ikita
Milan Legend
- Joined
- May 17, 2010
- Messages
- 7,713
- Reaction score
- 19
- Location
- Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies.
- Fav. Players
- Paolo Maldini, Ricardo Kaka, Alessandro Nesta
yea yea. you see the thing is, it was a last minute change as gattuso seemed to have injured himself in the warm-up idk. so when Silva was thrown into the midfield fray he seemed anxious at the beginning. Which lead to him being poor. had he known he was going to play there before hand, he would've been more prepared. but the major thing is mentality. it's a different mindset that you'll have when you're playing in front of the defence as compared to playing in the defense and you'll have to be doing the things that you'd expect from your midfield as a defender.
a little out of nature, but he was far from being out of his depth. cuz, depsite his anxiety, he tried to remain calm and keep his position and did not try to over-assert his presence in front of the defence e.g. like when papa had come on for Nesta he immediately ran out of position and loss possession too. Silva didnt do that. so imo he showed discipline and awareness and above all focus. yes he lost possession a couple of times but after the 2nd half he became a bit more comfortable after getting a feel for the role of CDM.
all in all, i have no complaints about his performance. i'm not saying that just because it was a last minute change "and you can't rly complain" but more so because he played well and actually did not do anything worth complaining over.
a little out of nature, but he was far from being out of his depth. cuz, depsite his anxiety, he tried to remain calm and keep his position and did not try to over-assert his presence in front of the defence e.g. like when papa had come on for Nesta he immediately ran out of position and loss possession too. Silva didnt do that. so imo he showed discipline and awareness and above all focus. yes he lost possession a couple of times but after the 2nd half he became a bit more comfortable after getting a feel for the role of CDM.
all in all, i have no complaints about his performance. i'm not saying that just because it was a last minute change "and you can't rly complain" but more so because he played well and actually did not do anything worth complaining over.