A Quote by Gareth Barry
Defensive midfield can be the one position that's easier to play as you get older.
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My favorite position is in the center of the midfield, maybe the defensive midfield. I think I can play this position the best. I played there in my youth all the time, and I like to be in the center of the game because you're never standing still.
I prefer to play in midfield, whether that is attacking midfield or defensive midfield.
You cannot play the position Kroos plays in defensive midfield besides Luka Modric better than he does.
My favourite position is in the midfield. I think I can play to my strengths there. I can communicate with every player. I'm more in the game, because as a right-back you have to stay on one side and you're not always in the game for 90 minutes. So I prefer the centre midfield position.
The manager might like it sometimes when I play up front because I can cause trouble for the defenders, but for me, my best position is defensive midfield, stopping the opposition, and then looking to impose myself on a game.
I've played all over, to be honest. Centre-half, defensive midfield, attacking midfield.
In my country, they used to call players who play in my position a defensive midfielder, but it is not defensive.
In the defensive midfield position, the player needs to give balance to the team and try to control the game. That's exactly what I try to do.
When the manager asks me to play somewhere, I play there. But my best position is midfield.
I'm a centre forward, and that is my preferred position. But I'll play on the wing or in midfield, wherever the manager wants me to play.
When I play in central midfield, that's my favourite position.
If you are playing on the left of a four-man midfield, there are a lot more defensive duties to do, so you can't find the times to keep attacking. But if you're on the left of a 4-3-3, I find that position really good as well.
Central midfield has been my main position, but I'll play wherever the gaffer wants me.
The two biggest things to understand when you're tracking the ball as a defensive back is your position on the field and understanding that once the ball is in the air you become the receiver. Too many young defensive backs worry about the receiver catching it or what the receiver is doing instead of focusing on what they should be doing. Just go out and make the play yourself, don't worry about him. Know where the ball is and attack it. Put yourself in position to bat it or catch it and make the play.
It doesn't matter who you play against in midfield, you need to try to come out on top and more often than not when a team wins a midfield battle they normally have a good chance of winning the game because that's where a lot of the play goes through.
If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfield are the ones alone who determine that, because now we have strikers who drop into midfield and defenders who move up into the midfield. It is the area you must dominate.
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