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Zaaboub adapting to special attention

Sofiene Zaaboub says he will adapt his game after receiving special treatment from defenders.

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The Walsall winger knows his recent flying form has made him a target for the opposition as they try and stop him supplying the frontmen.

"Maybe I am being targeted by defenders," he said.

"In a few games I've played I had two players marking me, the winger and defender, but I just look at how the game is going in the first 10 minutes and if I have to change my football I change. I adapt."

But the 26-year-old, who is out-of-contract is the summer, sympathises with the defenders who are trying to mark him.

While he was growing up he used to play at left-back, before being converted into a more attacking role.

"I used to play left-back and a few years ago I thought it was enough to be a flair player but it is not enough," said the former Swindon Town man.

"When I am playing left-back I play different football because I think defensively first and then attack when I get the opportunity and space. I like to take the ball and run with it when I have space."

Meanwhile, Mark Bradley played the whole game as Wales Under-21s drew 0-0 with Luxembourg in Ettelbruck last night in their Euro 2011 qualifying campaign. The sides meet again at Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli, on Tuesday.

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