El Ilusionista
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What happened to this guy? He doesn’t look like he is the same player anymore despite that fluke brace against Betis. Was horrible again today against Italy.
Kylian Mbappé
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Fati_Future_BallonDor
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Looks like BBZ was right, he is loosing his pace and even a bit of his shooting power 🤔
Horatio
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I said about his pace since beginning of year
bismp
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Well, it is no wonder. People used to say that the physical prime is at ~27 years, but nowadays star players start playing week in week out at 17. You‘ll have to factor that in, so it is not outrageous to say that the physical prime is around 24-25.
That was the case for Messi (2012) and even Ronaldo (2010), who did not even play that regularly as a teenager.
From that point forward, players have to adjust their games to stay relevant. And this ofc is most relevant for forwards, because they heavily rely on pace. Messi became the best creator and free kick taker on the planet as he got older plus his dribbling did not rely exclusively on pace to begin with, so he remained a top 3 dribbler in the world up to his early 30s. Ronaldo became a poacher, playing closer to the box. A not so noble transition, but successful nonetheless.
Mbappe is facing the exact problem right now. If not now, definitely in 1-2 years. He won‘t get any younger or faster. He has to adapt his game if he wants to stay relevant and prove the people who claim he is an all-timer right. Which could be difficult because he is a shit free-kick tacker, an average creator and his dribbling heavily relies on pace (like young CR).
He‘s made poor decisions tbh. He should have joined Real in 2020 or 2021 at the latest. Real was relatively down at that moment and would be seen as a savior, plus he was still in his physical prime. Right now Madrid is without a doubt the most successful team of the last years and has many stars, so an aging Mbappe has to find a solution or rather Ancelloti/Perez have to find a solution for him.
That was the case for Messi (2012) and even Ronaldo (2010), who did not even play that regularly as a teenager.
From that point forward, players have to adjust their games to stay relevant. And this ofc is most relevant for forwards, because they heavily rely on pace. Messi became the best creator and free kick taker on the planet as he got older plus his dribbling did not rely exclusively on pace to begin with, so he remained a top 3 dribbler in the world up to his early 30s. Ronaldo became a poacher, playing closer to the box. A not so noble transition, but successful nonetheless.
Mbappe is facing the exact problem right now. If not now, definitely in 1-2 years. He won‘t get any younger or faster. He has to adapt his game if he wants to stay relevant and prove the people who claim he is an all-timer right. Which could be difficult because he is a shit free-kick tacker, an average creator and his dribbling heavily relies on pace (like young CR).
He‘s made poor decisions tbh. He should have joined Real in 2020 or 2021 at the latest. Real was relatively down at that moment and would be seen as a savior, plus he was still in his physical prime. Right now Madrid is without a doubt the most successful team of the last years and has many stars, so an aging Mbappe has to find a solution or rather Ancelloti/Perez have to find a solution for him.
Iniesta Ultra
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Barcola's better on the left now just like Vini so Turdle has to play out of position for club and country now too. What a downfall this guy's had and to think I wanted him at Barca years ago despite him thinking he had retired Messi level privilege of not defending.
His main strengths are his pace (obviously) and his (at least one time) clinical finishing. His technical skills while obviously very good, are not elite. In terms of creating and dribbling (as mentioned above) he is not that good. He is good but not that good. Is he the best player in the world right now? I dont know. If he is, it is because the quality of great players is pretty thin at the moment. Remember a decade ago? Besided the obvious two, you had Suarez, Neymar, Bale, Iniesta, Robben, Ribery, Ibrahimovic, etc... All of these players are much more complete than Mbappe. For the time being, the truely great players simply do not exist. So by default, Mbappe might be the best.
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