Sentences with phrase «play diamond midfield»

Problem is if Wenger is willing to drop Cazorla, Ramsey or Ozil from time to time, otherwise you have to play diamond midfield, which I don't think will be bad since it won't give width but you will have two options upfront to pass to instead of one main striker.

The best results for United have come when the team briefly switched back to a four - man defence, playing a diamond midfield.

We got the balance right by playing a diamond midfield.

Not exact matches

I actualy liked the way Juventus have been playing 4 -4-2 with diamond, the front three in midfield covering Pirlo so he can send balls over the top to the two strikers.

The only place I can see him playing is in VVs spot at the top of a midfield diamond, because as the article states, he doesn't seem too interested in defending.

«I know in advance that when we play with four midfielders in a diamond that we create more chances, but then the balance of the team is also weak.»

This has been made abundantly clear by Roy Hodgson who plays him at the bottom of a four midfield diamond and he flourishes.

Sorry for continually being ignorant and missing the point («your» point to be precise)-- but playing one - twos with Alexis in the opposition penalty area in the Copa and being deployed at the head of Juve's midfield diamond is not convincing me that his coaches / managers see his best position as a disciplined holding midfield player.

We complained bout carzola and / or OziL playing on the wings and then came the diamond formation (4 -1-4-1)... which Looks to place him somwhere btw the wings and the midfield....

And Wilshere has now played three or four games for England in his new role as the deepest lying midfielder, with Roy Hodgson using a midfield diamond as well as the old favourite of 4 -4-2.

i would consider playing the diamond formation which incorperates Rambo and Wiltshere box to box, holding midfielder and Ozil at the points, With Sanchez and Welbeck up top!

We over loaded the number 10 position which played into West Ham's plan perfectly as they played with a midfield diamond.

My interest in the diamond 4 is to have Ozil playing close to 2 strikers (Sanchez and Vardy) a DM (Xhaka, Coq), A deep lying playmaker (Cazorla,) playing close to the DM who can dribble and play long balls, A box to box Midfield general who can run and cover grounds.

I think Cooper looked best last year when the midfield diamond was the main tactic of choice, or at least, in the 3 -5-2 with Johnson playing clean up crew behind / beside Cooper allowing for Cooper proper relief when he'd pull one of his stunts.

The midfield remained unchanged from the first leg: a diamond with Casemiro at its base and Isco at its tip, with Toni Kroos and Luka Modric playing box - to - box roles.

In Liverpool's diamond formation, Coutinho could play as a number 8 in midfield, with Firmino playing at the tip of the diamond, doing a similar job to the one which Sterling did so well at the end of the 2013/14 season.

In the second period he had no direct opponent, as Giggs was withdrawn and Shnji Kagawa played narrowly on the left side of a diamond in midfield.

O'Neill received plenty of flak of leaving Wes Hoolahan out in order to put the returning David Meyler back into a midfield diamond formation which played to the strengths of Denmark's hat - trick hero Christian Eriksen.

Hosted by Adrian Chiles, the topic under discussion was just how difficult it is to play as a single defensive midfielder in a diamond formation as opposed to a more standard one of a pair in a 4 -2-3-1.

However, Henderson wasn't his seminal best until he arrived as the interlinking and attacking press initiator in Rodgers» diamond midfield, playing a fluid and aggressive attacking midfield role to great success.

The midfield was unbalanced from the outset as Blind played behind Rooney, Di Maria and Januzaj in a narrow diamond system.

Another possibility was the 4 -3-1-2 diamond midfield, with Coutinho playing off of Sturridge and Benteke.

Towards the end of last season, Arsenal landed on a winning formula with a deep lying partnership between Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla, with Mesut Ozil playing at the tip of the midfield diamond.

I think I'd play a four at the back — a diamond in midfield with Kolasinac sitting in front of the back four and Wilshere and Mkhitaryan behind Ozil as a 10 with PEA and Lacazette together.

Pogba excelled in a left sided central midfield role for Juventus who played with a midfield diamond.

Initially signed to provide Allegri with another option to play at the tip of his midfield diamond, Hernanes seemed to struggle with the tactical demands of the coach both in training and on the pitch.