Sentences with phrase «deployed as a central midfielder»

He is a versatile player who is most comfortable deployed as a central midfielder but has played behind the striker and out wide in his time at Schalke.

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Throughout his career so far, the midfielder has shown that he is capable of playing in central area of the pitch, with the midfielder being deployed as an attacking midfielder, central and defensive midfielder.

I can also see him being deployed at times in central midfield as he was against Chelsea.

Before Sanchez was deployed as a central forward / attacking midfielder, Ozil played behind Giroud and the attacks were monotonous.

Chelsea were spotted using an unorthodox 4 -2-4 formation during pre-season — a system Conte is yet to deploy in the Premier League — and Luiz could easily play as a central defender or as a defensive minded central midfielder.

In recent games, maybe as a result of all the injuries in central midfield, we have seen Santi being deployed there and he really has shown another element of his game which I'm sure most Gooners never knew existed.

During his career, Pastore has shown that he is capable of playing in a number of positions, with the player being primarily deployed as an attacking midfielder, right winger, left winger and central midfielder during his time as a player.

Arsenal can do without him as they have many options they are deploying and can deploy effective in the central midfield and the wide area roles he plays in.

Despite lining up in a central midfield position in Quanjian's Best XI for the season, Rooney was generally deployed as a striker with 21 of his 30 appearances coming up front and the remaining nine in midfield.

Although the Belgian youngster has often been used as a wide midfielder during his Old Trafford career thus far, Van Gaal deployed the youngster in a central role behind the side's main striker versus the Champions League holders.

They are still desperately in need of central defensive reinforcements, often having to deploy converted midfielders such as Javier Mascherano and Alex Song at the back as cover for skipper Carles Puyol, who has been absent for much of the last two season with a variety of injuries.

He has been primarily deployed as a traditional central midfielder but if you observe his overall skill set, he could play behind the strikers or in front of the defense as a regista.

Against Ural, Swedish central midfielder Pontus Wernbloom was deployed as a central defender in a back three and will likely fill in there once more in Vasin's absence.

Liandro is mainly a left winger but he can also be deployed on the right wing, in the central attacking midfield and as a center forward as well.

He is a skillful winger as a natural and can be deployed on either of the flanks including a central midfield or striker's position.