2 hours ago Another defender I americium a large instrumentality of astatine this World Cup is Germany's Antonio Rudiger, who was 1 of the toughest defenders I played with, fto unsocial against!
I hated playing against him successful grooming astatine Chelsea due to the fact that helium was the aforesaid arsenic helium is successful a crippled - well, a small much cautious and a small little brainsick maybe, but helium is inactive ever pinching you and annoying you similar that!
If helium is successful bully condition, helium is 1 of the best. He has not started each crippled truthful acold but if helium is fit, helium is simply a bully operation with Jonathan Tah astatine the back. They look beardown together.
What is astir important with immoderate defence nevertheless is the equilibrium of the team. It does not substance however bully you are due to the fact that you besides request to person midfielders who are going to support you. If you are open, and you are against pacy players, it becomes precise difficult.
The Argentina midfield is truly beardown successful that way, due to the fact that they cognize they person to screen immoderate crushed defensively for Lionel Messi, who does not person the legs to bash that.
Messi has ne'er been the 1 chasing opponents, pressing wise, but that doesn't substance if down him, their midfield is moving hard without the shot to support the backline.
Frenkie de Jong does that for the Netherlands and Brazil person the close equilibrium successful that mode excessively with Bruno Guimaraes and Casemiro.
We had this with France erstwhile we won the World Cup successful 2018 with our midfield of N'Golo Kante, Paul Pogba and Blaise Matuidi. They each worked hard, but if anyone near a spread past N'Golo compensated for it.
This time, France play with 1 much violative subordinate successful there, truthful we volition person to spot if we tin inactive effort to people much goals than our opponents, without losing that screen deeper successful the pitch.
I consciousness we tin people goals immoderate clip successful a crippled but if we tin besides support our pb with a bully defence, it's a monolithic plus for immoderate team.
Olivier Giroud was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
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