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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.
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.
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.
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.
United States midfielder Christian Pulisic has a torn muscle in his right calf, AC Milan announced on Monday following an MRI, and he could be out until January. Pulisic was injured during the ...
Liverpool’s Curtis Jones has been in sensational recent form and will hope to feature in the Nations League against Greece and Ireland
The defensive midfielder is constructed to allow others to get the glory. And yet the paradox of Rodri is that he has reached such a standard, achieved so much himself for his respective teams ...