ryo1710's Random World

Defensive
Mediano: Intercepts balls and breaks up plays… and rebuilds the attack. Fairly straightforward. Van Bommel, Rino, Ambro, etc.

Pure CM
Regista: Organizes the play, the fulcrum of the squad, typically operates just in front of the defense. Pirlo was epitome of a regista, and operated in front of the defense. Cesc is a much more mobile regista - and a fucking awesome one.

Centrale: A CM that operates pretty much in the middle and is good in both attack and defense. While Schweini can play almost any midfield role, he is best described as a centrale.

Offensive
Mezz’ala: Seedorf. The trequartista’s right hand man, able to dribble through players, play one-twos, shoot from outside the box, assist, and score goals. And, contributes defensively, though he does not regularly get back deep (because lack of stamina or tactical reasons). Mezz’alas (in italian, “mezze ali”) are HIGHLY MOBILE, FAST, and can beat defenders with the dribble. This is not descriptive of Montolivo, Gago, or Aquilani.

Esterno: Urby. A winger who beats his man to deliver the cross into the box. That’s why Galliani and the media kept referring to him as ESTERNO during his transfer.