Arturo Vidal (102 Viewers)
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Was a game that suited Vidal being in central defence.
Juve didn't have to do any real defending that required the sort of postioning and marking you look for in a centre half - that game only saw Juve having to defend in big, open spaces and in disorganised situations against counter attacks.
It's the sort of thing that Barca are accustomed to and why they are fine playing Mascherano in defence a lot, but he gets found out in games where there is more serious defending to do in more organised situations.
Anyway, it worked well for Juve because Vidal is undoubtedly more comfortable defending in big spaces like that than Bonucci is.
Juve didn't have to do any real defending that required the sort of postioning and marking you look for in a centre half - that game only saw Juve having to defend in big, open spaces and in disorganised situations against counter attacks.
It's the sort of thing that Barca are accustomed to and why they are fine playing Mascherano in defence a lot, but he gets found out in games where there is more serious defending to do in more organised situations.
Anyway, it worked well for Juve because Vidal is undoubtedly more comfortable defending in big spaces like that than Bonucci is.
i dont think vidal have the body type and aerial skill to go against big forward like ibra / drogba / lewa / torres / etc.
and vidal sometimes make late tackles foul, its ok if he did it in midfield, but chances are he'd do it often inside the box as a defender.. that would be catastropic.
id say keep vidal in the midfield.
and vidal sometimes make late tackles foul, its ok if he did it in midfield, but chances are he'd do it often inside the box as a defender.. that would be catastropic.
id say keep vidal in the midfield.
Yeah he can do a damn fine job there, but we would lack height at the back, and his constant tackling would be a lot more of a worry in and around our box. More FKs and Penalties would definitely go against us. And even FKs against some of the other teams in Europe can decide a tie.
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One bonus though is he's obviously better on the ball than the other CBs, and we're less likely to see an individual error costing us a goal with Vidal as opposed to Ogbonna or Bonucci.
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One bonus though is he's obviously better on the ball than the other CBs, and we're less likely to see an individual error costing us a goal with Vidal as opposed to Ogbonna or Bonucci.
From the time he entered at Colo Colo until the day he left (at 19 after the U-20 WC) he played as a defender.
In Leverkusen he played both roles until he was settled as a DM.
Bielsa used him as LB and other defensive roles and for Borghi he played mixed roles including CB, and not just for one match.
Need to get you story straight, compare.
In Leverkusen he played both roles until he was settled as a DM.
Bielsa used him as LB and other defensive roles and for Borghi he played mixed roles including CB, and not just for one match.
Need to get you story straight, compare.
WTF?. Man, thats no true, why u insist. I watch every qualify match for WC U-20, and he ALWAYS play as a CM. ALWAYS. He actually was chosen as one of the best Midfielders of that tournament. In Colo Colo he always played as a LB. Every single match. The whole 30 games he played was as a LB. In Copa Sudamericana and in Torneo Nacional.
And Borghi placed him ONCE, as a CB. That match was against Colombia, 3-1 in Santiago. Maybe the worst match Chile played in the last 4 years. The worst game from Vidal in quite a while.
The only defensive place that Bielsa made for Arturo was LB. LMF was the other option.
Next time you quote me, do it with arguments.
And Borghi placed him ONCE, as a CB. That match was against Colombia, 3-1 in Santiago. Maybe the worst match Chile played in the last 4 years. The worst game from Vidal in quite a while.
The only defensive place that Bielsa made for Arturo was LB. LMF was the other option.
Next time you quote me, do it with arguments.
I love his kind of penalties.
I hate seeing penalties taken where the keeper basically has a 50-50 chance of saving it because he'll get to it if he guesses correctly.
I'm not even all that keen on the Balotelli style disguised/waiting for the keeper to move type penalties.
If you are a good striker of a ball, you should be able to either place the ball well enough or hit the ball hard enough that what the keeper does is an irrelevance - he has no chance of saving the penalty whatever he does.
For that reason, I'd be pretty tolerant of Vidal inevitably, sooner or later, hitting the post or the bar or putting one over the bar.
Obviously you'd hope it wouldn't be a very important penalty it happens with, though.
I hate seeing penalties taken where the keeper basically has a 50-50 chance of saving it because he'll get to it if he guesses correctly.
I'm not even all that keen on the Balotelli style disguised/waiting for the keeper to move type penalties.
If you are a good striker of a ball, you should be able to either place the ball well enough or hit the ball hard enough that what the keeper does is an irrelevance - he has no chance of saving the penalty whatever he does.
For that reason, I'd be pretty tolerant of Vidal inevitably, sooner or later, hitting the post or the bar or putting one over the bar.
Obviously you'd hope it wouldn't be a very important penalty it happens with, though.
