Sentences with phrase «to start in midfield»

It is only by admitting that we have lots of midfield talent and we should make use of it and that real defense actually starts in the midfield.

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Team News & Possible Lineups: We can expect similar starting lineup which took the field against Club America on thursday with Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Luka Modric starting in midfield while Sergio Ramos might replace Nacho Fernandez in the back four.

Neymar Jr will be back for the Bayern Munich clash having been rested over the weekend while Angel Di Maria might also start in midfield alongside Verrati and Rabiot.

Herrera and Fellaini might start in midfield with Daley Blind, Rojo, Jones and Valencia playing in back four.

Mauricio Pochettino made two changes to the team that won at Burnley three days ago - Danny Rose came in for Ben Davies at left - back and Mousa Dembele started in midfield in place of Moussa Sissoko.

Arsenal do have Xhaka in the squad but he is unlike to start in midfield as Wenger will go with more robust players like Oxlade - Chamberlain, Coquelin and Elneny to pack the midfield while Ozil, Sanches and Welbeck to start upfront.

Others include his five in one game against Bayer Leverkusen or his memorable strike in the semi-finals which started in midfield against Real Madrid.

In his stead, Marouane Fellaini started in midfield, and the stark difference was clear as the Belgium international failed to impact the game with his performance on the night.

THis is the first time we will see Xhaka and Cazorla starting in midfield and the way they play could decide the outcome of the match, as could the new defensive pairing of Holding and Koscielny.

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Schneiderlin and Herrera once again find themselves on the bench as Fellaini and Carrick start in the midfield for the Red Devils.

Former Spur Luka Modric started in midfield for Madrid, but Gareth Bale missed the game through injury.

John Obi Mikel and Ramires started in midfield, with Willian, Eden Hazard and Oscar just ahead.

Tom Huddlestone, who started in midfield and ended up playing at the heart of a back five, won the Hull fans» vote for man of the match.

Paulinho, Ivan Rakitić and Andres Iniesta started in midfield while Ousmane Dembele and Coutinho played wide.

McKennie debuted for Bundesliga stalwarts Schalke late last season, and has already started earning starts in their midfield this season and has generally impressed for the German side.

I am really interested in this chap, actually seen him in a CB position for Genk also some what reminds me of bielik, bielik started in the midfield position and has been moved to CB where he is gradually developing.

Sami Khedira, Miralem Pjanic, and Blaise Matuidi started in midfield, while Douglas Costa, Gonzalo Higuain, and Mario Mandzukic started up front.

Joséma ended up starting in midfield again and, taking statistics and circumstances into consideration, put in the best performance of his young career.

Kalvin Phillips looked better last week after looking lost against Sheffield United, so maybe he will get another look at starting in midfield.

Team News & Possible Lineups: Juventus are likely to keep the 5 -3-2 system with Higuain and Dybala playing upfront while Khedira, Pjanic and Lemina starting in midfield roles.

Highly likely that Fellaini and Carrick will start in the midfield vs Bournemouth.

The youngster is sure to start in midfield along with Arturo Vidal and Andrea Pirlo.

On Saturday, the German started in midfield, but after the Fire fell down a goal early on, he was moved to sweeper in a 3 -5-2 formation.

Granit Xhaka made his first Gunners start in midfield, while Cazorla and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain - who both made positive impacts from the bench last weekend - started in place of the injured Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi.

Sane, Silva, David Silva, Fernandinho, De Bruyne and Sterling will probably start in the midfield while Jesus will be there as the lone striker upfront for Manchester City.

We might see several Liverpool youngsters given a chance with the likes of Kevin Stewart and Marko Grujic starting in midfield.

Hopefully, we will have Obiang starting in midfield and that we compete much better in the central midfield areas (and don't pair Kouyate and Noble together again).

Team News & Lineups: Toni Kroos will return to starting lineup having missed out Celta Vigo game over the weekend due to suspension while Modric and Casemiro start in midfield while Benzema, Ronaldo and Lucas to start upfront.

Paulinho is likely to start in midfield if Iniesta is indeed rested, with Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic alongside him.

The 25 - year old is expected to start in the midfield alongside Elneny after making a substitute appearance in the Gunner's 3 - 1 win over Koln last Thursday.

It may have been an entirely different story if Ramsey had started in midfield in last week's defeat to Swansea...

Highly unlikely to start in midfield as Mourinho has said that he won't play Rooney that far back, but he's gone back on that once before...

Wenger has alreasdy hinted that he could start in midfield against Forest this weekend....

Sergi Roberto, Denis Suarez, Paulinho and André Gomes all have equal chances of starting in midfield, so it's really hard to know who will be picked.

Schweinsteiger and Fellaini started in midfield and both of them combined to score the opening goal at the stroke of first half where Schweinsteiger -LSB-...]

James Milner will probably replace Wijnaldum to start in the midfield with Henderson and Oxlade - Chamberlain.

Against Hull City we can expect a full strength side with Giroud likely to start upfront while Alexis Sanches, Ozil and Ox - Chamberlain to start in attacking roles alognside Xhaka and Cazorla starting in the midfield.

Cesc Fabregas and Ramires started in midfield, but aside from that we saw the team who thrashed Crystal Palace a week earlier.

Davies, Gueye and Sigurdsson will start in the midfield for them while Rooney and Niasse will lead the Everton attack from the front.

Mesut Ozil is doubt which means Wishere, Xhaka and Ramsey to start in midfield while Sanchez and Lacazette to start upfront.

The news from the spuds is that Kane does start up front and they are clearly hoping to stifle our attacking flair with Dembele, Dier and Wanyame all starting in midfield.

Oxlade - Chamberlain was handed a start in midfield ahead of Georginio Wijnaldum and put in a superb display, with Arsenal fans now lamenting the fact that in eight seasons Arsene Wenger never managed to get him anywhere near this level.

Radamel Falcao could be set for his Chelsea debut having trained with his new team - mates over the past few days, while teenager Ruben Loftus - Cheek could be in line for a start in midfield.

Santi is rubbish... Hope when Ramsey returns he starts in the midfield... Santi costs us biggg in the big games..

Ramsey thinks he is a striker that starts in midfield and never tracks back..

Eric Dier could start in midfield this weekend if Moussa Dembele is rested.

Paulinho, who, like, Vertonghen returned late from the World Cup, starts in midfield alongside Algeria international Nabil Bentaleb.