Hes sort of a muscular Abidal. And plays like it too. Where abidal did everything elegantly but still dominantly , Mathieu comes in and takes no prisoners, but he isnt a butcher either. Great player all around.
Lets just ignore Athletic's dominance in the air on set pieces. Considering the opponent, MAtS should be playing since Athletic would press high and Bravos passing would probably be exposed.
Wow these are shocking.
Not. They are all Kindergarten level misdemeanors. Mascherano refused to play against Man City to push through transfer here. Abidal and Aulas were essentially at war at Lyon so he could come here. Its the food chain in full effect and luckily we're at the top...
Its not fair to say the defenses provided 0 adversity. Sandro's goal was also one that Dongou could score easily. Fact is Munir didnt do anything of note against a better defence of Villarreal nor with the under 21 team so lets not act like hes dominating or at a level unattainable by Dongou...
I like the optimism but if he scores his 40th second division goal this season(23 goals to go) that will be a huge surprise, let alone 40 in one season.