In general, the 3 midfield position of 433 is a midfielder with a midfielder of two parallel positions, in an inverted triangle position.

Each team has a different tactical style of play, so the combination and requirements for the three midfielders are also different.

There are 3 different types of players in the midfield, that is, the midfielder, in this position, which are destructive, playmaking and versatile.

The destructive type is a very common type, that is, the defensive midfielder commonly known as the beast waist, the most famous is Claude Makellele.

This type of player has the main task of defending, and there are almost no offensive tasks, both in the offensive organization phase and in the offensive process.

Organizational is actually an Italian word that refers to "the organizer who drags behind".

In Argentina, such a player is called a "steering wheel" because the speed and direction of the team's attack are controlled by such players.

In fact, the main task of a playmaker is to attack, initiating the team's attack from a position that is more backward, either through short distances or long balls, depending on the team's tactical style.

The greatest exponents of this position are Andrés Pirlo and Xavi Fernandez.

Organisational midfielders don't typically appear on their own as they lack the necessary defensive qualities, so to compensate for their defensive deficiencies, coaches often pair a playmaking midfielder with a disruptive midfielder or an energetic player who can run well.

This kind of player is also nicknamed by fans as a bodyguard for the playmaker back.

One wonders why a team can't have a player who does both?

World football has this type of player, known as the versatile midfielder, whose main role is to disrupt the opposition's attack and organise the attack in the position where the opponent is lagging behind.

This type of player must be a very good tackle and have a strong reading of the game and can make timely interceptions.

In addition, the versatile midfielder needs to be skilled enough to deliver precise passes and play a pivotal role between defenders and attacking players.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets has been the epitome of versatile midfielders of the decade, and Busquets, nicknamed "The Professor", is simply the perfect choice for an all-round midfielder, who is both an excellent defender and a precise passer.

Unlike the playmaking midfielder, the versatile midfielder is not so important to the attacking help of his team, but Butzkes plays a very prominent role in these two aspects: first, from defense to attack and transition; At the same time, when the team's offensive weakens, Butzques can also act as a reset button for the team, helping his teammates rearrange the attack.

Although the all-round midfielder gradually fell out of favor in the early and mid-century with the rise of the 442 formation and the obsession with the disruptive midfield, with Josep Guardiola arranging Busquets in the position of an all-round midfielder when he coached Barcelona, coupled with the increasing requirements of modern football for players' athleticism and speed, many teams have more and more demand for high-quality all-round midfielders, and Paul Pogba became the first person in the transfer market as an all-round midfielder in the new era.

Arsenal's first-team midfielder, metronome Santi Cazorla has been absent for more than a season, and at the age of 32, there is a question mark over whether he will be able to adapt to the intense Premier League competition after his return.

Francis Coquelin and Mohamed Elneny, one is a Arsenal academy training midfielder, and the other is an Egyptian midfielder from the Swiss league.

Granit Xhaka was originally bought to replace the Spaniard, this is a player with very clear advantages and disadvantages, playing in the back, the Swiss often concedes the ball because of the hesitation and casualness of handling the ball, plus the slow frequency of the foot when defending, often fouls and cards, not suitable for dirty work, so he needs to have a teammate who can do the dirty work around him, in order to play his excellent ability to read the game, excellent big picture and accurate long passes of more than 30 meters to help the team find gaps and successfully tear apart the opponent's defense.

In other words, Xhaka is a playmaking midfielder. Gunners Prince Jack Wilshere is also, debuting as a forward midfielder, and then retreating to play his excellent characteristics of advancing with the ball and organizing the attack, if it were not for his glass physique, Wilshere would not have been training outside on loan in recent years.

Aaron Ramsey, the only versatile midfielder in the versatile and interesting Gunners team, has made him an indispensable part of the Gunners' squad due to his ability to run.

Skill is well-rounded, does not mean proficient, and its ability to run and grab points is not inferior to that of a striker, which can often bring change and help the Gunners in attack and score goals, and can also play a good defensive performance in defensive efforts.

But the Welsh captain gives people the feeling that apart from being able to run and running, he is always a little worse than a player with expertise.

Passing the ball is a little bit off, dribbling is a bit off, possession is a bit off, shots are off goal, tackles are off tackles, tackles are off the ground......

Some people say that he is Gerrard and Frank Lampard of Wales, while others say that Aaron Ramsey has no stronger ability other than X**T AND X**P.

But for Arsenal, the quality of Aaron Ramsey's play is a key factor in determining the Gunners' upper and lower limits.

As for Mesut Ozil, he is more active in the front, so Arsenal's three-midfield combination has a lot of room for choice, because of the emergence of Tan Xibi.

The current 18-year-old Tan Xibi's main job is defense, and he occasionally helps the team with a long-range shot. Due to their strong defensive ability and the tactical execution of basically not leaving the team, Coquelin and Elneny can only be reduced to the team's B team.

However, Tan Xibi's excellent overall view and studious attitude determine his future development, and he will definitely be an all-round midfielder with both offense and defense, which is the development trend and trend of modern football midfield.

Therefore, Tan Xibi apprenticed with Xhaka to learn long pass scheduling, which is to develop his own weapons on the offensive end to enrich his few skill trees.

The smart Tan Xibi knows very well that if he wants to achieve his mentor Agostiño Oliveira's prediction of winning the Ballon d'Or, it is impossible to defend alone, have you ever seen defensive master Makelle win the Ballon d'Or? Even Ngulo Kante, the Premier League PFA Player of the Year last season, won the Premier League title with both teams, and did not finish in the top three of the Ballon d'Or.

Although it is very difficult for midfielders to win the Ballon d'Or, not everyone is Zinedine Zidane, but the rise of a new all-round midfielder still has a chance to break through the blockade of forwards in the future, after all, after the end of the Mero era, people have not yet found which talented striker can become a new peerless double pride.

Kylian Mbappe, who just won the Golden Boy Award, and Neymar, who is not yet 26 years old in the shadow of Melo, are seen as the new duo, but who knows what the future holds? Tan Xibi's strong rise may become the terminator of these frontcourt stars.

"Wall, Aaron, Granit, it seems that the three of them will be the main midfield combination in the league this season." Arsène Wenger said, "Jack would be a good replacement for Aaron and Granit. ”

Steve Boulder asked, "What if Wall gets injured?" ”

"I have to play back to a back three." Arsene Wenger shrugged, "It's better not to happen to that, a healthy Wall will help us win the title." ”

Boulder looked at Wenger in surprise, it was the first time he had seen Wenger's attention to the Chinese man somewhat unexpectedly.

That's why Boulder's ceiling can only be assistant coaches, and when it comes to employing people and knowing people, Wenger has blown him up ten streets.

"I'm a bit of a headache with the choice of a striker," Wenger said, frowning, "Traditionally, the right mix of a striker is two wingers and a centre-forward, but sometimes it's made up of two centre-forwards and a technical striker, like Barcelona's MSN combination. ”

"Actually, we can also play the three-striker combination of Alex, Oliver and Alexander, although Alexander is a center forward, he can play as a winger." Boulder said.

Suddenly remembering something, Boulder touched his bald head, "In this way, isn't there no place for Mesut?" ”

Arsene Wenger: "Our first-team strikers have their own characteristics, we don't have a midfield position in our 433 formation, so Mesut will be a left and right winger in the front three, so we have seven options up front, but don't forget, Mesut and Alex haven't renewed their contracts yet, and if they leave in the winter, we lack depth up front and we don't have enough impact in the late season, so I think if they leave during the winter window, I want to bring in one or two wingers. ”

Wingers, Arsenal's forward configuration, Oliver Giroud, Alexandre Lacazette and Danny Welbeck are central forwards, although the latter two can play as wingers, but their characteristics are destined to the team's crosses can only rely on full-backs, and if the three central forwards play together, they may lack layers and changes in attack.

The real wingers are probably Alex Sanchez and Theo Walcott, and Alex Iwobi is more of a wide midfielder.

As for Mesut Ozil, he can only play wide in 433, but his technical characteristics are destined to be active behind the striker, that is, in the ribs and in the middle.

Once Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, who are the most expensive in the team, leave during the winter window, Arsenal's front three will lack suitable rotation players, and if there is a demand for the transfer market, it may not be easy to buy a plug-and-play powerful winger at this time.

That would have to be done from within, with 17-year-old rising star Rice Nelson, who has started in cup competitions this season, being a good choice, with excelling in the youth and development teams.

"There are many forwards, each with its own characteristics, the advantage is that different types of players can be selected according to the opponent, and the disadvantage is that it is difficult to fix the three strikers, which will lead to insufficient run-in between players and affect the fluency of rotation." Boulder proposed, "We should give more opportunities to other people, such as Nelson and Iwobi, to avoid the huge impact that Sanchez and Mesut Ozil will have on the team's attacking power after they leave. ”

Wenger nodded, since the contract renewal is not smooth, and he is basically leaving, then give other players more opportunities, as Tan Xibi said, his football philosophy is that no one will affect the normal operation of the team, as long as the strength is not too far behind, his team football may not be able to beat other strong teams.

One of the characteristics of young players is instability, you can hardly see him have a stable performance in a season, so it is normal for the state to fluctuate, so in the League Cup quarterfinals, home against Norwich in the Championship, in addition to Tan Xibi on the bench, the starters and substitutes are all rotated, and the Gunners, who are mainly substitutes and youth team players, suffered from the canary in the first half, and in the case of unfavorable attack, the opponent played a counterattack in the 34th minute, and a straight plug tore through the defense, It was Josh Murphy who scored a solo goal to take the lead.

For this conceded goal, the camera of the live broadcast screen deliberately gave a close-up of Tan Xibi, who was sitting on the bench chair and wearing a thick coat, and the commentator even said that if Tan Xibi was on the field, Norwich would never be able to pass this through ball.

This is typical hindsight, who wouldn't be an afterthought? However, many fans on the Internet left messages of support, saying that what the commentator said was very correct, and expressed their confusion and dissatisfaction with why Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger did not let Tan Xibi start.

Tan Xibi leaned back in his chair, this was the first time he had sat here this season, everything was so fresh, except for the weather, which made him uncomfortable.

No way, the midweek is a weekday, for ticket revenue, so the game is generally played at seven or eight o'clock, while domestic fans have to stay up late at two or three o'clock in the morning to watch the game, which is a headache time difference.

Watching the game from the perspective of a bystander, Tan Xibi felt that he could see some things that he could not see on the pitch at ordinary times, which were extremely helpful to Tan Xibi's future growth, and many years later, Tan Xibi, who had retired, talked about the first time he sat on the bench to watch the game, and bluntly said that this experience brought him not a disadvantage, but gave him the opportunity to look at things from a different angle, so that he had a deeper understanding of football.

This set of substitutes and the mixed starting lineup composed of the youth team played in the 3421 formation, due to the injury of the second goalkeeper David Ospina, in order to give the young goalkeeper a chance to exercise, so the third goalkeeper Matt Messi started for the first time for the first team this season, and the fourth goalkeeper Dejan Iliyev entered the squad.

Oh no, Chewba Akpeng, despite being a first-team squad, has been a regular in the reserves and is the big brother of the bench kids.

'Put Wall on in the second half and we'll have a chance to win this tough game.' Wenger said helplessly.