The phrase
"to control the midfielders" means to manage or direct the actions and movements of the players who are positioned in the central area of the field during a soccer or football game.
Full definition
City had a weakened defense but employed a top - notch attacking force and they were not able to break down Arsenal — partly because
Arsenal controlled the midfield quite well.
We have had mixed results against the Champions in the last year, but this tactical preview describes that the match will be won or lost by who
controls the midfield on the day....
Mohamed Elneny and Francis Coquelin were to blame for the West Ham goals as much as the Arsenal centre - backs, as they failed to
control the midfield despite Arsenal taking the lead twice.
Though this formation would mainly
help control the Midfield it would also offer the best of our striking options in combining Giroud and Sanchez, which both oddly enough have the exact qualities the other player lacks, and will offer an aerial presence in the game.
wenger needs to build a golden idol in the shape of ozil @ no10 statue and make everyone in the squad bow down before it to make ozil feel special again and he will be rocking and rolling again wengers first commandment will be play ozil @ no10 only no where else, command no 2 build the whole arsenal attack around ozil only at no 10, ozil is the future of our attacking play along with wilshere and
ramsey controlling midfield in box 2 box roles along with a worldy d / m in front of back 4.
@Break - on - through We would
definitely control the midfield like we haven't done in a while... Where they concentrate on recycling the ball back to our forwards, in a defence heavy 4 -3-3.
Perhaps the most obvious comparison to make would be with Yaya Toure, with both men suffering from a crude misreading of their talents as pure physicality, when in reality both rely on their touch rather than their brawn to put in
controlled midfield performances.
@ny gunner arteta is finish at top level and i know people will thump me down but we tend to
control the midfield when ramsey is b2b
Equally important is telling Ramsey to work with Coquelin to
control the midfield rather than taking away Ozil's role as the attacking midfield!!!
Truly controlling midfielders like Luka Modric and Toni Kroos have been bought for this reason, and because they are capable of imposing a style on the team that is not imposed from above.
Looking to sit deep and play on the counter, Poyet often deploys another ball winner in Jack Colback just ahead of Ki in an attempt to stifle and
control the midfield zone.
Wilshere has recently been the key for gunners to unlock defenses and
controlling the midfield battle and the fans will be hoping their star is fit in time for the tie.
Most fans, myself included, expected Theo Walcott to replace the injured Oxlade - Chamberlain, but Wenger opted for Aaron Ramsey, who enabled Arsenal to
further control the midfield.
As four minutes of added time ticked towards the duration, eventual man - of - the - match Quaner would slip at the crucially wrong time to send the ball flying high and wide into the Fantastic Media stand, before Joe Lolley's direct run concluded with Butland
easily controlling the midfielder's low - key attempt.
It was evident that Arsenal missed Cazorla centrally against West Ham because the tempo was slow and struggled to
control the midfield which left Coquelin exposed.
That mentality emanates from the manager and radiates from the players controlling the midfield