14 - Javier Mascherano

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mitkoa7x

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best pic ever :lol:
 
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xaviniesta

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what an epic moment.
[video=metacafe;9164997/masch/]http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9164997/masch/[/video]
 
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AL-MALKI

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this team is destined for greatness if anyone going to Fu## it up it this guy
in every match he is embarrassing us today he gave them the 1st goal with
his bad block and gave the ball too many times in dangers area dont know if it led to their 2nd
 
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estranged

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Anyways some of the reactions to the criticism is just mind boggling, Masch is certainly not a world class CB right now, and no one is retarded enough to base that judgement on an own goal which wasn't even his fault. But 90% of the making of a world class CB is knowing when to hold your defensive line and when to come out of your line and man mark, certainly an area Masch could improve a great deal in. When you leave your zone to disposes or press the opponent you have to be resolute (like Puyol) not leave it to chance, unfortunately Mach gets caught in no mans land one too many times for my liking. And this observation is not base don 30 mins of play or a silly own goal which wasn't his fault, but look at some of the goals we conceded, against Chelsea, Milan, Madrid etc. Masch does extremely well in most league games against second rate opposition, but he gets exposed readily against big teams. People need to learn to be objective and not percieve simple criticism as bashing, and this is coming from somebody who loves Masch. Being able to position yourself is something that you can learn/comes with experience so its certainly something he's likely to improve on.
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Not being childish by bumping that up, but people need to be learn to differentiate hating from constructive criticism. Masch is simply not decisive enough to be considered a world class CB or a long term Puyol replacement. I'd repeat the above for almost every aspect of Mascherano's defending. Same goes for clearances, either clear it decisively or just let the ball run out, either leave your line to dispossess an attacker when you know you have a good shot at dispossessing him (off the top of my head at 39:55 in tonight's match). People may enjoy watching his spectacular sliding tackles, but sometimes it's more important to get the easy thing right. People say Song left his defensive line a lot tonight and left an empty space behind himself (as he did on Sevilla's first goal), but Song won a ridiculous amount of balls doing that tonight. And the truth is that on the goal, Song actually did his job properly and did win the ball, he was unlucky with the rebound landing right on a Sevilla players foot.
 
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