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Three ways to use a holding midfielder
11th December, 2009
Over the past few years the “holding midfielder” has become an integral part of football’s vocabulary. During the 1980s, in England at least, central midifelders played as box-to-box types, going forward to help attacks and putting in covering tackles when needed. One may naturally be a little more defensive than the other, but the idea of a designated player who covers in front of the defence and “holds” in the centre of the field grew in the 1990s and is now virtually universal.I want to outline, then, three “holding midfielders” to try to show what they are and how they can be used. Of course, they are not all alike, and how you use them will affect the rest of the team’s balance and shape....
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