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Bellingham is at Real Madrid. If tactical changes can he be competent for the team s midfielder?

4:34am, 29 September 2025Football

From the perspective of player characteristics and tactics, Bellingham can be competent for the team's midfielder, and he has the ability to become a midfielder. Some people say that he is not suitable to be a team's midfielder, and this statement will be a bit less rigorous.

If you watch Real Madrid games often, you will definitely understand the characteristics of Bellingham's game.

He is very active, has a large range of running coverage, often intercepts and tackles, and when he is in good condition, he runs back and forth, and presses everywhere without hesitation. This style of playing football is very suitable for being a midfielder.

When he was playing football in Dortmund in the early years, the head coach arranged the position of the midfielder in the midfield and played very well. If you don’t say there are any highlights, there is nothing big mistake. You can effectively complete the head coach’s task.

Under the current Alonso system, if you want Bellingham to play as a midfielder, you can play 4213.

Double midfielder Bellingham + Valverde, Guillail in the middle, double winger Rodrigo + Vinicius, and Mbappe in the middle, this formation will generally be fine to play with the weak team.

If it is a 3421 system, can Bellingham play the midfielder? Actually, it can be played. The double midfielder is Bellingham + Chu Ameni, right wingback Valverde, let Guillail play in the frontcourt and put Bellingham in the right midfielder position.

What are the benefits of such an arrangement?

mainly liberated Bellingham and Valverde. Valverde, who is placed in the right wingback, can sprint back and forth, and can also retract in the middle to protect Bellingham.

When Bellingham stepped forward and wanted to attack with his teammates, the team's midfield will not be empty, and there will be someone to make up for it, and the overall situation will be relatively balanced.

Arnold's words won't work. Arnold focuses on offense and defensiveness, and has a weak sense of position. If Bellingham and Arnold are on the same side, then the team's defense will have loopholes and will be captured by the opponent to use it to switch.

Therefore, from the perspective of overall deployment and balance of offense and defense, if Bellingham really wants to play a midfielder, what Real Madrid needs to do the most is how to make the overall look more balanced.

But back to reality, Bellingham's chance of playing as a midfielder is not high, and Alonso is expected to be more willing to put him in the front midfielder position to play as the role of the current transition.

He has a strong desire to get ahead and his shooting efficiency is OK. If he just puts the back and does not attack, it will be a bit of a waste of talent.

Under Ancelotti, he has played roles such as libero and shadow striker. He scored a lot of goals. With no one on the team's forward, he was in the frontcourt and his performance was eye-catching.

It really makes him do pure defense and become an engineer, which is a bit aggrieved.

Considering the current situation of the players, Bellingham is still more suitable for the latter position and serves as an offensive player.

As for when to hit the back? Let’s consider this matter after you’re 30 years old. You can transform your football skills during your 28 years old.

Before Real Madrid's Modric and Kroos were gradually changing their style of play at around 28 years old. It turns out that there is also the shadow of an attacker, and his offensive ability is good; as he grows older and changes in the team's tactics, their position gradually goes backward, and they mainly move in the middle and backcourts.

Bellingham wants to transform, and he can also consider whether to play stably in the midfielder in a few years. In terms of technology, Bellingham still has some minor problems now. His problem is the lack of space efficiency in the ball-holding and the creativity of forward passes, and the midfield control is slightly weak.

Don't look at him sometimes with a lot of assists, in fact, when you watch his game, you will find that his creativity is still weak. The physical confrontation is good, but it still doesn't look too delicate. He turned around and got rid of the defensive players, and there were some adjustments, pulls, and stops. The handling of the ball was still a bit stagnant.

He kind of reminded me of the performance of De Bruyne when he was just transforming.

De Bruyne started out as a winger, but later gradually transformed to become the core of the team's organization. During the period when the game style changed, he also struggled.

There are more pass errors, and it is easy to make mistakes when passing the ball, and the defensive end is seriously lost, which is very unsatisfactory.

It took me almost a few months to get used to it, and then I became the straight pass master who passed the threatening ball that we saw later.

If Bellingham wants to make a breakthrough in his ball skills, his details really need to be polished and further enhanced in his ability to carry the ball forward and forward transmission, and control the rhythm of the ball.

I am still looking forward to Bellingham's future performance. In addition to Kane, England is also a person who has the hope of winning the Golden Globes. Since Rodri won this award, the chances of midfielders winning the award are not that small.

As long as you perform well, have a certain position in the team, and have tactical weight, you can also win favor in the Golden Globe Awards.

Bellingham still has a lot of room for improvement.

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