Immediately thought of
@brk when watching this.
This is the guy’s first game. At 1:30 Florenzi calls Reijnders to give him the ball. Gets it gives it to Theo who returns it right back to him. He’s already shown to their eyes and minds, their conscious and subconscious minds, that he can produce when they give him the ball.
He’s already a + to them. Earning their trust from the get go…and more with every successful action he does when he gets the ball.
It’s a natural process.
Like anybody else, CDK has to earn that. So saying his teammates don’t look for him is factually true but he hasn’t earned being looked for… if anything, he’s given them more reasons to not look for him.
They were looking for him more at the beginning, with time and no real product from his actions with the ball, the passes to him naturally decreased…not to mention, his positioning, body language and other cues aren’t really screaming “give me the ball”