Sentences with phrase «midfield work horse»
He's not a deep playmaker but a midfield work horse who will support the striker as opposed to Cazorla who plays the Ozil role in front of the defence
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Having Ozil of all people play as a winger especially in front of either full back in Debuchy or Monreal is suicide because he will not track back whatsoever and in a formation like that which is designed to thrive on position you need a work horse on the wings for whichever full back you plan to have overloading the wing AS WELL AS a positionally astute defensive midfielder to come across and provide cover.
Sanchez is a work horse and I've seen him in all the matches that he played, calling his teammates to pressure the opponent's defense, but the guys won't do that and just stay behind the midfield.
Xhaka although he is a great passer and can tackle, is not the work horse that Coquelin is, who i think is the most important midfielder we have, because he does tackle and also has enough pace to chase down players, unlike Xhaka who is not that mobile.
2nd half not only Isco changed, Casemiro nullified Dybala, Kroos - Modric are they best anyway and were up against average midfield (Khedira is a work horse, but not at same level.
Kevin is the work - horse Roma were missing in their midfield last year that will willingly run for a full 90 minutes and stop the opposition from creating chances.
The interval brought with it that relieving moment which saw Kasey Palmer enter the field of play - in the place of Collin Quaner; Tom Ince moved to the right - wing, with Kasey slotting into his preferred central - attacking midfield role behind the work - horse figure of Laurent Depoitre.