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An attacking midfielder is a midfield player who is positioned in an advanced midfield position, usually between central midfield and the team's forwards, and who has a primarily offensive role. [47] According to positioning along the field, attacking midfield may be divided into left, right and central attacking midfield roles.
A wide midfielder, David Beckham was lauded for his range of passing, vision, crossing ability and bending free-kicks, which enabled him to create chances for teammates or score goals. [14] [15] [16] Left and right midfielders have a role balanced between attack and defence while they play a lot of crosses in the box for forwards.
In association football, a player who is a "left midfieler", "center midfielder", or "right midfielder" plays much of the game in the midfield, whereas an "attacker" or "forward" plays closer to the opponent's goalie and a "defender" or "back" plays closer to the player's team's goalie.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers left midfielder Arne Engels, 21, out of recent games "just to let him see from the outside looking in and take that pressure away from him". (Scotsman - subscription)
Gianluca Zambrotta Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka ddzamˈbrɔtta]; born 19 February 1977) [3] is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings. Throughout his career, Zambrotta played for several different Italian clubs.
Olise is a left-footed attacking midfielder who can play as a number 10, or either side of this position as a left or right-sided attacking midfielder. He possesses a range of passing which he can use often to play in behind the opposition defence or switch the angle of attack.
No. 11 Alabama couldn’t overcome a disastrous first quarter in a 19-13 loss to Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Tuesday.. The Crimson Tide turned the ball over three times in a span of four ...
The wing-forwards will cover much ground and utilising speedy wing-forwards to run at defences is a common tactic. They operate from the midfield to the opposition's 45 metre line. The right wing-forward's main opposing player is the left wing-back and vice versa. Sometimes referred to as right/left half forward.