I love him and he’s turning into a very good two way midfielder, but fuck, he makes me so nervous at times with his passing. He is still young and learning to play for an elite team so I’m sure he will get these chinks out of his game soon.
Funny that he is starting to win more people over. Last season when he had similarly great games against Real and Barca and we ended up losing, it was most easy to just critisize and slam him, as this new unknown player. Now when he gets more time he has suddenly matured a lot from one day to the other
He still needs to become a little more composed and aware especially in the 3/4th of the pitch. In a couple of instances he got his decision making wrong or lacked the vision to play a through ball to the strikers. Also, he got a few wrong passes wrong yesterday which got almost intercepted. Milan didn't punish that but in the big CL nights these type of errors can cost you games. Having said that what the kid is showing is tremendous and I love that is he getting a run of games. But please lets not get ahead of ourselves yet.
Most talk about his lack of involvement in final third to become a solid b2b where as his biggest asset IMO is his presence and ability to handle pressure with his control and quick exchanges that let's us play it out from the back / tough for opposition to press, and that's somehow become his main role and makes the midfield tick.
Hence the style comparison to Busquets, though still not as good/smart in possession he's not as soft, got higher work rate, can chase down some counters and put in tackles.
When Cancelo is in(most of the time) his job is not to be risky with passes etc. Not bc he shouldnt but bc he has Bonucci right behind him doing that as well as Pjanic and Cancelo doing most of the forward drives and passing going forward. Hes clearly been given the role of physical presence and controlling the possesion for now. He will grow his role as times go but no need to rush it. Our success is not based on him taking the next step and honestly its quite the opposite as hes oiur 5th choice
When Cancelo is in(most of the time) his job is not to be risky with passes etc. Not bc he shouldnt but bc he has Bonucci right behind him doing that as well as Pjanic and Cancelo doing most of the forward drives and passing going forward. Hes clearly been given the role of physical presence and controlling the possesion for now. He will grow his role as times go but no need to rush it. Our success is not based on him taking the next step and honestly its quite the opposite as hes oiur 5th choice
Risky was probably the wrong word to use, forward passes, he just needs to back himself.
There were times where I noticed, when I saw juve at the stadium, that he had players ahead of him where he had the option to play an over the top through ball but decided against it
I'd just like to see him have a bit more confidence in his abilities and take that pass on
Pjanic is still our best midfielder. The numbers prove it too. That being said, Bentancur has established himself as a starter. That khedira contract looks like an even bigger disaster now. 6M for a fourth, fifth stringer.
Pjanic is still our best midfielder. The numbers prove it too. That being said, Bentancur has established himself as a starter. That khedira contract looks like an even bigger disaster now. 6M for a fourth, fifth stringer.