Trequartistas, Enganches, the Makelele Role - Explaining midfield roles & positions | Zonal Marking

Zonal Marking - The ultimate midfield clinic: Explaining roles and positions (Brought to you by The Athletic)

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Welcome to this week's episode of Zonal Marking, the tactics and analytics podcast by The Athletic. This week Michael Cox, Tom Worville and Ali Maxwell provide the ultimate clinic on all the midfield roles and positions used in football and why certain shirt numbers resemble different things across the world.

0:00 - Zonal Marking: The midfield clinic
8:53 - Deeper midfielders: Holding role, Makelele role, Number 6s, Deep lying playmakers, Registas
33:38 - Central midfielders: Number 8s, Box to box, Shuttlers
42:35 - Attacking midfielders: Number 10s, Enganches, Trequartistas

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