Sentences with phrase «sweeper role»

Also with that three at the back I'd probably play Nacho in a sweeper role.

Since conceding eight goals in their first three games, The Fire have moved Bastian Schweinsteiger into a sweeper role and become a more difficult team to break down.

His erstwhile partner Otamendi it seems was the more aggressive of the pair while Mustafi played a sweeper role behind him.

Strangely, he's perhaps more famous now for his antics outside the box in an almost sweeper role than any memorable saves or typical goalkeeping displays.

At Brighton, crowd favourite Laurent Kosielny was played in the sweeper role with Nacho for partnership and I've seen Nacho look more confident than he did that day.

He's ok as interception or at sweeper role, even at passing but placement and dominance in the box for set pieces is his weakness.

Notably, he guided rookie Benoit Aloe through the early stages of the contest from the heart of the defence before demonstrating his tactical nous by switching seamlessly to a sweeper role when Marcelo Bielsa demanded a change of formation.

Per positions himself well and Kos has sweeper role, they are a top combo.

Not exact matches

Maybe, with Gabriel Paulista coming into the Arsenal setup during the January transfer window, Koscielny finally has a defensive partner who could bring the best out of him and not make him play the «sweeper» role as often as he has had to while playing alongside Mertesacker.

Furthermore, 3 -5-2 often uses a sweeper and, with his impressive pace, Zouma would be a prime candidate for that role.

The second, though, was the suggestion that he'd somehow «redefined» goalkeeping through his hyper - aggressive interpretation of the sweeper - keeper role, a claim that rather ignores the sterling work done in the field of silly goalkeeping by plenty of his predecessors and colleagues, from Jan Jongbloed through René Higuita and on to Víctor Valdés.

He dropped into that role nominally against Philadelphia — he was more of a sweeper between Cummings and Quintana — and is a proven quantity.

This formation doesn't necessarily need a sweeper keeper, but with Courtois in the role, you would be limiting his ability by asking him just to launch it up the pitch at every occasion.

If you needed to close out a game you could bring on an extra central defender and push Vertonghen up to play a sweeper type role — keep things tidy in midfield.

Ronald Koeman A sweeper and dead - ball expert, Koeman arrived in Spain 12 months on from playing a pivotal role in Dutch football's golden summer, when PSV Eindhoven were crowned European champions shortly before glory at EURO» 88.

In Catenaccio, it is typical that the role of a sweeper, libero or verrouilleur is given a pivotal role in both defensive organisation and playing the ball...