Front Quote by Javier Zanetti

It doesn't matter who you play against in midfield, you need to try to come out on top and more often than not when…

— Jonjo Shelvey

If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win.

— Xabi Alonso

The players on the pitch are the ones who decide who takes the spot-kick.

— Luis Enrique

Playing in midfield is a different ball game. You have to be on the half-turn all the time, have a different picture in your…

— Phil Jones

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

— Casemiro

When you go to a World Cup, in midfield you need to have players who can score from distance, who can get in the…

— Jill Ellis

The manager might like it sometimes when I play up front because I can cause trouble for the defenders, but for me, my best…

— Marouane Fellaini

Football is a really simple game, and the most important thing, in any formation, is that the players do their jobs, not the formation…

— Diego Forlan

If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfield are the ones alone who…

— Xabi Alonso

When the manager asks me to play somewhere, I play there. But my best position is midfield.

— Marouane Fellaini

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

I prefer to play in midfield, whether that is attacking midfield or defensive midfield.

— Marouane Fellaini