The Transformation of the Attacking Midfielder

[@mandafrombk]

If you saw the first upload shhhhh 🤫🤫🤫 I hadda fix sum, jus act like it never happened 🤞🏿

[@Prime1Wunna]

False 9 is directly related to creating space and attracting defenders away. Works with wingers (Messi) Cam is an attacking midfielder that’s the main playmaker, can really attack from anywhere. Works with wingers, two strikers and. 1 striker (kdb, Ozil) Second striker (SS) is a supporting striker to the main striker, but doesn’t play with the wingers (modern wingers) (Rooney) but also has the capability to play striker by themselves.

[@LBJ-s9n]

You should've also made mention of the quasi 10's; The Messi's, Neymar's and Ronaldinho's.

[@willb4838]

Cruyff has to be the most influential player of all time, revolutionizing his position, setting the foundations for Barcelona and total football, mentoring pep Guardiola. He basically made football what it is today.

[@Finnegeas]

Early football was the BC years - Before Cruyff. From then it became CE the Cruyff Era.

[@favouramoul]

Nope the Hungarian golden team was the most influential team to modern football n then feynood n then the Ajax team copied it from them.

[@Finnegeas]

@@favouramoul can’t deny that. Hungary were one of the first to use 4-2-4 if I’m correct?

[@favouramoul]

@@Finnegeas nah it was Brasil ,Hungary where the first team to use a 325 the wm with alos the false 9 role

[@Finnegeas]

@ thanks for that had my numbers wrong.

[@cotchey]

ethan nwaneri will lead the next generation of AM’s trust

[@notexperienced6941]

Once bro upgrades his thumbnails he’ll be unstoppable, love the progress man

[@mandafrombk]

@@notexperienced6941 honestly I’ve changed the style like 3 different times cuz I can’t settle on one dat I like 😭 Ima figure it out eventually

[@Kobble8]

Facts, quality content, but the thumbnails need to be more modern

[@Khanismechy]

Nwaneri is a traditional 10 and neymars last season at PSG was also a pure 10

[@burakorun4592]

Number 10 is a free player who can do what he wants in the offensive midfield. That freedom is not wanted in football anymore, so coaches try to give them a second role. For example Winger-10 how David Silva or how messi did a forward-10 or how modric or Hakan Calhanoglu did a more deeper position, to also take the defensiv part. Not only the number 10, all roles have a second role in todays football.

[@nuclearbacon1]

u deserve way more subs man, ive been watching all ur vids for a few months

[@LBJ-s9n]

The 10 will come back. As strikers go more toward the Haaland type, wingers will become wide creators again. With there being more space centrally, the 10 will come back. It'll take a young superstar to come through and a coach to platform it, but it'll happen. Should've been Neymar comfortably but he was just born in the wrong era. Which gives me a line of thinking...Neymar is the perfect example of everything that could go wrong for a footballer😭😭.

[@mandafrombk]

@@LBJ-s9n who’s the young superstar you think will spark the change? Musiala maybe? Or Palmer, he’s struggled in the attacking midfield so far in big games when he doesn’t have as much space, if the hole gets less congested he could feast. I think Nwaneri is a possibility too, especially cuz he’s already incredible in tight spaces

[@alfiezollo5519]

Quality content as always bro

[@cloud4565]

From my understanding Messi's always been a number 10 who playes off the right. He started off as a number 10 before barca and in the barca youth teams (where he was moved to LW since the 3 4 3 had no attacking mid) he was known for dribbling into the middle which he carried on doing once he started in the senior team. Even pes 2009 lists his position in the 433 as a second striker (false 9) playing off the right

[@faithfulelenwo9356]

One of your biggest fans man. Love your content as always. Really love how some of my deepest football contemplations are brought to life on your videos 🔥🔥🔥

[@mandafrombk]

@@faithfulelenwo9356 appreciate you bro 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@kenon6111]

I’m under the opinion that sporting tactics are a circle, at some point the machine football we currently have will phase out

[@MIKEY777_]

Isn't Palmer a Attacking Mid as well?

[@Khanismechy]

Yah but mostly he plays RW

[@cudi313]

True, but this season he's been almost exclusively a 10

[@princedavid88]

Agree, the modern game favors speed and counters - thats why wing backs/full backs became very prominent in the modern game.

[@JerrenBrewster]

I'd just like to say Ozil was one of Arsenal players that "covered the most ground". It's not true that he was lazy or didn't move around alot.

[@mandafrombk]

@@JerrenBrewster he did cover a lot of ground but not the same way Odegaard does (pressing and tracking back). Most of Ozil’s came from always moving to find space, which he was very good at. There were stretches where he showed a lot of effort out of possession and even covered ground defensively and some of dat definitely went under the radar but there’d also be longer stretches where he gave the “lazy” critics ammo and didn’t do much

[@liampaton7820]

As an Arsenal fan for many years, Ozil was technically brilliant. Did he move to get himself into space? Yes. Did he work back to support the team? Less so. Did he do as much work off the ball as Odegaard does? Not a chance. I wouldn’t go as far to say he was lazy, but he certainly didn’t do as much as he could have done. Not that it’s his fault, Wenger gave him that luxury and that was the dominant role for a 10 at the time.

[@kiroukasai]

Now that the top tier wingers like Ronaldo,Messi,Neymar,and Salah are starting to reach retirement hopefully we see the 10 role come back into prominence. Players like Jude and Musiala already bring a lot to the role but I feel like this is just the beginning

[@chillen9109]

bellinghams not really a playmaking 10, he’s more of a box to box 8. players like cole palmer, wirtz, güler fit the 10 role better.

[@kiroukasai]

@chillen9109 Yeah those might've been better examples but Jude fit that role really well last season and could be one of the best itw with the skillset he has in that position

[@LBJ-s9n]

Snuck in Salah😭

[@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp]

James Rodriguez would've been a ballon D'or contender if it wasn't for this shift

[@emiliorodarte4408]

It was his attitude and discipline that happened

[@sakhilemakama716]

Can’t play for Madrid and be lazy off the ball, I was glad to see him gone as talented as he was

[@Kobble8]

If Odegaard was allowed the freedom to play that role, he’d play it perfectly tbh

[@firstnamelastname-up6ni]

The number 10 was a thing for decades. In latin America we have a saying - la pelota siempre al 10 - the ball always go to number 10 - to show their playmaking

[@jekmdmd9771]

Neymar at PSG probs the closest to a pure 10

[@EagleEyes77]

Facts

[@AlexVogel-qd6su]

What is the difference of false 9 and 10(cam)

[@Prime1Wunna]

False 9 is directly related to creating space and attracting defenders away. Works with wingers (Messi) Cam is an attacking midfielder that’s the main playmaker, can really attack from anywhere. Works with wingers, two strikers and. 1 striker (kdb, Ozil) Second striker (SS) is a supporting striker to the main striker, but doesn’t play with the wingers (modern wingers) (Rooney) but also has the capability to play striker by themselves.

[@Khanismechy]

A 10 stays the whole game in between the opponents midfield and defence but a false 9 will stay within the opponents defender and then run into spaces (on the wings or the CAM position) and creates spaces for the striker/wingers

[@heyah1447]

There’s a lot of attacking midfielders, but they have to play other positions like central midfield, right winger or left winger. Only countries like Spain allow for attacking midfielders

[@Nash9r]

0:52 Why does Zidane look like Sean Strickland here?

[@1872959]

What Spain did in the Euros is the new trend, which has that creative spark from years back. What Guardiola has done is fading now and is showing its cracks in man city. If you think there's something to that it might be good topic for a vid 😉

[@favouramoul]

@1872959 U do know that the Spain euros team still used the same principles of a pep team. Pep didn't ruin football it's not his fault that his system is being copied around the world and city are not having scoring problems it's just defending transitions

[@1872959]

@favouramoul More creative and incisive vs. everyone else.

[@saimalishahid1406]

So rich with information

[@EagleEyes77]

Hidergkuti was a false nine for the Hungarian National team. You can watch the Hungary vs England in 1953

[@tanakanyoni3022]

I’d argue Wayne Rooney in the 12/13 is one of the purest 10s ever.

[@studychannel9209]

What was messi in Argentina's world cup run?

[@randomguy1401]

I play this role in my team. It's more of a hybrid between second/supporting striker and trequartista

[@Khanismechy]

A right-sided attacking midfielder