Was he that bad? I think our major problem in defending was Mr. Rafa, am i wrong?
nope. you're spot-on.
chygrynskiy made one mistake and that was the idiotic backpass to valdés.
but other than that he was okay.
he made a "mistake" for their goal but the pass to him from yaya was abysmal (ahead of an off-balance player and to his weaker foot at that) and he was never going to retrieve the situation.
it's no coincidence that once rafa went off xerez got absolutely NOTHING out of our defence; chygrynskiy included.
he's improving. with a barca year to adapt and a pre-season under his belt he'll be much better.
In the heat of the game I was absolutely furious with our Ukrainian's performance.
Later watching the reply of the game, I actually felt he was doing much better when Rafa came off. That, however, surely is not surprise, as Rafa and Chygs have barely played together (and at all), so it was expected they'd both be nervous and low on confidence. Subbing him in would have completely destroyed him.
What I forget, once in a while with Chygsy, is that he was bought as a long-term project. I actually expect him to come good next season.
In the heat of the game I was absolutely furious with our Ukrainian's performance.
Later watching the reply of the game, I actually felt he was doing much better when Rafa came off. That, however, surely is not surprise, as Rafa and Chygs have barely played together (and at all), so it was expected they'd both be nervous and low on confidence. Subbing him in would have completely destroyed him.
What I forget, once in a while with Chygsy, is that he was bought as a long-term project. I actually expect him to come good next season.