A 'False Nine' is a striker who occasionally drops into the centre of the pitch, helping to link up play between the midfielders, wingers, and his fellow striker. These are generally the numbers assigned to footballers for certain positions, but it's often changed. Central/Attacking Midfielder (Possibly box-to-box).Central/Defensive Midfielder (Possibly box-to-box).Messi) is sometimes called 'Modern 10' since nowadays CAM is pushed to be able to score goals on top of assists. Players who are good in passing and scoring goals (e.g. 'Classic 10' refers to players that have characteristics of traditional playmaker (10 traditionally a CAM/ secondary striker number), a player that makes things happen by his passes, and may not really famous as goalscorer. This formation breed the title 'false 9', as in a striker that doesn't play like one. Since he has no traditional sense of striker, he played deeper, more like a trequartista than 'traditional 9' above. In Euro 2012, Spain had problems with their strikers, since Villa was injured and Torres was not really in top form (and for whatever reason, not deemed fit/good enough to start), so Spain played Fabregas who traditionally a CAM to be striker. these kinds of strikers are kind of traditional strikers, thus called 'traditional 9' (9 was historically striker's number).

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