Pushing a winger to a corner is good thing but let the winger to pass/cross everytime is gambling. You have to try atleast to stop him from doing so the pass/cross doesnt find his target.
Nelson Semedo
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Pushing a winger to a corner is good thing but let the winger to pass/cross everytime is gambling. You have to try atleast to stop him from doing so the pass/cross doesnt find his target.
Nothanks
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nah dude he pushed the winger into the corner and made them cross from an unfavorable position.
if pique and umtiti have issues dealing with a cross from a bad position then they don't deserve to play for us. (they stopped the crosses in this case)
if we had a rightback that lunged himself into a winger to prevent a cross there would be a good chance we concede a goal or two per game.. a good dribbler looks for stupid fullbacks that lunge themselves.
or worse we put a player like vidal who doesn't push players into the corner nor lunges and just steps back jockeying around until the winger is 7-10 feet across our goal and either simply lays off a pass to striker or goes for goal
one thing to consider with barcelona fullbacks, is that they are our lifelines because usually our biggest threat is counter attacks.
Semedo and Alba SHOULD and have been trying to stall the attackers by forcing them away from the box giving our centerbacks and midfield time to regroup and preposition themselves.
if pique and umtiti have issues dealing with a cross from a bad position then they don't deserve to play for us. (they stopped the crosses in this case)
if we had a rightback that lunged himself into a winger to prevent a cross there would be a good chance we concede a goal or two per game.. a good dribbler looks for stupid fullbacks that lunge themselves.
or worse we put a player like vidal who doesn't push players into the corner nor lunges and just steps back jockeying around until the winger is 7-10 feet across our goal and either simply lays off a pass to striker or goes for goal
one thing to consider with barcelona fullbacks, is that they are our lifelines because usually our biggest threat is counter attacks.
Semedo and Alba SHOULD and have been trying to stall the attackers by forcing them away from the box giving our centerbacks and midfield time to regroup and preposition themselves.
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xXKonan
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DonAndres
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They were the better team as a whole, but Vidal made our right side so vulnerable and exposed that they attacked him relentlessly and took advantage of his inability to defend and general lack of presence. I think we've underestimated how bad Roberto and Vidal truly are. That hole on the right side was a huge problem last year as well, and managed to create an imbalance to break down our entire system even though it was a single issue. Vidal manages to make even Roberto look good.
RM in total are easily better than us, but that doesn't necessitate total domination on their part and our usual high possession play is their biggest weakness. Playing Vidal wasn't the only reason we lost but, had Semedo been there and we played our best formation in both legs I think it'd have been maybe a 1 goal loss or even a win/go to pens. Vidal was directly responsible for almost all of their attacking momentum in the 1st leg and decidedly caused 1 or 2 of their goals. 2nd leg was when we were dominated as a whole but that was mainly due to the shit formation.
Sepuldinho
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what a beast. i love this guy already!
xXKonan
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I mean out of all the RB's we have been linked with this summer he's the one that easily made the most sense. I never was high on Bellerin to begin with because I felt like he wasn't the RB we needed, he's not good at holding onto the ball and he's not really great on the technical side of things either. He reminds me of those RBs who are good on the counter when they have enough space to run into and blast a cross in.
It's important for us to have that RB who knows how to hold onto the ball and not struggle when getting pressed when they're bring the ball out from the back. Semedo easily fills that quota and not only that he possesses good IQ, very good technical ability and he has required skill set to be an elite all around RB.
It's important for us to have that RB who knows how to hold onto the ball and not struggle when getting pressed when they're bring the ball out from the back. Semedo easily fills that quota and not only that he possesses good IQ, very good technical ability and he has required skill set to be an elite all around RB.
Xaviniesta
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I am not enrtirely convinced he is all that.We've faced relatively easy teams and a weak Juve side. Looking forward to see how he performs in October, where we face much stronger opposition
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Didn t you say the real test for him was against Juve game? So now Juve is to weak?
Dude, pesimism is bad for your health, seriously.
jumping_box
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The movement he made in the last game was pretty impressive. I am sure that he learn and improve what he is doing. Hope to see him defending and attacking more this season.
Ousmane Dembélé
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Wow, looks a a bigger, better, black version of Alex Song with better aerial ability!
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