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Best possible line-up for Spain in Euro 2012(Part 4)

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With an overcrowded midfield, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque will get headaches when he will have to select the perfect five to fit in the 4-2-3-1 formation.
Since http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta will all be taking part in the starting line-up, there is no doubt that there are other players who deserve to play in the first-team.
Moreover, playing Xavi Hernandez as an attacking midfielder is going to be a difficult choice for the Spanish coach.
Xavi is one of those players who would stay right in the centre of the pitch, play his usual passing football; and rather than moving up from the middle, he would stay right behind the striker in order to aid him with a perfect through ball.
While playing in an attacking midfield role, it means that Xavi will have to move up in order to aid the team in attack as the two players behind him will be taking the defensive responsibilities of the midfield.
This might be a problem for the Spanish national team as Xavi’s inclusion on the pitch is not the only thing necessary; in fact, the position which he plays in is also very vital.
Besides this, since David Silva and Andres Iniesta will be playing on the flanks, it means that the Spanish national side will not be playing with two traditional wingers, but two central wingers.
Central winger is a concept recently introduced in the footballing world. Players like Mesut Ozil, Andres Iniesta and David Silva are perfect examples of this kind. Such players do not only stick to the flank; in fact, they cut inside in order to add more
numbers in the centre of the pitch so the team can take advantage of more players in that position.
So, with teams which have an over-crowded midfield, playing Andres Iniesta and David Silva against those teams will not be the wisest of moves. Therefore, players like Juan Mata, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Cazorla-c32505 and Jesus Navas can take the field in such dire situations.
These are the players who can touch the sideline and stretch the defensive lines of the opposition. That way the midfield gets a lot of space to execute their tiki-taka style of play and that way they can create more goal scoring opportunities.
However, the best possible option for Del Bosque is to play a five-man midfield in a 4-2-3-1 formation and play the same way he played in the FIFA World Cup 2010.
With players like Busquets, Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, and Silva, misplacing a pass will be a mistake rarely committed. Moreover, all these five players will play closely with each other so they can add more number in the centre of the pitch, move the ball around
and tire the opposition.
Other players who might interest Del Bosque during the Euro 2012 campaign will include Santi Cazorla, Jesus Navas, Juan Mata, Cesc Fabregas and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara.
Cazorla, Fabregas and Alcantara are the three players who can always replace any of the three attacking midfielders. These three can play in the position of David Silva, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta as they have the same abilities of creating and innovating
in the centre of the pitch.           
However, replacing Sergio Busquets and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254, there is not a single player in the Spanish
squad who can execute the role of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048.
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