KujaIX
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You're the guy everyone hates, no?
Tell me what I can do for you. I'll check.
Oh my, no, he's Jawad...
You're the guy everyone hates, no?
Tell me what I can do for you. I'll check.
And the'll need to be able to adapt when sth isn't working out but worse bringing us constantly in trouble which leads sooner or later to a goal. I'm really not asking for something completely out of this world I thinkour backline most likely is going to be our future. so these guys need to be comfortable with passing sooner rather than later. yes real, barca, bayern press a lot but guess what? we won't have to play them.
Suso's final ball did let him down sometimes but he had a great game. He played like a midfielder, getting the ball from Calabria or Biglia from very deep, disorienting their back line (does Kolarov track him or look out for Calabria?) and made sure the ball moved up. His main job wasn't really to shoot or find an assist, it's to get the ball from deep and allow Kessie and Calabria to move up ahead of him finding space in the chaos.
Same exact job that Calhanoglu has as well. He was behind Bonaventura almost every time we get possession. His movement is always towards the ball, pulling Karsdrop and leaving room for Rodriguez and Bonaventura.
In the first half Calabria and Rodriguez has acres of space because nobody tracked them from high up and they had time to sprint into space. In the second half El Shaarawy and Schick finally started tracking our fullbacks and it became a normal game.
Gattuso needs to be given enormous credit for reinventing Suso. He's no longer a predictable inside winger that was always getting the ball high up and wide and always looking to cut back. Now that he's playing a lot deeper he has much more room to look up and be unpredictable.
Suso's final ball did let him down sometimes but he had a great game. He played like a midfielder, getting the ball from Calabria or Biglia from very deep, disorienting their back line (does Kolarov track him or look out for Calabria?) and made sure the ball moved up. His main job wasn't really to shoot or find an assist, it's to get the ball from deep and allow Kessie and Calabria to move up ahead of him finding space in the chaos.
Same exact job that Calhanoglu has as well. He was behind Bonaventura almost every time we get possession. His movement is always towards the ball, pulling Karsdrop and leaving room for Rodriguez and Bonaventura.
In the first half Calabria and Rodriguez has acres of space because nobody tracked them from high up and they had time to sprint into space. In the second half El Shaarawy and Schick finally started tracking our fullbacks and it became a normal game.
Gattuso needs to be given enormous credit for reinventing Suso. He's no longer a predictable inside winger that was always getting the ball high up and wide and always looking to cut back. Now that he's playing a lot deeper he has much more room to look up and be unpredictable.
There’s a good reason why we play out from the back and we’re acually getting pretty good at it. When teams press and push up it becomes harder for you to move the ball forward. You can kick the ball long and hope for the best but that’s unpredictable and you lose possession more often than not. Better to absorb their press, pass around it and stretch their players. The more comfortable we are at this the better it becomes. It’s a huge weapon against teams that press high and it can get you up the pitch without losing the ball.
Donnarumma isn’t so bad on the ball either. He just looks awkward.
I'm not talking of kicking the ball blindly out and hope for the best. One can try to change sides for a change with a long ball. Aim for a midfielder on the other side of the opponents pressing wall.
I think a player like Bonucci has been direly missed against Napoli. Defensive wise we didn't loose much with his departure, but when it comes to building from the back, we did.
Aiming for the maximum is good. But when there's a game something you want to do just doesn't work at all but instead brings you on the verge of loosing a game, you need to adapt. I'm not saying fuck building from the back generally (I really did quite literally), but against those where doing it is like stabbing yourself. Napoli was such an opponent, and I expected more tactical flexibility. More solutions. Why are people here acting like that's kind of a betrayal?
FUCK EVERYONE WHO SHITS ON CALABRIA
Played a massive part in getting the win.