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They are both unique and uniquely skilled, individuals who can
give a team the winning edge but who can also be delicate and
demanding. As players, they often need to be coaxed to reveal their
very best, or the edge they provide can be lost.
Attacking midfielders are the creative spirits in modern
football. Their flashes of genius mesmerise opponents and delight
the fans. However, they are often delicate and highly demanding
creatures, just as capable of contributing nothing as everything.
Members of this rare species normally command impressive transfer
fees, but that in itself is no guarantee of success. Psychological
and mental factors frequently hold the key to unlocking the true
greatness contained within.
FIFA.com examines the nature of footballing
genius, and how clubs can make the most of it.
All you need is love
France superstar Franck Ribery is a classic example of the
genus in question. The dynamic 24-year-old switched to Bayern
Munich last summer, immediately taking the Bundesliga by storm with
his breathtaking and astoundingly consistent displays. Regarded in
his home country as a highly-talented but unpolished diamond after
wildly oscillating form at his previous club Olympique Marseille,
Bayern captain Oliver Kahn was recently moved to compare the player
to Zinedine Zidane.
Just as refreshing as Ribery's supreme confidence and
visible esprit as he accelerates away from bewildered defenders was
the frank explanation of his outstanding form he recently revealed
to reporters: "The fact is that I've been welcomed here in
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loved is very, [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] very important to me. I draw my belief and
inspiration from being loved, it makes me strong."
Pressure and responsibility
Few observers were surprised at Ribery's admission. It is
no secret that players capable of genius at decisive moments on the
field of play require an above-average sense of belonging and
support in their immediate environment. Nevertheless, this public
'confession' was still unusual and remarkable for its very
honesty. Footballers seldom discuss the fragile nature of
conviction and self-belief, but it is precisely these attributes
which underpin dazzling solo runs, defence-splitting passes and
moments of attacking inspiration.
When things work out, the player can be a hero, but if he
fails to deliver, suddenly he is a choker. Week after week, the
game's artists are walking a tightrope. "I can only relax
if we win. I have a hard time when we lose," confesses Kaka.
The FIFA World Player of the Year is required to conjure up moments
of magic for AC Milan, but greatness is also a burden: "It
means a great deal of pressure and responsibility."
Logically, a midfield strategist will need to be treated with
kid gloves for a period after his arrival at a new club. Achieving
the right chemistry between fans, media, the board, the coaching
staff, the dressing room and the individual's mental strength
is of vital importance.
Help when far from home
Leading clubs long ago recognised that newly-signed attacking
stars require rather more than simply a ball, a playing field and
an opponent to produce spectacular success. Standard practice now
includes hiring dedicated staff to care for the new signing and
ensure the settling in process goes smoothly. To paraphrase an old
cliché: when the star's smiling, the whole crowd smiles with
him.
"I couldn't have a better environment for playing my
best football," says Werder Bremen's world-class Brazilian
Diego, shadowed wherever he goes by an interpreter appointed
specifically for the purpose by the club. Dutch wizard Rafael van
der Vaart, who surprised many by opting for Hamburger FC when his
signature last came up for grabs, once admitted the single event
which tipped the scales in the north German club's favour was a
shopping trip laid on by the club for his wife Sylvie with chairman
Bernd Hoffmann's better half.
Moving to the flanks
But even when temperamental geniuses brim with belief and
continue to deliver the goods for their team on a regular basis, it
is really only the start. A creative spirit needs the freedom to
roam, and that requires another player (or two sometimes) to put in
some unglamorous extra work. With [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the increasing emphasis on
defence in modern football, attacking players relieved of the
burden of graft and tactical rigidity are not merely a luxury, they
also represent a risk.
Coaches appear increasingly unhappy with fielding just one
holding midfielder to anchor the space in which an artist plies his
trade. The trend is for two players to be deployed in front of the
back four, which often means sacrificing one of the strikers.
Alternatively, the creative genius can be switched from the crowded
centre of the park and asked to work the oracle on the wings.
Barcelona stars Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi certainly fall into
that category, and even the aforementioned Zinedine Zidane found
himself despatched to the left flank at Real Madrid when specific
tactics and risk-avoidance demanded.
Let them fly like birds
Gifted individuals with the ability to pull strings and
create something from nothing are by no means protected if the
occasion is thought to demand it. Argentina were leading Germany
1-0 after 72 minutes in the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ quarter-final when
coach Jose Pekerman decided to shut up shop and withdrew Juan Roman
Riquelme. The South Americans still conceded an equaliser in normal
time, and went on to lose the match on penalties. Pekerman quit
after the game.
Current Argentina supremo Alfio Basile would have done things
differently, if his comments about Lionel Messi are anything to go
by. "We coaches shouldn't force him into a system,"
he says of Barceona's mercurial talent. "We have to let
him fly like a bird." Words every gifted player would
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