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11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1
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MessiCam
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Geez... How is it his fault that 3 defenders couldn’t deal with 1 player with his back towards goal?
Dembélé actually saved them from that indignity...
[MENTION=16942]BBZ8800[/MENTION] you’re scraping the barrel now.
khaled_a_d
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Great to see him start, great to see him scoring his first goal in basically his second big game here and surely awesome tackle. His defense was suspect but he showed more willingness today.
That said, if you take the goal from him he was worst player on pitch in the first half, and probable in 2nd if you take the tackle.
His passing was awful and still can't beat his man.
I have faith in the kid, but he still has long way to go and hope that this game is a step forward for him.
Yes, specially if he is your 3rd best attacker.
Ironically this video make me takes BBZ side of the argument, he actually lost his man and got him back.
I won't blame him for that since wingers has to track back but rarely have high defensive awareness so it is acceptable mistake considering his age.
That said, if you take the goal from him he was worst player on pitch in the first half, and probable in 2nd if you take the tackle.
His passing was awful and still can't beat his man.
I have faith in the kid, but he still has long way to go and hope that this game is a step forward for him.
Yes, specially if he is your 3rd best attacker.
Ironically this video make me takes BBZ side of the argument, he actually lost his man and got him back.
I won't blame him for that since wingers has to track back but rarely have high defensive awareness so it is acceptable mistake considering his age.
serghei
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Great to see him start, great to see him scoring his first goal in basically his second big game here and surely awesome tackle. His defense was suspect but he showed more willingness today.
That said, if you take the goal from him he was worst player on pitch in the first half, and probable in 2nd if you take the tackle.
His passing was awful and still can't beat his man.
I have faith in the kid, but he still has long way to go and hope that this game is a step forward for him.
Yes, specially if he is your 3rd best attacker.
Ironically this video make me takes BBZ side of the argument, he actually lost his man and got him back.
I won't blame him for that since wingers has to track back but rarely have high defensive awareness so it is acceptable mistake considering his age.
Worst thing about that play is not how Dembele loses Alonso for a second. But how Hazard manages to completely turn Roberto upside down almost with a single touch from a 60m. long ball. Soft as hell.
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DonAndres
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He had to defend extremely deep and cover for Roberto at RB several times when he was nowhere to be seen (wandering somewhere off centrally, marking no one). Vidal also did this a bit when he subbed in.
Dembele shouldn't have to be called on defensively as much as he was, and less so being the primary defender in a 1v1. His job is to press and provide support, not hold down the flank on his own while Roberto ran around doing whatever tf he was doing.
Dembele shouldn't have to be called on defensively as much as he was, and less so being the primary defender in a 1v1. His job is to press and provide support, not hold down the flank on his own while Roberto ran around doing whatever tf he was doing.
FC B
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Exactly!
khaled_a_d
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It is Dembele thread, they were arguing about him in that play.
Obiaseti
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The goal should give him a confidence boost. He had a mediocre game imo. Took his goal well considering the stage, otherwise nothing great nothing terrible. We can't have expectations of him based on the price tag. He will definitely disappoint if we do. Right now he should try to get as many minutes and work on improving as much as possible to suit the team. He's very young and has had poor luck for the first half of the season so no point jumping on every error. To me it looks like the team,player and the manager are still figuring out the best way to gel. This kind of situation is better suited for pre-season and the first half of the season when you can experiment and play inconsequential games. Now we're nearing the end game so I doubt we'll see major improvement till next season.
Horatio
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Aside from the goal I liked his fighting spirit. He was clearly helping out in the defence. Liked how he chased Willian because he knew he was probably one of the few fast enough to stop him.
As someone pointed out he still has a way to go but for a 20 year old to step up among veteran Barca and score like that is still a great feat.
As someone pointed out he still has a way to go but for a 20 year old to step up among veteran Barca and score like that is still a great feat.
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Still adjusting. Looked like he was playing too close to opposition goal in build-up, the passing lanes to Suarez, Messi and him were shut down quite easily so Messi had to do the work himself (as usual). If he gets some more freedom he will be able to ease the burden of Messi's shoulders to an extent because his passes are of an ideal weight, he has that playmaker's ability in him to hit the ball with perfect weight.
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