Word: midfield
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...regular-season victory over Hartford, Westfall took advantage of a Hawk team that misinterpreted a play to be offsides, finding a wide-open Totman for the game-winner. Finally, in the NCAA win over Hartford, Westfall hit junior Joey Yenne inside the 18 with a pass from midfield. Yenne proceeded to set up Totman for the finish in the 138th minute...
...initiate attacks, not just finish them off. He is given to "dropping back to start movements from down the middle or on the flanks," Bielsa says. Still, this is an underrated quality, perhaps because the Argentine team is already richly endowed with playmakers?none more creative than the midfield genius Juan Sebastian Veron. Bielsa, many commentators suggest, doesn't need an extra goalmaker; he needs a forward who concentrates on the business of slamming the ball into the back of the net. Ergo, he needs Batistuta...
...Forget the Falklands War. England's grudge against Argentina runs much deeper. First, Argentina knocked England out of the Cup in 1986 when Diego Maradona shoved the ball into the goal with what he modestly called "the hand of God." Then, in 1998, Argentina defeated England again after midfield star David Beckham was sent off for a dumb but arguably minor foul. This time, wonder boy Beckham is again the story. Six weeks ago, Deportivo La Coru?a's Argentine midfielder Aldo Duscher felled Beckham in a game against Manchester United, breaking a bone in the Englishman's foot. Nonetheless, Beckham...
...will play behind the front runners?that is, when he isn't driving defenses crazy by himself. The Italian defense will again be superb, providing a combination lock of skill and experience that will be hard to pick. If there's any weakness it's in the four-man midfield, where imagination is sadly lacking...
...class of this group is clearly Portugal?a side ready to retake its place at the top of the game. As midfielder Luis Figo points out, the core of the team has played together since their under-19 days. And following Portugal's controversial exit against France in Euro 2000, they are aching to prove they are as good as the French. Portugal has a case. The midfield tandem of scary-fast Figo and cunning Rui Costa is as powerful a combo as any in the game. Although perfectly able to score themselves, each can also dish with pleasure...