweo holding
midfielders in the absence of Coquelin at least, with Wenger going for Arteta and Flamini
as a double
pivot and it looks like Aaron Ramsey will be our number 10, with the Ox and Joel Campbell on either side of Olivier Giroud in attack.
2) The second deficiency was fielding Elneny and Xhaka
as the duo
pivot in the
midfield.
Both Mkhitaryan and Ozil have the potential to start up attacks from deep in the central defense area and continue those attacks in the
pivot attacking
midfield set - up
as well, and completing the same in advance attacking roles
as well
as striking positions.
Wenger has also used the double
pivot at times, with Flamini alongside our captain and I wonder if this could be the template that Arsenal use in the future, but with Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere
as the deeper lying central
midfielders.
Flamini / Arteta continues
as the solitary
midfield pivot, with either Wilshere or Cazorla partnering Ramsey in that advance
midfield.
At the end of the day, the best formation to suit Ozil is a classic Arsenal 4 -2-3-1 which means he can play in the hole behind that striker feeding balls to the pacey wingers and striker without having to worry about tracking back too much seeing
as there will be 2
midfielders behind him playing the double
pivot to track back aswell
as the wingers.
Gardner and Ki were the two highest
midfielders, with Cattermole
as the single
pivot behind them.
The 20 - year - old is primarily a defensive
midfielder but is equally adept to playing
as a central
midfielder in a double
pivot role.
As fans have seen under Klopp, however, Henderson has since been slotted back in a position commonly referred to as a pivot, or as the «number 6», usually sitting between two midfielders in a 4 -3-
As fans have seen under Klopp, however, Henderson has since been slotted back in a position commonly referred to
as a pivot, or as the «number 6», usually sitting between two midfielders in a 4 -3-
as a
pivot, or
as the «number 6», usually sitting between two midfielders in a 4 -3-
as the «number 6», usually sitting between two
midfielders in a 4 -3-3.
In this 352, one of the attackers is usually used
as a centre - forward or the
pivoting attacking
midfielder.
The most important being the
midfield transition from a 4 -3-3 with Brozović and Gagliardini
as a
pivot to the former playing in a regista / deep lying playmaker role with Roberto pushing further forward allowing Rafinha to have more space.
His versatility will allow Max Allegri to switch from a two - man
midfield pivot to a three - man center
as needed.
Toure
as an attacking
midfielder had worked better defensively than if he was playing in the double
pivot in
midfield.
As a reference, United fans can look to how Moyes allowed Mata and Kagawa late in the season to act as a pivoting axis in midfield to create openings on either side of the pitch and help take pressure off Rooney in the 9 rol
As a reference, United fans can look to how Moyes allowed Mata and Kagawa late in the season to act
as a pivoting axis in midfield to create openings on either side of the pitch and help take pressure off Rooney in the 9 rol
as a
pivoting axis in
midfield to create openings on either side of the pitch and help take pressure off Rooney in the 9 role.
In the first phase of play the
midfield double
pivot of Lucas and Gerrard are culpable for leaving the space Bony drops into when receiving Shelvey's pass, Sakho is also culpable for the goal
as his decision to push up has forced Škrtel to cover for him and created space for Shelvey to exploit.
Following the arrival of Daniel Sturridge, Lucas, who'd been operating in an unfamiliar position
as one of the advanced two in the
midfield triangle, dropped back to form a double
pivot with Gerrard.