Dávid Hancko

Pep Guardiola did so during his time at Manchester City, teaching Josko Gvardiol to move inside from left back, a system that was later adopted by others.

Then there are hybrid players such as David Hancko.

At Atletico Madrid, he plays in the center of a back four, while for Slovakia he operates on the left.

That is because the national team lacks quality in the final third.

Apart from Lukas Haraslin, nobody consistently brings European-level quality there.

Hancko therefore moves inside from the left into the space between the lines, essentially playing as an eight, while Haraslin provides the width.

This combination produced Slovakia's most dangerous moments, Kabat explains.

Nor is there just one way to use a back three.

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David Hancko, Atletico Madrid.

Milan Skriniar, like I said.

Denis Vavro right now is in the, in the Poznan, but he was in the, in the Germany, in the Bundesliga.

Robin Le Normand had a really positive international break, made his first Spain start in nearly a year.

Given how busy David Hancko was with Slovakia over the break, I think Le Normand is going to start.

But what's gonna happen at left back? That'll be interesting.

Just talked about Hancko.

I wanna talk to you about Pubill in just a little bit.

Dávid Hancko played a bunch for Slovakia.

Lee Kang-in for South Korea got quite a bit of game time in as well, 225 minutes.

And then the list goes on.

The defense, I, I think Romero does make a difference.

They've got this flexibility where they've got him and Hancko and Pulgar who can play as a back three or in a, or in a back four.

So I, I think it's encouraging.

And yes, certainly, like, the first half neither team was great, I thought.