{"id":144003,"date":"2025-10-29T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=144003"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:35:37","slug":"what-is-a-false-9-%f0%9f%a4%94-football-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=144003","title":{"rendered":"What is a False 9? \ud83e\udd14 | Football 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nAY1jGYyEmQ?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\u2764\ufe0f Love this video? We\u2019ve got even more for you to enjoy on the Premier League App<br \/>\niOS: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppYT<br \/>\nAndroid: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppAYT<\/p>\n<p>What is a false nine? In this video, we break down the role, how it started, how it works, and why players like Lionel Messi, Harry Kane, Phil Foden, and Roberto Firmino have made it so influential in the modern game.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the official Premier League YouTube channel: http:\/\/preml.ge\/PremierLeagueYouTube<br \/>\nPremier League website: http:\/\/preml.ge\/PremierLeagueWebsite<br \/>\nFollow the Premier League on Instagram: http:\/\/preml.ge\/PremierLeagueInstagram<br \/>\nFollow the Premier League on X: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PremierLeagueX<br \/>\nFollow the Premier League on WhatsApp: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PremierLeagueWhatsApp<br \/>\nLike the Premier League on Facebook: http:\/\/preml.ge\/PremierLeagueFacebook<br \/>\nPlay Fantasy Premier League: http:\/\/preml.ge\/FantasyPremierLeague<br \/>\nTo license Premier League match footage: https:\/\/imgreplay.com\/contact<\/p>\n<p>#football #premierleague #soccer <\/p>\n<p>Your safety online<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Child Exploitation and Online Protection website for confidential support if something has happened online which has made you feel unsafe, if you are worried about someone else or to report online abuse. (https:\/\/www.ceop.police.uk\/safety-centre)<\/p>\n<p>You should contact the Police by calling 999 if you or anybody else is in any sort of danger.<\/p>\n<p>Visit CEOP\u2019s Thinkuknow website for advice and guidance on safe surfing and staying safe online for example when using mobile phones, blogs, social media, chatting, online gaming and emailing. (https:\/\/www.thinkuknow.co.uk)<\/p>\n<p>You can also visit the Premier League safeguarding page for more information. (https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/safeguarding)<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nAY1jGYyEmQ\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2764\ufe0f Love this video? We\u2019ve got even more for you to enjoy on the Premier League App iOS: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppYT Android: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppAYT What is a false nine? In this video, we&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":144004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}