Messi, Number 10 |
There’s something
subtle I want to draw your attention to. Perhaps, you haven’t thought of it
like this before, but who wears the number 10 shirt in your football team?
In the
traditional association football formation,which is 4-2-4, position are
identified by numbers 1-11. A player who plays the inside left position usually
put on the number 10 jersey. Although, there’s no rule to it.
In some
teams, players are asked to choose their favorite number and anyone of them may
just be the first to choose number 10. Indeed, some players insist on putting
on a particular Jersey number and the team manager oblige them, especially when
the player feels lucky with such number.
Neymar, number 10 |
But it’s
different with jersey number 10. And I don’t know if you have observed it, but
no average player ever wears the number 10 shirt for a team. This jersey number
seem to be reserved for the star player. In some teams like the Brazilian
national team, the player must be a top notch star before he may be allowed to
wear number 10 shirt. This is the reason Neymar currently put on the jersey number
, even though he plays from both right and left wings for the Brazilian
national team.
Pele, number 10 |
Most of the
world’s best players, Pele, Maradonna, Zidane, Rivaldo, Kaka, Messi… got the
number 10 jersey specially reserved for
them. The Jersey number is used to identify stars.
Perhaps,
there’s another angle to it. The fact
may be that players that play the inside left position usually turn out to be
the best because of the peculiarity of the position. The inside left is an
attacking midfield position and the player in that position is usually given
much liberty to express himself. The player can rove around, join attack as
well as return to the midfield to determine the pace of his team. It seem like the
player in this position, who wear number 10 shirt, out shine others.
Well, in
modern football, teams no longer play the 4-2-4 formation. More technically
orientated formations have been invented over the years. For instance, in a
defensive formation such as 4-3-2-1, the inside left position may not be given
such role to rove around. The player’s ball winning skills is more emphasized.
In such formation jersey numbers bear little or no significance.
Maradona, Number 10 |
You may also
understand that a team can switch from one formation to another and players do
also switch from one position to another during a game. So it doesn’t matter
whether a team is playing the classic formation, 5-3-2 or the center spread
formation 4-4-2, any player can as well wear the number 10 shirt.
When a new
player is signed into a team, it’s the jersey numbers available that he can
choose from. It isn’t healthy to ask the player who already bears number 10
shirt to give it up for the new sign-on, just because he is a bigger star.
However, it
all depend on the team culture. Some teams are particular about the number 10
jersey and strictly reserve it for the star player, while other teams are
liberal about jersey numbers. But in as much as the team may be liberal, the
manager may not allow an average player to put on the number 10 shirt for the
team.
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