“My most important job on the pitch is to protect the back four and
it is not easy, especially when the other team is focused offensively
and has so many players of real quality,” Flamini told Arsenal Player.
“I try to stay in front of the back four, to protect Koscielny and
Mertesacker. I’m also trying to co-ordinate between defence and attack,
because what is important in football is to attack together and defend
together.
“The team is so offensive, everyone goes forward and that is part of
the characteristic of Arsenal. We play football based on attacking very
quickly; that is the beauty of our game.
“At the same time we have to make sure we don’t face any
counter-attacks and stay very high so we can get the ball back when we
lose it. It is always much easier to defend when the team is very high.
“When I play with any of the boys in midfield I have to sit in front
of the defence and do the dirty work but I enjoy doing it. My pleasure
is to give them the possibility to attack and, when we lose the ball, to
get it back as quickly as possible.”
“It is good to have someone who gives you some help, someone to talk
to you, it is very important,” he said.
“I am trying to help my
partners, to speak to them and also get them to speak because football
today is all about communication.”
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