What is a Mezzala?
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- What is a Mezzala?
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While students of Football Manager might see a mezzala as purely a central player who drifts wide, and purists might point to the flanking midfielders of a midfield three, the term is complicated by a confusion of its origins, its specific use to describe a position, and its broader use to describe a role. Alex Stewart explains, as part of our Tifo Encyclopedia series.
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I really like videos like these because it helps me with my Football Manager saves lol
Henry Shepherd I feel the same but then two hours have gone by and I’m halfway through a tifo playlist and I’m just staring at my inbox having made no progression 🤦🏼♂️😂
Lol same. Tweaked my 'park the bus' after watching that video
Bustthenet is your guy. He's on TH-cam.
Lmao my current FM formation is inspired by one of tifos videos
Henry Shepherd where can I play football manager on? I’m confused
Me: Oh, I know what that is.
Them: “While students of Football Manager might see a Mezzala as purely a central player who drifts wide.”
Me: Dammit!
Aggressively relatable
Very relatable
Would Paulinho also be a Mezzala?
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Who else uses tifo to set formation in football Manager game
me
Inspired me to make a total football inspired tactic using a libero & 1 inverted wingback... definitely out of my comfort zone but I love it!
If you don't use at least one Mezzala on FM, you aren't playing it right.
It was because of fm that i discover this amzing youtube channel
In Top Eleven his tactics can be useful too
Still kind of confused, it appears as though a Mezzala can be anything you want it to be as long as it as midfielder who links with the forward line in some way. If it’s a role that can be held by Gattuso, Milinkovic-Savic and Angel Di Maria, it doesn’t really pinpoint what the role is or who should fill it.
different variations
I think Gattuso was mentioned as a mediano (holding midfielder/6) as an example of players mezz‘ali need behind them to do their work.
Mezzala is a broad concept, is basically every midfielder without regista or screening duty. Then you have the interno a mezzala with both defensive and offensive duty (savic), the mediano a mezzala with more defensive duty (gattuso) and the incursore a mezzala with more offensive duty (di maria)
@@edocola4902 Perfect explanation
What would Pogba be under those 3 sub-mezzala descriptions
_Then Manager Diego Simeone is made for Italian Serie A_
He always uses central midfielders as Wingers in Atletico Madrid
Like Koke, Saul Niguez as Mezzala
Nikk He spent 8 years in Italy so maybe he was influenced somewhat
Nikk it’s only because they have both defensive and attacking capabilities, so that make the team more versatile. For an example if he want he can play diamond, 433, 442 and every 3 at the back. But most of the times he sticks with the 442
Simeone is highly influenced by Italian football... he played in Italy for Lazio and Inter and also managed Catania in Serie A. He is a "Italian style"manager which has more financial backing (something that middle table teams in Italy didn't have since some years ago)
Nikk true. They can help get more in midfield to crowd the centre.
@@cristiandumitrescu1744 That's only recently with the money. Simeone until 2015/2016 almost didn't have financial backing.
Iniesta probably perfected this role. He flawlessly took advantage of the half spaces and overlapped into the wider areas to find space, and to create it for others. Great video👍🏽
"Students of Football Manager"
my highest achievement yet
The true definition of Mezalla originally appeared on The Athletic
Day 8 of asking Tifo to make a video on the 1991/92 Leeds side that won the league only 2 season after being promoted from a long stay in the 2nd tier
Would rather see a video on a real north east football team like Middlesbrough or newcastle
Muzammel Gouhary keep asking. Leeds shall rise again
When I think of Mezzala, I think of Clarence Seedorf in Milan
I agree. If I would've seen this comment earlier, I wouldn't have written mine 😅
JMT I think that is the perfect example
Lampard?
@@abohariomolla8171 More of a 10/ shadow striker. Like what Dele Alli was doing a couple of years ago.
@@jmt3116 ya but he was a lot lot lot better at finishing, in the air and also space interpreting and decent defensively too
So it's actually an attacking minded box-to-box mildfielder?
Yes and no. The more offensive a Mezzala gets, the less they will defend - and the less they look like B2B. More supportive Mezzale could be seen the way you describe them if you include their tendency to play wider in attacking area's then a normal midfielder. Though since they are inclined to make the attack happen, they are often way more pushed up to the box when a ball is a lost. While B2B midfielders usually arrive later. This means a Mezzala will usually look to defend higher on the pitch by pressing immediately as he is potentially far away from the defensive midfield zone.
As somewhat pointed out by the video it's an overused term for an abundance of midfielders who do not play centrally which makes it hard to pinpoint what exactly it is.
Magetank4445 Da da dada dada Gini Wijnaldum!!!
Not really "box to box"
think as a winger, but 25m from sideline (half-winger) :
Facing forward, making runs, calling balls...
Not really focusing on defensive duties, staying available to run forward and "cross" the ball without ever entering any "box" ^^
I dont like that video that much because it tends to describe it as a position. (8)
Is is a ROLE for a central midfield (that needs to be covered by other more defensive midfileders)
The mezzala needs extreme technique skills to be able to drible his way , curv "half crosses" behind defense from different angles/feet , and in general make the difference in duels, strikes ...
Di Maria in Real (and sometimes with PSG in UCL) played good as mezzala
but Pogba is the best in this role (juve & france mostly because mourniho wanted him as regista) with his technique, extreme passing skills from both feet and powerful strikes
Rodrigo de Paul is a good example too
Ronaldinho could have played the role like a boss too imo
I think, David Beckham was the first true English Mezzala
Can't KDB and Silva be considered as Mezzala's too ? Because most of their work is primarily done in the left and right half-spaces
@Eshwar Prabhakar well KDB recently is more about attacking wide while Bernardo tries to cut inside and draw his FB out of position.
@@ayreonate I thought he talking about David Silva;-;
Kdb in italian is a “trequartista” he plays in the 3/4 of the field
Pains me that Ramsey and Wilshere never got to play in a midfield 3 in front of a decent CDM at Arsenal
maybe if Diaby and Wilshere weren't so injury prone
Add Ox to that list as well
lol wenger could never find the next viera
@@unstoppableExodia Alex Song was pretty good for a while but eventually Wenger just couldn't be arsed, changed tack and had Cazorla and Ramsay pair up the midfield
Zsht same
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Can you make a video on the SaveTheCrew movement and how the entire MLS pitched in to prevent the Columbus Crew from being forced to move to Austin? A good story on how football and passion won against greed.
North American football fans need to see stories like this, Tifo Football. Make this video. it's the stories like this that help shape the narrative that MLS has an identity and a spirit, which they do in spades.
The easiest way to identify a "mezzala" is to identify him as the midfilder who covers the halfspaces. Therefore, it is a role which is mainly (eventhough not exclusevely) related to a 3 midfielders lineup (4-3-3, 4-3-1-2, 4-3-2-1, 3-4-3, 3-5-2 and so on). While the term "Mezzala" defines a role, the terms "incursore" (litteraly the military raider or the commando) and "incontrista" (litteraly "the one who stands in front of you") define a mezzala according to his main duties. You might use the term "interno" in order to identify a mezzala who is more concerned about the central space. Mediano is a totally different role. The mediano is the midflieder who plays in the low-centre of the pitch and covers the central spaces between the defense line and the midfield line. The mediano is usually related to a 4-4-2 or a 4-2-3-1 lineup. His primary role is to tackle the opponents and gain the ball back. He commonly plays next to a "regista" or a "centrale". The centrale (litteraly the one in the middle) is the midfielder who plays in the centre and who is able to perform all the main functions of a midfielder; he knows how to tackle, to pass and to attack throughout the spaces (For instance, both Cambiasso and Thiago Motta played as "centrali" in the treble season Inter Milan 4-2-3-1 lineup).
Greetings to all of you from an italian Tifo Football follower.
Really enjoyed this video! Please do more Italian content or more about serie a!
We will
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@@Tifo So Steven Gerrard was a Mezzala
I was literally JUST wondering this.
"These are players who could be described as AIDS" ~ Tifofootball
Seems like Iniesta’s role in Barça, a hybrid box to box player who interchanges with wingers like he did with Neymar and with Busquets screening and Xavi as the Regista...
I would argue Busquets is more of a deep-lying playmaker than Xavi. Although one could argue he only took over that role after Xavi left perhaps.
Although it wasn't mentioned, I see a lot of similarities to Pep Guardiola's midfielder roles and the "Creative Mezzala" role. As Pep never uses an actual Trequista, and a pure Regista, he often uses some what of two Creative Mezzale to keep his build up within the half spaces with the wingers and full backs. Duos such as Xavi and Iniesta, or Silva and De Broyne seem to fall in to the description.
Mezzala
- Stay Half Space ~ Pass
- Stay Half Space ~ Get In The Box Lately
- Go Wild ~ After IF/IM Leaves
- Cover ~ After Next Mezzala Leaves
Chelsea on FM is the perfect team for Mezzalas. Kovacic, Kante (if you can get him to refrain from attempting a single effort), Mount, RLC and even Barkley if properly instructed.
mezzale*
I was expecting a mention about Marek Hamsik
Dove more of Italian football and Serie A. For example why AC Milan sucks now or why Atalanta is soo good this year, or a tactical profile of some of the best footballers in Italy like Dybala,Insigne,Luis Alberto,Ilicic or Gomez
Love from Italy
Luis Alberto doesn’t play as a mezzala but more like a trequartista.
Juve Pogba was a prodigy Mezzala. He still has it in his game.
He still his. His best form for us came playing in that role while during Ole's intern manager period. Averaged a goal contribution per game over a 15-game period or so.
It still seems to be a relatively loose term tbh. I guess it happens when you don't have an exact definition for a role that constantly evolves and changes from team to team.
Exactly.
Jimmy Carr with an unusual cameo there. But seriously, I like the simplicity of the explanation. Its really clear.
So is someone like De Bruyne a Mezalla
definitly, other examples are iniesta, naby kieta and lo celso
No, De bruyne is a play maker
@@dequanmsealey1356 Many Mezzalas are Playmakers, playmaking is an attribute not a position. It's also a role but it's not based on any specific position as there are different types of Playmakers - Regitas, Trequartistas, etc.
de Bruyne is more of an attacking (advanced) playmaker, tends to look more for the pass than the shot. Sits in half spaces rather than looking to find them from deeper positions. Mezalla requires a higher work rate and covering more distance.
@@Fringes007 These are not type of Mezzala's, lo celso is probably the closer of the 3. But thinking iniesta and keita are these roles is quite funny.
Gattuso and Seedorf were the perfect mezzalas in Ancelotti's AC Milan from roughly 2002 to 2007, with Pirlo behind them and Rui Costa, later Kaka, in front of them. Ancelotti at this time mostly used a 4-4-2 with a midfield diamond (aka 4-1-2-1-2)
Gattuso wasn't a mezzeala, Seedorf was. Their roles were the complete opposites
I believe Lampard , Seedorf and Goretzka now fit the description.
I've developed a player numbering system based on playing positions for my career mode teams. I'd call this a 13. Can play as an 8, 15, 10, 20. Perfect for a formation with 3 at the back.
1= Goalkeeper
2= Right back who can play centre back. Right footed
3= Left wing back. Left footed. E.g. Marcos Alonso
4= Central defender who can play Defensive midfield. E.g Eric Dier
5= Left sided centre back. Left footed.
6= Right sided centre back. Right footed.
7= Outside right winger. Right footed
8= Right sided central midfielder with attacking prowess. Right footed.
9= Target man striker. E.g. Olivier Giroud
10= Inside winger/attacking midfielder. Right footed. E.g. Hazard
11= Outside left winger. Left footed.
12= Right sided defensive midfielder. Right footed.
13= Attacking central midfielder e.g. Mason Mount
14= Left sided central midfielder who can play left midfielder. Left footed. E.g. Blaise Matuidi
15= Left sided central midfielder with attacking prowess. Left footed.
16= Left sided defensive midfielder. Left footed.
17= Right sided central midfielder who can play right midfielder. Right footed.
18= Central defender. Either foot.
19= Advanced striker with pace to play on the wings. E.g. Marcus Rashford
20= Inside winger/attacking midfielder. Left footed. E.g. Ziyech
21= Left back who can play centre back. Left footed. E.g. Ben Davies
22= Right wing back. Right footed.
23= Left back who can play defensive midfielder. Left footed. E.g. Alaba
24= Right back who can play defensive midfielder. Right footed. E.g. Trent Alexander Arnold/Reece James
Am a Chelsea fan so my examples are Chelsea focused.
What of De Bruyne and David Silva in Guardiola'sMan City?
I think its based on starting position, kind of movement, and certain traits.
A Mezzala starts from 8 and as the ball progress, he makes late runs and overload in the halfspaces. Mezzala usually has an all round attacking ability and more physical than a trequartisa.
While Trequartisa or Enganche starts higher at 10 but more static as he control and playmaking the attack with vision. They're especially good passer and dribbler, sometimes not pacey (dazzling).
While some exception here and there, I think its quite the norm.
Awesome vid mate really appreciate you uploading during this crisis thank you thank you 🙏
Paulinho 2012-13 = Mezzala GOAT
Hi, guys !
Please, i need some suggestions from Brazilian Mezzalas to study
How did you not include Kevin De Bruyne. Arguably the best player in this position.
So it can like,
Pogba constantly creating triangles with Shaw and Martial last season
Or likes of Bruno and Mata drifting wider from their central roles when Rashford or Martial moved inside from the wings this season.
Also to a lesser extend Jordan Henderson operating in that right half space to support TAA when salah move inward.
The best mezzala in Italy in the last decade is Radja Nainggolan
In my FM save with Benfica I use Ziyech as a Mezzala. Until now he got 13 goals (Top scorer in the team) and 5 assists (minus 2 than Gedson Fernandes who has the most assists). Its great, and since I started to a use a mezzala my performance just improved. Mezzala is someone who has a Deadeye Pass and has a great shot aswell as a nice Attacking Awareness.
i think Julian Brandt is also a great example for this role
Matuidi is the perfect mezzala
John Fleck, the Irn Bru Mezzala
I have started watching matches of Manchester City since Pep took over and I'm look forward to finish matches till last season till the lockdown is over so can you help me with what things I should notice and try to observe to find how the play what's there style
Hope you will help me by replying
Numerical superiority and overloads...words that make us believe that you know what you are on about
So can u say they’re the RAM and LAM?
Can you do a video on how Pogba and Bruno can coexist in the same midfield
Do analysis of Didier drogba
Not all "no 8"s are mezzalas as stated at the end of the video.
In Brazil is very common to use a midfielder that does the same role a mezzala does, we call it a "segundo volante".
So that means the best Mezzalla was Frank Lampard and honorable mentions : David Beckham in his 27s in Real as a box to box player, Patrick Vieira as CMF.
Abohario Molla in his 27s? How precise
Do you want to know what a Mezzala is?
Then watch its finest, pure form in Corinthians' Paulinho (2010-2013), what a player!!!!!
Wijnaldum?? Seedorf?? Nedved? KDB? get the f*ck out of here!! Learn some shit with Paulinho in Corinthians aka Paulinho Beckenbauer!! GOAT
ps: im not joking
Pogba is a box-to-box player, not exactly a mezzala.
His defensive duty is not good enough to be a b2b midfielder
Football tactics sound better in Italian. Basically in English.
Mezzala = box-to-box. They come in different flavors r. Attacking: Ramsey, early Gerrard. Neutral : seedorf, Henderson, busquets, Carrick (neutral carriers) dembele, viera, kovacic. Defensive: vidal, Kante (last 2 years), ndidi gattuso.
CDM: essien, makelele, Kante (lesciester and early Chelsea), gulit,
The confusing part to me is the out and out DM and defensive Mezalla. Sometimes it's about realising some teams don't play cdm but rather a regista and 2 types of mezzala.
Modern football has regista type mezzallas : Alonso(mourinho) , Scholes, fabiano.
David Beckham at real madrid often used as a mezzala, midfield but bring the ball to the right side and make a long cross
Hey Tifo? I got a humble request.
Recently there has been a coach linked to complete Chelsea move. His name is Marcello Gardiol from Argentina and his coaches River Plate. Kindly do some in game depth tactical analysis and let's how he fits Chelsea as Lampard's successor
Is David Silva a mezzala?
Bruyne played as a mezzala in so many games this season
They way he’s been playing under Guardiola you could say he’s a mezz’ala yes
@Joseph Lee, yes, he is
Advanced Playmaker
Donny van de Beek? He doesn't drift wide as often but is a number 8 who comes into half space and especially when Ajax employs Tadic as a false 9 he'll come into the box to score. Seems to be the role the 8 would have in the WM way back when. Curious what people think.
Aaron Ramsey
In Norway we call this role indreløper. It just means inside runner. The most notable players in this position last season was Hove, Saltnes and Zachariassen, all coming in the top 12 goalscorers itl. Saltnes also came second in assists, behind his then teammate Zinckernagel who is now at Watford
So is pogba one
Italians creating footballing terms for no reason
That was the most influential position in the 50s and 60s in Italian football. Truly without reason
So David silva
You should make a tactical profile on a trequstia
Ox chamberlain can be a example?
Tito football the goatsss but guys I would love if y’a could just take a sec and give me some feedback on my vids goatss
2 Mezzala in Atk infront of a DM on support of a HB = UCL and League championships year after year
Plz make a video on how to make Barcelona’s 10/11 season on Fifa 20
Finally...
Andrés Iniesta is arguably the perfect mezzala
It's just (someone who plays as) a box-to-box midfielder.
The tactics and roles you can give other players when you have Kante is incredible. He is a manager’s dream
Just so you know, the plural is MEZZALI not MezzalE
I feel all of these terms are kind of useless, because you always depend of the type of player you got.. you can get a mezzala doing stuff completely different from what you're saying
So mezzale are nothing but box to box midfeilders with a preference for attacking or defending?
Keita & Oxlade-Chamberlain are Liverpool's mezzala's then?
Valverde
Milinkovic-Savic is a beast on FM
Stefano Sensi is Inter's Mezzala with Eriksen.
I think it would be really cool to do a video on racism and homophobia in football framed though the lens of Justin Fashanu
Maybe Pasalic and Ramsey are more attacking midfielder, but great video as always, greetings from Italy!
Basically a pogba
Loving to see 18 year old gavi doing this role where such technicality is required
Could you argue Liverpool are a team that are without a Mezzala and that why the rely on their front 3 so much?
so I've been playing as a mezzala without even knowing
Inter Milan has Sensi, Eriksen being played as Mezzala and irregularly Barella and you pick Vecino... Not like this!
Lol
Arturo Vidal played this role under Guardiola at Bayern.
Where is Vidal, disappointed in your choice
Radja Nainggolan could also fit this description.
Would Emre Can at BVB be considered a Mezzala?
So it's a box to box midfielder basically
This video was made for FM players
Wijnaldum would be another great example
I just realised I’m a mezzala
Neeskens in 1974 Nederland team, perfected this role.
Kevin de Bruyne is the best example of a Mezzala tho
Mezzala: KDB, Odegaard, Bruno
A combination of 8 and 10
Bruno is more like a shadow striker
Jadon Sancho could be perfect for this role at United