The best defensive midfielders in the world ( Part 1)
One of the most important and crucial positions on the football pitch, is that of a defensive midfielder. The defensive midfielder is usually the most underappreciated player in the game, but he easily has the most responsibility when compared to the rest
of the squad.
While the rest of the team is trying to impress in their individual postions, the defensive midfielders are busy helping out with the defence and then simultaneously helping with the attack on the counter. The defensive midfield position is one, that has
become highly crucial for the game and any team without a decent player in that position is sure to fail.
Here is a look at some of the best defensive midfielders in the world at the moment.
Nigel De Jong
The Dutch international and Manchester City player, is one of the most consistent performers in the world at the moment. The player is always found to be giving his hundred percent, regardless of the level of the match that is being played at the moment.
De Jong however is largely overshadowed by the overwhelming attacking options at the club, which is why he is never really brought into the limelight. De Jong was also an integral part of the Dutch team that managed to impress tremendously during the FIFA
World Cup.
The player however does have the tendency to go overboard with his tackling and aggressive behaviour. He has almost always been the one player on the team, who is either shown a card for his efforts or is suspended due to his rash actions on the pitch.
Despite all of that, De Jong has one of the best defence minded brains in the game, the player also has the ability of making a pin point tackle, regardless of who the opponent is.
Daniele De Rossi
De Rossi was part of the Italy squad that went on to life the FIFA World Cup in 2006, that in itself tells us just how good the player really is. De Rossi is also one of the most attack minded defensive midfielders in the world. He has the ability to make
strong bone crunching tackles at the same time, has the ability to send a defence splitting pass. He also manages to score the odd goal or two, which just makes him more lethal than he already is.
De Rossi, has been playing across Europe at the highest level for almost ten years now, he has also almost always been the pivot in ever side that he has played for. He is currently employed by AS Roma in Italy and the team consider him to be one of their
most prized assets.
The twenty seven year old, is tremendously gifted with technique and talent, he also has the ability to join any team in the world and play at the highest level with them. He has been linked to countless teams in the past, but Roma are refusing to part with
one of the best players the team has ever had.
De Rossi is one of the very few defensive midfielders, who manages to prove to everyone, that despite all their tackling the holding midfielders can be quite attack minded as well.
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