Roles
-No.10
-False 9
-Shadow Striker
-Loose Striker
-Advanced Quarter Back
-Attacking midfielder
What He Provides
-Constantly available
-Chess player always 3 moves ahead
-Creates space for self and others
-Scores and creates
-Link player
-OPPORTUNIST
End Product
-Shots 25%
-Key Passes 20%
-Wide passes 18%
-Central passes 20%
-Play backwards 17%
How Does He Find Space
-In from wide 18%
-Drift of the back four 20%
-Runs from central areas 16%
-Movements whilst in central areas 13%
-STANDING STILL 33% (letting the game
move around him).
The Tools Required
-Awareness on, near and away from ball
-Ghosts into positions
-Dissolves out positions for others
-Immediate tight touch
-Never surrendering the ball
-Cute, clever disguised passes
-Ability to turn under intense pressure
-All the golf clubs (putter, lob wedge, driver etc)
-Ball mastery (dribbling and running with the ball
Ronaldo On Ozil
“The sale of Ozil is very bad news for me. He was the player that best new my moves in front of goal…I’m angry about Ozil leaving.”
Mourinho on Ozil
“He is the best no.10 in the world. He made things easier for me and his team-mates with his vision of the game and the decisions he made.”
