Why Sergio Busquets is an unsung hero (Part 2)
It was the combination of three http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 players – Xavi Hernandez, Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta – that kept the game alive for the Spaniards. While Sergio Busquets was busy winning the ball, the attacking midfielders did the goal scoring for the Spanish
team.
The role of Sergio Busquets is quite different from a regular holding or a box-to-box midfielder. The young Spaniard does not only rely on his tackling abilities, but he also keeps his man covered with his great positioning sense.
When the Spaniards were facing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 was totally nullified as Sergio Busquets kept covering his man. The holding midfielder had his man covered so tight that all Sneijder could do in that game was to deliver
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 and Gerard Pique.
Josep Guardiola has taught Sergio Busquets very well. The youngster knows his position in the team and rather than going up front to score for his team, he is the one who decides to stay back to help his team in defence. If we compare Yaya Toure to Sergio
Busquets; as both of them played in the same position for the same team – it is safe to say that Yaya Toure had an attacking approach compared to Busquets. Yaya Toure often found his name in the assist or goal scoring list but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 is a player who’d
rather sacrifice the glory for his team.
Yaya Toure was so attack minded that his coach in Manchester City, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 decided to play him in an attacking midfield role. The Ivory Coast star has redefined the role of an attacking midfielder. Yaya Toure plays more like an attacking midfielder
who covers the area from one box to another. While players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463 and Darren Fletcher are box-to-box holding midfielders, Yaya Toure is a box-to-box attacking midfielder.
One of the reasons why Sergio Busquets is criticised is because of the fact that he barely gets his name on the score sheet or the assist charts. Compared to other holding or box-to-box midfielders, Sergio Busquets has done nothing to help the team in scoring
goals. His talents actually lie right behind the midfielders where he can break up play and help the team continue from scratch. While Busquets is busy winning the ball for his side; players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 are
usually found scoring goals or making breath taking assists.
Sergio Busquets, on the other hand, is doing something that others might not do. With a player like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Alves in your team, you definitely need someone to cover for them at the back. With an attacking approach like Barcelona, the full
backs always make a run forward to join the wingers on the right and left flank respectively. With seven players up front, three are left behind and it is Sergio Busquets who falls back and plays in the centre back role, Gerard Pique who plays in the right
centre back role and Carles Puyol who plays in the left centre back role.
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