per75005;2569704 said:
I saw the folowing team for the match vs Sampdoria :
12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 19 Cambiasso, 23 Materazzi, 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 5 Stankovic, 20 Muntari; 7 Figo, 8 Ibrahimovic, 33 Mancini.
Could someone who saw the match tell me what the system used?
What was the role of each players??
Thk in advance!!!
a 4-3-3 in the Ajax/Oranje/Barcelona style ...
Zlatan played as the target centre forward, with two wingers (Mancini and Figo) flanking him ... having said that, the front trident was actually quite fluid -- with all three players interchanging positions at some point ...
Maicon and Maxwell bombed forward up the wings whenever they could, to either link up with the wing-forwards, or put in a cross ...
Deki was played in the holding role at the centre of midfield ... Pupi Zanetti played ahead of him ... Muntari was employed as the hard tackler and was also clearly told to take a few long-range pops at goal ...
Cambiasso marshalled the backline, while Matrix took care of aerial threats ...
p.s. Figo's pace was certainly lacking ... the vision was there, and so too the dribbling skills ... but his old age certainly showed ... it's not a surprise -- 10 years ago, he was already one of the world's best players, and had already captained Barcelona to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup glory ... the body certainly takes a toll after more than one and a half decades at the top ...
Quaresma's been brought in to provide that injection of pace ... i'm giddy with anticipation to see Zlatan and Quaresma combine ...
