DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
From what we've seen of Roberto at RB, his deliveries seem pretty accurate and consistent. Much moreso than Alves in recent years. Alves' best attacking qualities were his linkup and his uncanny ability to always provide the perfect width on our flank. Alves was extremely crucial in stretching out narrow defenses, something I think we could struggle with this year without him and with Messi playing more centrally than wide. The problem was when teams who parked the bus wouldn't care about Alves' width and he'd reward them with numerous lofted and easy to defend crosses (like both Malaga games in 14/15)
Roberto is more conservative in his forward runs and he's pretty good at linking up but Messi doesn't offer him much of a RW option anymore so sometimes he's just forced to pass back to Pique.
Roberto is more conservative in his forward runs and he's pretty good at linking up but Messi doesn't offer him much of a RW option anymore so sometimes he's just forced to pass back to Pique.