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Why football left Mesut Ozil & 'the specialists' behind

The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast

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The Rise of Inverted Wingers

Old school wingers chalk on the boots at types clearly there are less of them why do we think they've been evolved out of the game? I'd say the main reason is the rise of attacking fullback just provides the crossing quality and the width. Intrigue to see Lukas Sacker and Gareth Bale from sort of left back to inverted right winger so it's intriguing now seeing them be used in a completely different way.

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