How To Play Center Midfielder In Football - Andres Iniesta Analysis VS Juventus

in this video we are going over how to play centre midfielder in a football by analyzing andreas Iniesta z' performance and vs u aventis we're going to be looking at what he did well what he didn't do well and could have done better and just going over some things in general to look out for make sure you subscribe to simply soccer for more videos like this and let's get right into any Estes performance in this first point you can see that Barcelona are pressing high up in the pitch and Iniesta goes have to close down there's a Fender something you're gonna need to do as a midfielder especially if your team plays this kind of tactic is press the defence try and get the ball off them try and force them into mistakes and this play at NES day is able to block it for throwing in his next play just watch how when NES 2 gets the ball he immediately drives towards goal trying to make things happen it doesn't come off in this instant but I can't think of anything else he could have done he could have turned around to maintain possession but they win the ball back and he immediately wants to do damage to the opposition by running at them and his pass is just well cut out in this case this boy you can just see any esta making himself available something again you'll have to do often by dropping back makes himself available for the past nothing really on keeps possession nothing more to do in this situation now this is a really good play by any esta they win the ball back quickly and any esta once to get the ball in the attack quickly and set up an attack so he takes the ball forward sees his options and then plays a good ball out wide which analysis at the Barcelona on the attack you can see he doesn't delay too long he assesses his options no one is really closing him down and he picks out the pass very nicely in this poi again you can see he's assessing his options no one's really going in on him and he decides just to keep possession keep the ball moving again he does something similar in this play not gonna really break it down any more than that because it's essentially the exact same thing he does again here he is checking for the ball and his awareness is good here and he sees that the Juventus player is backed off him a little bit so he's able to turn and he immediately plays a forward pass quickly playing quick not allowing things to be delayed at this point martial law don't really make too much forward progress here but it's a good idea by Iniesta and again notice how his awareness allows him to know how close the Juventus defender is to him which allows him to turn where if the Aventis defender was right up on him he may not have received the pass in the first place or would have played it right back to the passer so in this play he gets the ball again and he notices that he has men forward so he moves the ball forward drives forward and of course he just plays the ball right out to out wide and gets the ball back again he's looking forward and plays a really good cross field ball to switch up the play because it was getting congested on the side he was on but again this is good because in the other plays he didn't move forward because he didn't really have too many people with him there weren't too many people in central positions but here he does try and go forward he switches to play and it's very positive play by him here again he checks back to the bowl and tries to play a forward pass getting the attack going not much comes out of it again but the idea once again is right here he gets it in plenty of space again trying to go forward but he's taking his time he's delaying he's keeping possession and eventually passed it back when he doesn't have much option again he's not forcing anything he's being smart in this moment so now he gets the ball in plenty of space and again and immediately tries to move forward plays the forward pass again isn't the right idea it looks like his pass is a little bit too far in front of racket itch but again you can see when he has that space to move forward he will take advantage of the space the defenders are affording him again he gets the ball in a pocket of space he's checked back for and he just keeps it moving along by playing it out wide again a big part of Barcelona's play or the way they play is they like to keep the ball moving again available in plenty of space and he immediately goes forward place the ball forward it's not a good return ball I believe by Suarez but look at the anticipation by him for the backwards past he's anticipating what the defender will do looking for any kind of mistake and it's really a great play from him even if the return ball wasn't what it needed to be he was looking for that quick give and go and if you look look at it if Suarez just plays the ball back on the floor or to him he's probably gonna get it back in a good position but again look at the way he dries at the defender trying to make things happen and notice how when he gets in those huge amounts of space he takes advantage of them by driving forward and putting the defenders under pressure here he is again in plenty of space he's assessing his options plays a simple ball to keep it moving he doesn't really take too much advantage of the space here he doesn't run right into it he could have probably DRI driven right into that space it's not really a mistake maybe just a better decision he could have made but again he's trying to keep the ball moving trying to get other players involved so it's not really a bad play so here excellent control by him but he makes his first mistake at the game which is very rare for any esta to make this type of mistake where his awareness just wasn't good make sure when you're playing in this position you know where opponents are you know where your teammates are I don't know if he thought someone was on him and he needed to play it quickly he didn't know where the opponent was and he ends up playing it right into their path and it's a rare moment of panic for NES that's something you don't usually see in that situation that would have been better for him to make sure he knew what it was around him bring the ball down to his feet and he would have realized he had plenty of space and then actually go forward so first mistake by any esta but just take away from this you want to know where everything is at all times because if he was just aware of where the player was he wouldn't have made that mistake so here great play wins the ball and look how he immediately tries to go forward and then gets tripped up which I would assume the defender got yellow card for again so many good things he did here one winning the ball back pressing high up the field and winging it back it's a great tackle and then look how he doesn't delay he immediately sees that he has his own players in the attack and tries to go forward does really well to move past the defender and this is why you know you want to penetrate the defense you want to run at them sometimes because now not only do they get a free kick in a dangerous position but now the defender is gonna be on thin ice by receiving the yellow card so here gets the ball a lot of pressure on him so just plays it off again sometimes you just need to play simple he does a good job of getting his body between the ball and the man but in these situations no need to risk anything defenders right on him doing a good job so he just plays it safe okay here he is a little bit space plays it out wide he look how he immediately takes a few steps out wide to create the passing lanes so his teammate can play it back to him another thing you need to make sure you're doing passing and moving passing and then getting into a position where you can receive the ball back so here he makes himself available again and tries the give-and-go again good idea it's a very hard play to make because there isn't much space for him there if he hits it too hard it goes out of bounds if he hits it too soft like he did it's cleared away but it's the right idea it's it's very positive play for me to yeste here he's gonna get the ball he's again he's assessing his options he sees that he's basically being played out wide and he hasn't have too many options forward so he played it safe and it looks like Barcelona got a free kick anywhere but just kind of look at what he does he realizes maintaining possession in this position is going to be better for his team so he cuts it back and if the foul wasn't called I'm sure he would have played Busquets in that play so here he is he's making himself available out wide assessing his options again but really quickly doesn't delay puts the cross in not the best of crosses but he only really had Suarez in the box he didn't have too many options again not a bad play by him he immediately is trying to be positive cuts it on to his other foot and tries to put in the cross here he is with another great tackle great defensive play gets the ball back and this is a really great play because of his awareness he knows that immediately after winning the ball you ventus is going to press press press the defenders which they do and he plays into the defender who plays it right back to him and he's aware that two players are moving in on him and he knows where his teammate is nice little flick of the outside of the boot and they could have potentially countered from that position as well so again this is just another me reiterating how important your awareness is and how quickly you need to become aware of your surroundings and the ever-changing surroundings in the game because again he wins the ball back and immediately has to make sure he's aware of what's going on around him he can't turn off because if he does he's gonna lose the ball he stays focused notices the defenders kind of collapsing in on him and again is able to beat two defenders essentially take him out the game with that little outside of the foot pass here he gets the ball and plenty of space but realizes again that he's going to be closed down quickly and plays a simple ball - racket itch here he's taking it out into the defense assessing his options doesn't have much and draws the foul which is actually a good play to relieve the pressure having just won the ball back I do think he could have played it out to the left here but in all honesty you know there wasn't a bad play really by him but you can see if he could have played it out left but cuadrado kind of takes that away from him [Music] here he's getting it in plenty of space again and he plays a really good ball out wide again keeping the ball moving very quickly he could have driven into the space but he noticed the run and wanted to take advantage of it to put his teammate in closer towards the box and I think this is a good play as well here again he notices the defender coming in really quickly and does really well to swerve kind of around him he notices which angle the defenders coming from and you know keeps the ball close to his body and draws the foul this is something that NES is so excellent at protecting the ball keeping it close to him and if he wasn't fouled there he would have had so much space to move into as you can see with his frustration when he doesn't get the advantage so again he's afforded a lot of space and just plays it out wide not much to go on there here he takes an excellent touch and then plays it quickly again as a center midfielder you need control like this because if he doesn't take a good touch there he's gonna be closed down but because he takes an excellent first touch you can see he's able to play to touch football here one touch to bring the ball out of the air and then another touch to pass it off to Busquets so here good control again assesses his options and I really like this play because he notices the middle is very congested so he cuts the ball back out wide seeing if they can attack from a wide position again this is a very subtle thing but it's very smart by him if you look at where his teammates are they're all really covered in the middle it's congested in there so he makes it look like he's gonna go to the middle cuts it out wide protects the ball and then Barcelona have a little more space there again very underrated play but subtle and very good play and smart play by Iniesta so second half and he has to gets the bowl protects the bowl the defender actually does a very good job on him but any switches to play good play all around here he gets it in more space and watch as he drives at the defender and then plays it out wide to Suarez again he sees the space he draws a defender towards him it creates the space for Suarez out wide another good play by him so here he gets the ball and this is an excellent touch and then draws the foul again just attack-minded positive he notices he has a player out wide I don't know if you can see him but Suarez is out wide meaning you can take the ball forward and if he's closed down he can play it off to Suarez here again in playing a space you can see he's dropping deep a lot more switches to play to a wide open player something you're gonna want to do a lot as a midfielder and when you have a player that wide open with that much space which will allow them to run at the defense usually it's the right option here he is he plays it into Suarez it's almost a really good place Juarez may be being held back again attack-minded but look at how he moves after the pass again you want to pass and move all the time in the midfield gets the ball again in plenty of space and plays really a really good ball and then Suarez kind of messes that play up it's a great ball into Suarez the other player from barsa runs off the ball makes a really good run and I'm not sure why Suarez pop that ball up if he just played it on the ground they would have probably had a good gold scoring chance but by any ésta that's a great play again with the ball a good little switch out wide nothing more to it but again always been looking to switch the field when the options available and especially when it's congested on your side so here he is again just simple play out wide nothing more to that one here again in so much space and he's just going to keep the ball a little bit and then play it out wide again nothing too fancy just moving the ball around and keeping possession here he checks to the bowl very well does really well to keep possession they get the advantage and again just kept moving it here he's getting the ball in great space great move great awareness knowing the defender is in great touch and then plays it out wide this is another great play it's a great run by any esta and his touch is just a little off it's the right idea though he's the idea he has is he's trying to take a first touch out wide giving himself enough space between himself and the defender to get a shot off the defender just does a good job and then forces any acid to give the ball up but I think it's the right idea by any a stay he may be able to shoot first time here but I can understand he's trying to give himself a better opportunity in this play so here again in plenty of space is going to be his last involvement just plays it in the Suarez good idea who plays it out wide and actually this is his last involvement great first touch takes the ball again driving forward he's positive he wants to make things happen and again you want to take advantage of the space you get to drive forward especially if you have teammates up with you all right guys so this has been how to play centre midfielder in football by analyzing one of any Estes games obviously there's a lot more you can do as a midfielder there are many different roles midfielder can play but I thought it would be good to take a look at one of the best midfielders probably of all time and what he does and what he looks out to do there's many good points and many good things he does in this game that show a lot of what you need to be doing as a midfielder so hopefully you can take away a lot of what we went over and apply it to your game so let me know if you want me to do more videos like this now I am trying to I'm debating whether to make them shorter or longer the reason this one is so long is because I really wanted to include as much as possible in an analysis video so let me know if you don't mind them being a little longer let me know that as well and let me know what other players you want me to cover what positions you want me to cover and so on thank you so much for watching the video please like it share it and subscribe if you are new you can take a look at the two other videos I have on screen if you are interested and I will see you in the next video

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Length: 15min 2sec (902 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 19 2017