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How would Martin Zubimendi fit in Arsenal’s midfield?马丁·苏维门迪如何适应阿森纳的中场？

By Art de Roché and Thom Harris                May 29, 2025Updated 1:21 pm GMT+8

While talk of Arsenal signing a striker has dominated press conferences, social media and the stands at the Emirates, the club knew that could not be the only order of business this summer.

尽管阿森纳签下前锋的传闻占据了新闻发布会、社交媒体和酋长球场的看台，但俱乐部知道这不可能是今年夏天唯一的任务。

That is why their long-standing interest in Martin Zubimendi saw them start actively pursuing a deal in January.

这就是为什么他们对马丁·苏维门迪的长期兴趣使他们在一月份开始积极寻求交易。

A holding midfielder may not be the shiniest of new toys, but as the closing weeks of the season have shown, Zubimendi could be just as valuable as a new centre-forward.

防守型中场可能不是最耀眼的新玩具，但正如赛季最后几周所显示的那样，苏维门迪可能和一名新的中锋一样有价值。

Arsenal’s search for a midfield three

阿森纳正在寻找三名中场球员

Arsenal’s midfield has endured a couple of false starts since the departure of Granit Xhaka in 2023.

自 2023 年格拉尼特·扎卡离开以来，阿森纳的中场经历了几次失败。

Declan Rice and Kai Havertz arrived that summer, with the expectation they would complete a midfield three with Martin Odegaard. Havertz struggled to shine in midfield, and was soon moved to centre-forward, which saw the midfield evolve to include Thomas Partey at the base with Odegaard and Rice either side.

德克兰·赖斯和凯·哈弗茨于当年夏天加盟，球队原本希望他们能与马丁·厄德高组成三中场。哈弗茨在中场表现不佳，很快被调至中锋位置，中场的阵容也随之演变，托马斯·帕尔特伊位于底线，厄德高和赖斯则分别位于两侧。

Even with Mikel Merino’s arrival last summer, that trio of Odegaard, Partey and Rice has still been Mikel Arteta’s most reliable. Rice has grown into a true box-to-box midfielder, which would naturally see Zubimendi slot in as a more deep-lying option.

即使去年夏天米克尔·梅里诺加盟，厄德高、帕尔特伊和赖斯的三人组仍然是米克尔·阿尔特塔最可靠的选择。赖斯已经成长为一名真正的 B2B 中场球员，这自然会让苏维门迪成为一个更深层的选择。

With Partey turning 32 next month and out of contract, and Jorginho likely to join Flamengo, succession planning in that position has been essential. Equally important has been identifying a player who can bring more craft in that area of the pitch — a conductor. Thankfully for Arsenal, that is where the Spain international thrives.

帕尔特伊下个月就满 32 岁了，合同到期，而若日尼奥很可能加盟弗拉门戈 ，因此，这个位置上的继任计划至关重要。同样重要的是找到一名能够在球场这个区域发挥更大作用的球员——一名指挥家。值得庆幸的是，对于阿森纳来说，这位西班牙国脚正是在这样的位置上大展身手。

Press resistance and passing tendencies

抗压能力和传球倾向

This is a role where subtlety, clarity and bravery is required, and Zubimendi has all three.

这个角色需要细腻、清晰和勇敢，而苏维门迪具备这三种特质。

The Athletic highlighted Arsenal’s need for a press-resistant No 6 after their 1-0 win over Newcastle United and Zubimendi has the awareness to pass this test.

在阿森纳 1-0 战胜纽卡斯尔联队后， The Athletic 强调阿森纳需要一名能够抵抗压迫的 6 号球员， 而苏维门迪有意识通过这项考验。

Zubimendi has 17 Spain caps and was more of a squad option in Euro 2024, starting just once. Since the anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered by Rodri, he has started six of their eight Nations League games this season.

苏维门迪曾17次代表西班牙国家队出场，在2024年欧洲杯上，他更像是一个备选阵容，仅首发一次。自从罗德里前交叉韧带受伤以来，他本赛季在国家队八场国家联赛中首发了六场。

A good example of him helping Spain tick came in a 2-1 away win against Denmark in November.

11 月份西班牙队客场 2-1 战胜丹麦队就是他帮助西班牙队取得胜利的一个很好的例子。

Here, he receives the ball with three Danes pressuring him, but has the technique and calm to evade their challenges and recycle the ball.

在这里，他在三名丹麦球员的逼抢下接球，但他凭借技巧和冷静避开了他们的挑战并重新获得球权。

For Arsenal, that could help free up the right-sided players more by attracting bodies towards the centre of the pitch.

对于阿森纳来说，这可以帮助右翼球员更多地向球场中央移动，从而解放他们。

He shows more personality in midfield for Real Sociedad than for Spain. His touches away from pressure can often be surprising in their flair.

他在皇家社会的中场比在西班牙队时更能展现出个性。他在无压力情况下的触球技巧常常令人惊喜。

In the example below, he does a first-time, left-footed flick over an opponent’s head before bringing the ball down on his thigh and finding Takefusa Kubo on the right.

在下面的例子中，他第一次用左脚将球挑过对手的头顶，然后将球落在自己的大腿上，找到右侧的久保建英。

Kubo drove down the wing and found Mikel Oyazarbal with his cross, showing how that moment in midfield led to an opening for La Real.

久保建英带球沿边路突破，将球传给了米克尔·奥亚扎巴尔 (Mikel Oyazarbal)，这显示了中场的那一刻如何为皇家社会足球俱乐部创造了机会。

Zubimendi can also do the unexpected in deeper areas.

苏维门迪还能在更深的领域做出意想不到的举动。

Against Valencia, the ball is played from the left. With pressure coming, he lets the ball run before backheeling it safely to a centre-back.

对阵瓦伦西亚时，皮球从左路传出。面对逼抢，他让球跑动，然后用脚后跟安全地将球传给中后卫。

Once again, La Real release the pressure to their right side to find Kubo. Arsenal missed their right-sided attacking connections this season, so Zubimendi already playing in a team that caters to that could help Arsenal revive theirs.

皇家社会足球俱乐部再次将压力转移到右路，让久保建英出任首发。阿森纳本赛季缺少右路进攻的串联，而苏维门迪已经在一支专注于右路进攻的球队中效力，他或许能帮助阿森纳重振右路进攻。

Key to that will be those players receiving the ball in space, and that is where another aspect of Zubimendi’s midfield play could be critical. He tends to play a lot of short passes, which helps to draw opposition midfielders towards him and away from his team-mates.

关键在于那些在空当接球的球员，而苏维门迪的中场表现的另一个关键点可能就在于此。他倾向于短传，这有助于吸引对方中场球员靠近他，远离他的队友。

Below is an example of how this worked against Leganes.

下面是对阵莱加内斯的一个例子。

His first pass draws the opposition out, and his second progresses the play. Both are made with his first touch.

他的第一次传球吸引了对手的注意力，第二次传球则推进了进攻。两次传球都是他第一次触球完成的。

This demonstrates how effective quick, sharp passes can be in these areas to outmanoeuvre tricky defences — an issue Arsenal have had for the past two seasons. In the above example, Kubo did not have the explosiveness to break away and was fouled, but Arsenal have players who can create that separation in Bukayo Saka, Ethan Nwaneri and Odegaard.

这证明了快速精准的传球在这些区域是多么有效，能够突破棘手的防守——这是阿森纳过去两个赛季一直面临的问题。在上面的例子中，久保建英缺乏爆发力摆脱防守，并被犯规，但阿森纳拥有能够创造这种突破的球员，比如布卡约·萨卡、伊桑·恩瓦内里和厄德高。

Looking at where Zubimendi has received his passes this season, the 26-year-old is always on hand to help keep the ball under pressure and move forward.

看看苏维门迪本赛季的接球位置，这位 26 岁的球员总是能帮助球队在压力下控制球并向前推进。

Drifting out to both flanks, always looking to provide an option in congested midfield battles, and happy to throw himself into dangerous situations close to his own goal, it’s little wonder he leads the way for touches, passes and carries for his team this season.

他经常游走于两翼，总是在拥挤的中场争夺中寻找机会，并且乐于将自己投入到靠近自家球门的危险境地，难怪他在本赛季的触球、传球和带球方面领先于球队。

He brings balance to his side’s build-up in attack and provides a constant escape route to ensure there is always an overload in Real Sociedad’s favour.

他为球队的进攻组织带来了平衡，并提供了持续的进攻路线，以确保皇家社会始终占据优势。

What about his defensive work?

他的防守工作怎么样？

Without the ball, Zubimendi is much more of an anticipatory defender, prioritising good positioning, interceptions and and sweeping up loose balls rather than barging into challenges. Still, he can hold his own in more physical defensive duels.

无球时，苏维门迪更像是一名预判型防守球员，他更注重站位、拦截和清理松散的球，而不是主动出击。不过，在身体对抗更激烈的防守中，他也能保持优势。

The chart below illustrates key stylistic metrics. Compared to his midfield counterparts in La Liga, Zubimendi engages in relatively few ‘true’ tackle attempts — a combination of tackles won, lost, and fouls committed when attempting a tackle. When he does, however, only three midfielders have a better success rate than his 66.4 per cent.

下图展示了一些关键的风格指标。与西甲的中场球员相比，苏维门迪的“真正”铲球次数（包括成功铲球、失败铲球以及铲球时犯规）相对较少。然而，当他真正铲球时，只有三名中场球员的成功率高于他的66.4%。

Instead, Zubimendi ranks more highly in ‘passive’ defensive actions, letting the ball come to him rather than aggressively moving out of position to seek it out. His rate of ‘true’ interceptions — a combination of interceptions and blocked passes — is high, while only Mallorca’s Samu Costa has made more clearances.

相反，苏维门迪在“被动”防守方面排名更高，他让球自己来，而不是积极地跑出位置去寻找球。他的“真正”拦截率（拦截和阻挡传球的总和）很高，而只有马洛卡的萨穆·科斯塔的解围次数比他更多。

He’s an effective sweeper, guarding the space in front of his centre-backs, but can muck in with a strong challenge or an aerial duel when required.

他是一名高效的清道夫，守护着中后卫前方的空间，但在需要时也可以进行强有力的挑战或空中决斗。

The below example against Valencia brings together multiple facets of Zubimendi’s game.

下面对阵瓦伦西亚的例子汇集了苏维门迪比赛的多个方面。

First, he scraps for the loose ball and nicks in ahead of Hugo Guillamon with opposition players lurking behind. He then pokes the ball out to full-back Javi Lopez, before pulling out to the flank to offer a passing option. The ball goes back to Zubimendi in frame four, who holds off the challenge of opposition winger and plays a simple pass into defence.

首先，他争抢松散的球，并在对方球员埋伏在身后的情况下，抢在雨果·吉拉蒙（Hugo Guillamon）之前插上。 然后，他将球传给边后卫哈维·洛佩兹（Javi Lopez），随后拉至边路，为传球提供选择。在第四帧中，球回到苏维门迪（Zubimendi）脚下，他顶住了对方边锋的拦截，轻松将球传到对方防线。

By not only preventing a dangerous opportunity, but allowing his team control of the ball, Zubimendi’s mix of scrappy defensive play and assured ball retention helps the home side out of a tricky spot.

苏维门迪不仅阻止了危险的机会，还让球队控制了球，他的顽强防守和可靠的控球能力帮助主队摆脱了困境。

What is his output like?

他的输出怎么样？

Zubimendi is not being signed for his goals and assists. In 236 games for Real Sociedad, he has 10 goals and nine assists. Even so, it could be interesting to see situations that could be replicated at Arsenal.

苏维门迪并非因为进球和助攻而被签下。在为皇家社会出战的236场比赛中，他贡献了10个进球和9次助攻。即便如此，看看阿森纳能否复制这样的局面，或许会很有意思。

To do this, we’ll look at two of his assists. The first is from the 2023-24 season, against Athletic Club.

为此，我们来看看他的两次助攻。第一次是在2023-24赛季，对阵毕尔巴鄂竞技。

The ball is dropping and an Athletic player attempts a speculative pass through midfield. Zubimendi is in his natural position and cuts the pass out. He then plays a left-footed pass in behind for Oyazarbal, who rounds the keeper to score.

皮球落下，毕尔巴鄂竞技队的一名球员试图从中场传球。苏维门迪处于他最擅长的位置，将球截断。然后他左脚将球传到身后，奥亚扎巴尔绕过门将，破门得分。

It seems simple enough, but Arsenal have not made enough of moments like that this season.

这看起来很简单，但阿森纳本赛季还没有创造足够多这样的时刻。

In 2022-23, Zubimendi provided a completely different assist against Girona.

2022-23赛季，苏维门迪在对阵赫罗纳的比赛中送出了一次完全不同的助攻。

Girona were 2-1 up, trying to hold onto their lead in the minutes before half-time with a deep block.

赫罗纳以 2-1 领先，在半场结束前的几分钟内，他们试图通过深度防守保持领先优势。

As the ball comes to Zubimendi outside the box, he is already looking for potential passing options. He sees Alexander Sorloth at the back post and clips a perfectly weighted ball over the back line for the striker to chest and volley in.

当皮球传到禁区外的苏维门迪脚下时，他已经在寻找传球机会了。他看到亚历山大·索洛斯在后门柱附近，便将一记精准的传球从后防线传过，让这位前锋胸部停球抽射破门。

Arsenal have a few ways of breaking down low blocks, but adding another player with that vision and delivery in those situations can only help.

阿森纳有几种突破低位防守的方法，但增加一名具有这种视野和传球能力的球员只会有所帮助。

Though a forward is the priority for Arsenal this summer, getting their midfield in order first could be a good base on which to build.

尽管前锋是阿森纳今夏的首要任务，但首先整顿中场可能是他们建设的良好基础。

原文链接：https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6387446/2025/05/29/martin-zubimendi-arsenal-midfield-analysis/?source=twitteruk