Controlling the box: 9s and False Nines.

Once upon a time, foxes in the box, killer instincts and insane ball-striking were the profiles in the box teams wanted. Suárez, Lewandowski, Ibrahimović, Vardy…a generation of forwards that remains unforgettable, for an impressiv goal-scoring record. The last years, however, introduced the idea of the omnipresent ‘false nine’, a player symbolized by his never-ending movements outside of the traditional penalty box…