The CAIS Football Observatory has published a report analyzing which midfielders in world football know how to keep the ball in their possession when under pressure.
Real Madrid's French midfielder Aurélien Chouamini is the only player from the Spanish League included in this classification.
The top ten also included 3 football players under the age of 21. Among them is Warren-Zaire Emery, a Paris Saint-Germain talent.
Ironically, the English Premier League stars were absent from this unique list.
Soccer midfielders have the ability to cover large areas of the field. In addition to good ability to control the ball, accurate passing, and control the tempo of play.
The midfielder is the key to moving from the defensive position to the offensive position, so he must be able to recover the ball, preserve it, distribute it quickly, and create attacking opportunities.
Here are the top 10 midfielders at keeping the ball under high pressure in the world:
10- Danish Zidane Sertdemir (Danish Nordsjæland): 90.2%
9-Slovakian Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli, Italy): 90.8%
8-The Portuguese Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain, France): 91.5%
7-Austrian Valentino Muller (WSG Tyrol Austria): 91.8
6-Frenchman Warren Zaire Emery (Paris Saint-Germain): 91.9%
5-Ivory Coast Mario Dorgelis (Nordsjæland): 92%
4-Frenchman Aurelien Chouaminy (Real Madrid, Spain): 92%
3-Brazilian Rafael Carioca (Mexican Tigres): 92.2%
2-Italian Samuel Ricci (Italian Torino): 92.5%
1- German Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich): 95.8%
