The central defender is a role between the front waist and the back waist. Simply put, it is "to further assist the attack and protect the backcourt, especially the dangerous area in front of the restricted area." In addition to Vieira, there are Roy Keane and former Portuguese international Paul Sosa (among the veterans on the spot).
Central defender, as the name implies, is the defender who defends the middle. They are in excellent health and generally do not require high speed. Generally speaking, however, a good central defender is very helpful to the midfield, because his passing is the first kick on the court except the goalkeeper, which is very crucial and can directly affect the quality of the attack. At this point, older central defenders, such as former Spanish captain Ciro, are the most aggressive. And Dutch veteran Delporte's accurate long pass to Argentina even directly led to Bergkamp's best goal in 1998 World Cup. However, modern central defenders are all tall and burly and have good physical fitness, but it is a big mistake to say that they are rough. Materazzi even scored many exquisite goals for Inter Milan. So using one word to describe the central defender is "strength".
Full-back, of course, is the defender who defends the wing. Because the winger is the area where players get the ball with the least interference (you can only worry about one side's forced steal), the winger is the "key part" of many teams' attack, such as the double winger who cut the bait, and Real Madrid's "two wings Qi Fei" now. Therefore, modern football requires more and more defensive ability of full-backs. Similarly, due to the importance of wing attack, excellent full-backs need to be timely. The most famous full-backs, Carlos Cafu and even Thuram, are excellent assists. Because full-backs have both offensive tasks and defensive pressures, it can be said that full-backs need to have strong "backward running" ability and extraordinary speed. Our Sun Jihai is a very strong full-back.
It can be seen that the difference between a full-back and a central defender lies not only in the area, but also in the way of participating in the attack. The full-back is mainly involved in the assists of sports warfare, and the central defender tries to fight for the top when setting the ball. At this time, the vacancy left by the central defender was partially filled by the faster full-back.
What is the waist? What is the modern waist like?
When it comes to the lower back, we must first clarify the concept of the lower back, because many fans are not very clear about the concept of the lower back now. What is a lower back? The real midfielder is the person behind the midfield. When attacking, you can pass the ball for the center and the frontcourt, but generally you will not get close to the opponent's goal. The opponent can share the defensive work of the defender when attacking.
First of all, let's take a look at the outstanding representatives who have both offensive and defensive skills in this position.
Guardiola, Lei Dongduo and albertini were super midfielders with comprehensive offensive and defensive skills in the late 1990s. What they widely sing is their dispatching ability, and they master the offensive and defensive rhythm of the whole team with one person. A person standing in this position to defend, but also playing in this position, basically does not go up, not close to the opponent's goal * * * The same feature is that personal defense and holding skills are good, and awareness is outstanding.
Among the players in China, Li Tie is a typical midfielder. Li Tie defended well, but passed the ball badly. It should be said that Fan Zhiyi is the most suitable player for this position in China. His defense is outstanding among China players. At the same time, his offensive ability once made people shout the slogan of "liberating Fan Zhiyi" in the Top Ten Competition in 1997.
But now, the defensive waist has almost disappeared. In my opinion, even in the future, there will be few midfielders with outstanding skills like Lei Dongduo and Guardiola who are willing to stay in the backcourt. Why do you say that?
In today's football field, what is needed is to put more mobile forces into local battles. In the past, the typical players in a single position have become increasingly unsuitable for this requirement. Now it is necessary to hoard an all-round player in the midfield, so that they can quickly support every part of the field and play a role in both offensive and defensive ends. Therefore, well-defended offensive halfbacks and well-skilled defensive midfielders are very popular, but their positions will be closer to the center line than before, forming a huge midfield group. Compared with the past, the most important force on the field has moved backward, but it has not moved to the center line. Instead, it has changed from a single organizer of 10 in the past to a middle-avant-garde group, taking advantage of the number of people to form an attack and make up for the defense. And through the withdrawal of the front waist, the longitudinal connection of the midfield is realized.
At present, all countries in the world, except Italy, put the best young players in the frontcourt. It's always been like this since childhood. As long as you have a little footwork, you all push forward, and those who have no ability stay behind to defend. So everyone can see that the new midfielder is not as good as his teammates in the frontcourt. Such people can only stay and do the hard work of defense. If his skills are not improved all his life, he will have to do dirty work all his life and become a pure defensive defender. But if one day their skills improve to a certain extent, his position will be promoted immediately. At present, as long as there is a physical confrontation midfielder, as long as his skills are good, most of them will be pushed forward, thus becoming a central avant-garde or even an offensive central avant-garde. Like Baptista, he used to be a typical defensive midfielder, but now with the gradual improvement of technology, he has advanced to the position of offensive avant-garde.
Therefore, once midfielders are no longer midfielders after their skills and positions have been improved, so I say that there are not many midfielders in the world who are as outstanding as Lei Dongduo and Guardiola and are willing to stay in the backcourt.