CORNERFLICK
Nation
MF
Position
LIT
National team
// the read
The shape of him
Midfield is where the game is won or lost — set the tempo, win it back, pick the pass. The profile below is the positional read; the rest is written in the matches.
// the equation
vision × engine × control of the tempo
the half-spacesbetween the linesthe middle third
// the x-factor
The job
The engine of the side.
Dictate the rhythm, screen the back four, and turn defence into attack in one touch. World Cups are decided in the middle third.
MidfielderRole
// the closing word
D. Taucas.Lithuania · Midfielder.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.
LITMidfielder