Rodrigo Bentancur (100 Viewers)

[thirteen]

Higuain can give him some tips.

Lets just call Pogba

I get you with the too calm, i wondered at time if he even gave a fuck

Bentantur the honey badger. He doesn't give a shit.

 

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[Signora Omicidi]

His calmness reminds me of Pirlo

 

[Albertmare]

this kid is good , i approve and i believe he will be even greater for us

 

[s4tch]

very solid passing game, will be a good asset in possession. if he can add some defensive contribution...

 

[spurdo]

very solid passing game, will be a good asset in possession. if he can add some defensive contribution...

With these guns?

not gonna happen

straight outta Auschwitz

 

[DanielSz]

I want to see a Bentancur-Pjanic-Matuidi midfield while Marchisio is out.

 

[Juliano13]

With these guns?

not gonna happen

straight outta Auschwitz

The biggest myth in football is that muscles are necessary.

 

[spurdo]

The biggest myth in football is that muscles are necessary.

Sounds like something a guy with no muscles would say

 

[piotrr]

I'm not 100% sure but i think he was the one who lost his marker (Palladino?) and Buffon had to make a save, also was pretty weird to see him just walking near the end instead of running and making available for the pass like Matuidi.
Had some nice controls and tidy passes tho.

 

[JCK]

We don't need andre gomes, we got this guy. Needs to bulk up though

He should hang out with Higuain more

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Surprisingly calm. Almost too calm. He was playing so many negative space balls with Higuain. It was a bit different to see one of our CMs play this way.

What is negative space?

 

[piotrr]

What is negative space?

A space to which Higuain can't fit into. Lots of them lately.

 

[Linebreak]

The biggest myth in football is that muscles are necessary.

Great defenders are great readers of the game, muscles and athleticism are just a bonus.

 

[MikeM]

What is negative space?

Well basically, it's like playing a ball into an already covered player in order to draw a defender to that player, which then opens up some other spaces. For example, Higuain was coming really deep and there was a man pretty tight. But Bentancur was playing the ball to his feet anyway and Higuain was one touching it back. The result was Higuain's marker was sprinting to pressure Higuain and leaving some other space unoccupied.

It's like baiting defenders around the field which is something our CMs rarely do because it can backfire easily. It requires a lot of calm and technique.

 

[campionesidd]

Great defenders are great readers of the game, muscles and athleticism are just a bonus.

Agree. Cannavaro, although a very strong defender was only 5 feet 8 inches and still turned out to be one of the best because of his understanding of the game.

 

[JuveJay]

He also had an extremely good vertical jump to help him, otherwise he would have been a soft target for high balls.

 

[Afghan_juventus]

He also had an extremely good vertical jump to help him, otherwise he would have been a soft target for high balls.

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[Afghan_juventus]

Will be a starter by next season

 

[pitbull]

Agree. Cannavaro, although a very strong defender was only 5 feet 8 inches and still turned out to be one of the best because of his understanding of the game.

he was pretty muscular though

 

[dyl1dyl]

Really hope to see more of him in serie a matches with Khedira and Marchisio's questionable fitness at the moment. Hoping he really does well from the get go so we have more midfield cover

 

[MikeM]

I'm almost positive he will find his way into 20+ matches this year.