{"id":26678,"date":"2020-08-19T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T13:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=26678"},"modified":"2020-08-19T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T13:59:05","slug":"british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season","title":{"rendered":"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21 season.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old\u2019s debut season after moving from Club Brugge was met with divided opinions; with some saying he was below expectations while while others insisted he fared well given the challenges associated with adapting to Premier League football.<\/p>\n<p>Rushton, believes Nakamba\u2019s role is to win the ball and play it out, not to make headlines and he did well in that regard.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2018It\u2019s a job he did very well \u2013 the former part \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTLvid\/status\/1294476374166691841\">according to this collection of defensive data<\/a>\u00a0by Breaking The Lines which ranks Nakamba in the top-five ball winning defensive midfielders in the Premier League (who have played at least 1500 minutes) behind Declan Rice, Phillip Billing, N\u2019Golo Kante and Wilfred Ndidi,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>wrote Rushton in the\u00a0<em>Birmingham Mail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere isn\u2019t a titanic difference between Nakamba and three comparable players in terms of passes completed either. Nakamba\u2019s overall percentage of 84.5% pass completions compares well enough with Kante\u2019s 85.5%, Ndid\u2019s 85.9%.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In terms of out-and-out midfield might, quite truthfully, there is nobody like Marvelous in this Villa midfield. True, he may not have set the world alight this year, and he likely won\u2019t the next \u2013 but were defensive midfielders envisioned to do that anyway? There\u2019s room for him at Villa, and he should enjoy a solid 20\/21 season,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>concluded Rushton.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21 season. The 26-year-old\u2019s debut season after moving from Club Brugge was met with divided opinions; with some saying he was below expectations while while others insisted he fared well given the challenges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[790,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-26678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-football-in-zimbabwe","10":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-19T13:59:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season\",\"name\":\"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-19T13:59:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-19T13:59:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season - zimbabwe","description":"British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season","og_description":"British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2020-08-19T13:59:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season","name":"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-19T13:59:05+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-19T13:59:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"British journalist James Rushton believes Marvelous Nakamba is important for Aston Villa and the Zimbabwean will have a better campaign in the 2020\/21","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/08\/69B867F4-2F08-4D41-A3C8-FB1BFDB55772-1280x640-1.jpg","width":1280,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-journalist-backs-nakamba-tips-midfielder-to-do-even-better-next-season#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"British journalist backs Nakamba, tips midfielder to do even better next season"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}