Meanings of wide midfielder in English

His nominal position was half-back, today's wide midfielder, but he could play anywhere and do anything.

Alejandro Bedoya, normally a wide midfielder, was given a tryout in a central holding role to cut off Brazil's advances.

Liverpool are poised to complete the signing of Albert Riera from Espanyol after the Spanish wide midfielder flew to England for a medical.

Pochettino, a wide midfielder, was born in Barcelona when his dad was at Espanyol, and then went with him to Paris and Southampton.

Eighteen minutes later, it should have been 2-0 when wide midfielder Clemens Fritz skipped past a rash tackle from Bak out on the right.

As for the wide midfielders, none have been truly convincing so far under Mourinho.

If the wide midfielders are prepared to risk leaving them to advance, space does open up behind.

Wide midfielders Solly March and Jamie Murphy tracked Danilo and Kyle Walker across the pitch and nullified City's width.

The wide midfielders need to be more switched on to danger and the central players have to dig in more.

England's full-backs, therefore, were not in space but instead up against the Slovenia wide midfielders Benjamin Verbic and Roman Bezjak, who tracked them manfully.

Driven by Nordin Amrabat and Hakim Ziyech, the wide midfielders, they boldly carried the fight to a counterattacking opponent and wove plenty of eye-catching patterns.