he was certainly not more strong. Henry had trouble against deep defenses his whole career. He tried to break on countersa, which that arsenal team was phenomenal at.
Sheva, could go eitherway
Sheva is the type of player who had a good game if he scored. Therefore if he didn't score, it's presumed he had a poor or average game, or handled by whatever defence.
Henry, Ibra, Ronaldo and also Messi and Ronaldinho are the type of players you say things like: Ok so he scored, but he was poor/did nothing for the rest of the game. I.e they are expected to dominate, from every aspect, and obviously that's much harder to do when up against a compact, deep lying, physical defence.
and better with back to goal or on free kicks? Cmon man. You are kidding.
Let's see Sheva's best freekicks. Here's Henry's.
by the way, if ibra's so complete, why doesn't he play well off ball? To me that's what seperates sheva from him. Ability to effectively play every forward position imagineable. Ibra needs the ball.
So what are you saying...Ibra is not complete?
I don't want to be rude but this is coming from the guy who thinks Shevchenko had better technique than Ibrahimovic. Saying stuff like that makes me wonder if you have ever played football to be honest.
But ok, that's an ad hominem and quite irrelevant. I hope you don't take offence.
I actually think the same way, apart from Ibra being much more talented, what seperates them is the ability to play in different positions, and systems at a worldclass level.
Ibra can play CF, SS, playmaker, as a prima punta, in longballs systems, in counter attacking systems and so on at a level few in the World can match. You may claim he doesn't play well off the ball, but fact of the matter is he does. He just doesn't excel at it, nor does such a simplistic role do him any justice.
I would say Ibra is miles better at moving off the ball, than Sheva ever was at creating chances and playmaking. Most recent example is at Barcelona: first season, new country, club, language and still a very respectable 22 goals and 12 assists in 42matches, most of the goals were poacher's goals, or goals that came from playing off the shoulder of the last defender.
Clearly that's proof enough that he can play that style, at a very high level. Problem is, that's not what's expected from a player like Ibrahimovic, and certainly not from a 65 million signing. Players like him need to dazzle, dominate, and show moments of true brilliance consistently. That's very difficult to do if all you're expected to do is make runs, and make space for the false nine behind you.
On the other hand, imagine giving Sheva a trequartista role, in which he's expected to create chances for his teammates, and control the offence by himself. It would be a dizaster. He simply wouldn't be able to do it, to any sort of decent standard.
Why doesn't Ibra play more off the shoulder of the last defender? Probably because he gets bored of not touching the ball in 30 minutes, and in most cases his team needs him to drop deeper in order to win the match, or score a goal. That doesn't mean he can't do it.
He played like that at Ajax, at Barca, occasionaly at Juve, and for a large part in his third season at Inter.
