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The term "half-back" fell out of use by the early 1970s and "midfield" was used in naming the positions that play around the middle third as in centre midfield and wide midfield. The fluid nature of the modern game means that positions in football are not as rigidly defined as in sports such as rugby or American football. Even so ...
- Glossary of association football terms
Half-back – position employed in a 2–3–5 formation,...
- Defender (association football)
The centre-back (also known as a central defender or...
- Association football
Association football, commonly known as football, or soccer,...
- Glossary of association football terms
In the sport of association football, a midfielder is an outfield position which plays primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders.
The system was based on the 2–3–5 formation; Pozzo realised that his half-backs would need some more support in order to be superior to the opponents' midfield, so he pulled two of the forwards to just in front of midfield, creating a 2–3–2–3 formation. This created a stronger defence than previous systems, as well as ...
Three half back playing positions ( centre half, left half and right half) occupying the modern centre midfielder playing positions. Five forward playing positions ( outside left, outside right, inside left, inside right and centre forward) occupying the equivalent modern playing positions.
