Not a huge fan. I've seen quite a few games of him and rarely was he impressive. Could be that I picked wrong games to watch. 
Good luck I guess and prove me wrong.
Good luck I guess and prove me wrong.
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Statistically yes. He lost Zaza though, most of his assists were for him and he was an excellent striker to run into space and Berardis through balls are one of his best assets. No idea how effective Defrel is as I rarely watched them this season, might be that he ruined some of his great passes with his bad finishing (no idea, im just guessing), or maybe he doesent free himself up and makes himself available as good as Zaza did. But it most likely is that they didn't develop a good enough chemistry between themselves. About his goal record, i had the impression when watching him this season the few times i did, that he has more time on the ball than previous seasons and participates in buildup more. He also seems to stay a bit deeper when not in possesion. Last game i saw a few counters through Sansone on the left when Berardi was running through the centre and a bit behind Sansone with Defrel higher on the right. I havent seen him much this season and i don't know if that were some tactical adjustments from Di Francesco, if they play like that all the time due to losing Zaza or he simply changed his tactics, but those are the few things I noticed about him
They are doing better than last season
Sansone is still there, Defrel is a downgrade on Zaza but Duncan is an upgrade on Taider. Not sure about the strength of their bench but they are fighting for EL while last season they finished 12th
Sansone is still there, Defrel is a downgrade on Zaza but Duncan is an upgrade on Taider. Not sure about the strength of their bench but they are fighting for EL while last season they finished 12th
Maybe is an issue of chmistry
I said that above
I meant it didn't affect Sassuolo as a team because I had the impression from your post that you think they regressed from last season and that it affected Berardi because of that. But it indeed seems that Zaza was very important for Berardi and it is shown in his stats this season how much. Even though Sassuolo looks stronger than last year
I meant it didn't affect Sassuolo as a team because I had the impression from your post that you think they regressed from last season and that it affected Berardi because of that. But it indeed seems that Zaza was very important for Berardi and it is shown in his stats this season how much. Even though Sassuolo looks stronger than last year
Plus EDF recently said that Zaza was his dream CF.
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I always considered Defrel more towards a SS than Zaza is, certainly not as much a pure CF. He's more like a Muriel type forward. That causes some issues for Berardi's assist stats, they basically have three forwards who are hard to pick up rather than a set pattern.
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I always considered Defrel more towards a SS than Zaza is, certainly not as much a pure CF. He's more like a Muriel type forward. That causes some issues for Berardi's assist stats, they basically have three forwards who are hard to pick up rather than a set pattern.
