Martin Montoya

[te amo barca]

Saying the truth isnt hate,and besides the below average ability.Last season talks by itself..Alba has been far better going forward.Alves has zero defensive abilities and always when hes going forward forgets to come back,Alba may not be the best in defending but he has very big speed to cover up,especially counter attacks

Alves actually has got very good defensive abilities, he's just told to attack. Scolari used him correctly during the Confederations Cup, letting Marcelo go forward and Alves was told to defend rather to attack. The same thing with Alves in clasicos. When Pep told him to mark CR7, Alves just destroyed him. CR7 even had to go to the right flank coz of Alves.

 

[Meitux]

Alves actually has got very good defensive abilities, he's just told to attack. Scolari used him correctly during the Confederations Cup, letting Marcelo go forward and Alves was told to defend rather to attack. The same thing with Alves in clasicos. When Pep told him to mark CR7, Alves just destroyed him. CR7 even had to go to the right flank coz of Alves.

I talk by examples of last season and on,i didnt see those very good defensive abilities.He lets his marker too comfortable and doesnt even try to press him or block a shot that propably would came in..the game you are referring is propably the Super cup in Camp nou and it was in 2011-2012 season.Hes no the same like in the past..

 

[Sumlit]

Saying the truth isnt hate,and besides the below average crossing ability,last season talks by itself..Alba has been far better going forward.Alves has zero defensive abilities and always when hes going forward forgets to come back,Alba may not be the best in defending but he has very big speed to cover up,especially counter attacks

I am not the biggest fan of Alves but he is a considerably better defender than Jordi Alba. Alba has almost no defensive ability and just relies on speed to catch up and bother players coming from the wing. Alves can actually mark someone, is an aggressive defender that'll stick to you like white on rice, and will bother and frustrate attacking players.
Problem is he bombs forward too much and is therefore caught plenty of time out of position.

Alba as a matter of fact has a bigger issue recovering back after going forward. He has a lot of mental lapses. He is fortunate enough he has amazing speed to recover. However that still puts your defense in a very compromising situation.

Alves also had a very poor season. He got better towards the end.

 

[te amo barca]

I talk by examples of last season and on,i didnt see those very good defensive abilities.He lets his marker too comfortable and doesnt even try to press him or block a shot that propably would came in..the game you are referring is propably the Super cup in Camp nou and it was in 2011-2012 season.Hes no the same like in the past..

I know he became much worse but he's still top-right back. Even with his crosses. But i want Montoya to play over him.

 

[Stric]

Looking good in that #2 shirt.

 

[ebieymjunior]

Looking good in that #2 shirt.

Yeah, right?

 

[evilhita666]

Got totally destroyed today, definitely a wake up call for him... Hopefully it's because he is "warming up"...

 

[abual3bed1]

Ribery made him his bitch, but then Ribery was on fire today and made every one on his way a bitch.

 

[Antimadridista1]

Ribery totally destroyed him and it can't be possible if Monty wants to be a starter and play against players like Ribery, CR7 or any other beautiful left winger. And some of you continue to say that he's better defensively than Alves.. LMAO.

 

[Jadentheman]

Please Alves gets embarrassed too I rather have Montoya

 

[Hamzah]

It was the first game of preseason, everyone is unfit, and we have had an unstable few days with Tito's bad news and the new coach arriving. We play the European champions in their own stadium and they are well underway with preparations and fitness. It's not really fair to judge Montoya or any other player (Song for example) based on that game.

 

[USWAY]

It was the first game of preseason, everyone is unfit, and we have had an unstable few days with Tito's bad news and the new coach arriving. We play the European champions in their own stadium and they are well underway with preparations and fitness. It's not really fair to judge Montoya or any other player (Song for example) based on that game.

It's honestly a joke that anyone thinks people are making excuses for the match against Bayern. Everything you stated are just pure facts, that's all.

 

[Galning]

It was the first game of preseason, everyone is unfit, and we have had an unstable few days with Tito's bad news and the new coach arriving. We play the European champions in their own stadium and they are well underway with preparations and fitness. It's not really fair to judge Montoya or any other player (Song for example) based on that game.

It's honestly a joke that anyone thinks people are making excuses for the match against Bayern. Everything you stated are just pure facts, that's all.

These posts sum up everything there is to say.

 

[Aryagorn]

Ribery totally destroyed him and it can't be possible if Monty wants to be a starter and play against players like Ribery, CR7 or any other beautiful left winger. And some of you continue to say that he's better defensively than Alves.. LMAO.

He is not defensively better than Alves... He just gives more concentration to it!!

Oh btw, Montoya did play against CR7... or so I remember

 

[Stric]

So it's official that he's getting the #2?