Diego Ribas da Cunha (49 Viewers)
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I dont really know what the point of these comments from Diego. He either will lose him or maybe spur him and motivate him. My guess is the former, from seeing how Diego is playing and acting on the field.
Back to his form. We've laying a lot on melo, caceras and others but i think hes needs to step up more than anyone. That article up the top mentions how he is confused because of the system change but he kept his position. I know its difficult with adapting and knowing where the surrounding players are but hes still way off form.
I talked before about him complicating many of his touches and passes, and his horrible movement. Over the past two games I saw him make one run into space ffs. In both systems we employed there are at least two midfielders that could provide the pass for him but he continues to have one dimension to his game and that is one of the reasons hes always been crowded out and easily marked. Compare him to kaka for example who has that variation which makes it really hard to completely mark him out of the game.
Even in Bremen he didn't always do this and that is a team that almost completely relied on him. He needs to understand that he is the main supporter to the striker(s) and the team needs him to push up and take up better positions. The team don't always need him to make the passes we have decent passers all around.
Back to his form. We've laying a lot on melo, caceras and others but i think hes needs to step up more than anyone. That article up the top mentions how he is confused because of the system change but he kept his position. I know its difficult with adapting and knowing where the surrounding players are but hes still way off form.
I talked before about him complicating many of his touches and passes, and his horrible movement. Over the past two games I saw him make one run into space ffs. In both systems we employed there are at least two midfielders that could provide the pass for him but he continues to have one dimension to his game and that is one of the reasons hes always been crowded out and easily marked. Compare him to kaka for example who has that variation which makes it really hard to completely mark him out of the game.
Even in Bremen he didn't always do this and that is a team that almost completely relied on him. He needs to understand that he is the main supporter to the striker(s) and the team needs him to push up and take up better positions. The team don't always need him to make the passes we have decent passers all around.
One thing that i don't like about Diego's gameplay is the way he drops back alot.
I know that he wants to help out he's teammates (which is a great attitude) but we need players like him, amauri and Gio to stay upfront both to push back the opposition defenders and to start counter attacks much faster.
I get the impression that some of our players rely on others to do their work in the team, Thats just not right.
I know that he wants to help out he's teammates (which is a great attitude) but we need players like him, amauri and Gio to stay upfront both to push back the opposition defenders and to start counter attacks much faster.
I get the impression that some of our players rely on others to do their work in the team, Thats just not right.
The team has not played with a true Trequartista since the days of Zidane and we played the 4-4-2, our bread-and-butter formation only as recently as 7 mths ago. Also there is a constant comparison from a particular team from Spain which is playing passing football, attacking formation for an extended period ...
