Maniche replaced him, going into holding midfield with Essien switching to left-back.

马尼切替补上场，他坐镇中路而埃辛临时客串左后卫。

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I choose Makelele simply because he is quite simply the best holding midfield player in the world.

选择马克莱莱的原因很简单，毫无疑问，他是世界上最好的防守中场。

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But playing behind a main striker as one of two in front of a holding midfield player, it worked, especially early in the season.

小法在两名中场球员中是在前锋身后活动的那一个，而且身后还有一名拦截型中场，这样的设置效果立竿见影，特别是在赛季初的时候。

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Stock was also playing his part in a more holding midfield role, looking every inch the likely successor to the retired Carl Fletcher and Carl Robinson.

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Chelsea in the second half against reading, with Lampard in the holding midfield place, and the arc of mata, torres, hazard, sturridge and bertrand showed Chelsea can be very dangerous offensively.

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The 22-year-old, who moved to Stamford Bridge from Norwegian side Lyn Oslo in 2006, impressed in the holding role in the Blues midfield last term.

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