Sentences with phrase «disruptive midfield play»

And maybe the fact that Mathieu Flamini was rumoured to be close to leaving the club this summer as well as being known for his disruptive midfield play rather than for hitting the back of the net meant that all that talk was of the Frenchman coming back from the fringe.

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Tangibly, they require athletically strong and hyper - mobile midfielders who enhance our defensive and offensive aerial game, have strong positional discipline to shield our defensive half - spaces and destroy play through disruptive tackling and anticipatory closing of passing lanes, have excellent ball control, dribbling and vertical passing vision and ability, and finally, they must be able to purposefully dominate moments of attacking transition and protect counter-attacks in defensive transition.