A Quote by Nemanja Matic
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.
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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.
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.
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.
The No 10 position is my favourite role, and I'm a player who likes to play in between the lines and try and break that midfield line.
I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard to control the game.
I prefer to play in midfield, whether that is attacking midfield or defensive midfield.
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'm a player that usually focus on my team, try to give the best for my team-mates, and I don't look much at what the other teams do.
But I just try to do my best. I don't know if my game can influence the game of the team and how we play, but I just try to help with my football, for my team-mates and the club.
Defensive midfield can be the one position that's easier to play as you get older.
I just play my game the best I can and if the team needs my help I'll try to do it.
My game plan - doesn't matter who I play - is to play on my terms, to control as much as I can, to try to get control of the centre of the court, to try to dictate and make them move, to be their director rather than letting them impose their game on me.
I want to play for a team that has a strong defensive reputation. One that relies on a system and where assists are valued. And a team that needs what I do - making other guys better, leading a team, being a defensive stopper every night. I want to be a good fit.
I'm going to continue to be the defensive player that my team needs me to be and the real basketball people will get that.
I've had to change my game a lot - try to play the right way, try to do the right things, try to be the glue guy for the team for the most part.
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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