Sentences with phrase «operate as the playmaker»

Not exact matches

With Van Persie operating as a lone striker, Wenger wanted to add a third central midfielder and give his wide playmakers more attacking freedom.

The playmaker can operate as a No. 10 or on either flank, and clearly, some of Zidane's majesty and invention has rubbed off on the youngster.

The young playmaker, who can operate in the hole or even as a central striker, has netted ten goals in 42 appearances for the Amsterdam club this season.

442 diamond - like formation might work if we had the base of the diamond as a dedicated defensive midfielder role with Coquelin (or new addition, or even perhaps Elneny), playmaker at the top of the diamond, the side operating like wingers (or falling back for more defensive cover as required) and two strikers.

A willowy winger when he blazed onto the scene in the early - 1990s, Giggs has refined his game in recent years and now operates more often than not as an elegant midfield playmaker.

He can operate in central midfield as well as on the flanks; Ramsey has also been used as a deep - lying playmaker due to his robust nature.

That could, in fact, be the optimum tactic to get the best of all three, with Matic acting as the protector of the back four, Kante roaming all over the pitch ahead of him, and Fabregas operating as a deep - lying playmaker alongside the new recruit.