All posts tagged "Defensive Midfielder"
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Sport
Why a defensive midfielder is very important but undervalued
The last defensive midfielder who won the Ballon d’Or is former Dortmund player Matthias Sammer who won the prize in 1996, more than 20 years ago. The now retired German footballer was probably just as surprised as everybody else when France Football named him the Ballon d’Or winner, as the title is virtually never handed to a defensive midfielder and he had beaten Ronaldo and Alan Shearer to the honour.
