Santiago Cazorla

[Alik]

:O

I stand corrected.

 

[Deco 20]

164 and 161 cm respectively

 

[Robbie]

He's even shorter than David Silva.

Fantastic player, though. Silva, Mata, and now Cazorla have put to bed the silly notion that players like Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi wouldn't do that well in the EPL.

Cesc put that to bed when he bossed the EPL at the age of 18

 

[Aryagorn]

Cesc is tall and strong... Cazorla on the other hand!? meh!!

 

[Robbie]

Santi

First ever hat trick for him, and he scores one with his head.

 

[Malappapper]

Cesc put that to bed when he bossed the EPL at the age of 18

I had a friend who insisted that Spanish players could not do well in the English game. I haven't seen him in a long while now. I wonder what he must be thinking now.

 

[Malappapper]

Santi

First ever hat trick for him, and he scores one with his head.

Pawns Sanschez so bad...

 

[La Furia]

Pawns Sanschez so bad...

They aren't the same kind of player, at all.

 

[Malappapper]

They aren't the same kind of player, at all.

Yes, but it still feels sensible to assume that Cazorla would have been better for us. He can play in tight spaces, has better passing, is ambidextrous (which helps him a lot for wing play) and also has a cleaner shot.

The only thing that Alexis has on Cazorla is that he is faster and younger.

 

[Robbie]

Sanchez is a forward, while Cazorla is a midfielder. It's a bit unfair to compare the two. One is primarily charged with scoring while the other will always try to create and only go for goal when there is no other option.

 

[GiantKiller]

His reaction when he scored with that header was hilarious.

 

[Gervinho]

Cazorla and Podolski always seems to celebrate together and seem to get along very well. Wonder what language they speak.

 

[poltergeist]

His reaction when he scored with that header was hilarious.

Yes very funny reaction. I guess that's his 1st headed goal

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Sanchez is a forward, while Cazorla is a midfielder. It's a bit unfair to compare the two. One is primarily charged with scoring while the other will always try to create and only go for goal when there is no other option.

I always assumed Alexis was so poor at scoring for Barcelona because he was an attacking midfielder for Udinese not a forward.

He plays the forward position for Barcelona like no one I've ever seen. It's almost like he runs exclusively away from goal. I've never seen a forward do that so much and get away with it.

 

[Gervinho]

Sanchez is midfielder plain and simple. if you asked him where he would feel most comfortable, i would guess it would be central attacking midfield. as far as cazorla goes, he's not as quick or athletic as Sanchez, but far more talented player