So far, the most fun on the Euro football is provided by teams that use modern extreme players in a position known as “wing-back” when playing forward.
Portal Goal.com explainsthat it is basically a combination of the extreme defender with the wingman. However, Wing-back has more freedom to attack than the classic far defender and is expected to score goals on one side of the field and help prevent them on the other.
This position requires versatility and great endurance from the player. It is most often used in 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 configurations, and on the ongoing Euro we see a significant influence of wing-backs on the game of Germany, the Netherlands and Italy.
Three of them – Robin Gosens, Denzel Dumfries and Leonardo Spinazzola – are among the discoveries of the tournament.
They are united by a similar story, as they have not had careers in the biggest clubs, but they had to make it to the national teams through the second Dutch league or endless guest appearances all over Italy.
Note: The historical development of this post, which dates back to the period after the Second World War, can be found below.
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- as Gosens learned and for the second time did not make the same mistake with Ronald,
- as Dumfries was ridiculed when he had ambitions to be a representative of the Netherlands or
- how many clubs did Spinazzola host until he finally established himself.
1. A boy from a gas station
Not many footballers will publish an autobiography at the age of 26, but the career of the German Robin Gosens is undoubtedly worth noting.
In his recently mentioned book, the title of which can be translated as Worth dreaming: My atypical journey to professional football, described, inter alia, experience with Cristiano Ronald, who took on a completely different dimension after Germany’s match with Portugal.
Gosens managed to score a goal in 62 minutes on the field with his team winning 4: 2, passing for two and UEFA granted prize for the player of the match.
Robin Gosens’ story is one that millions of people around the world love football. A boy who worked at a gas station for five euros an hour and was staring at him for bad technology is becoming a star.
The mentioned story with Ronald comes from the match of his Atalanta against Juventus. After the Serie A meeting, Gosens chose Ronald to
