Sami Khedira (51 Viewers)

[s4tch]

His contribution today, 0 tackles, 0 dribles, 0 headers, 81% pass success.

still, the moment he was substituted, we lost the midfield battle.

sami gives us balance, simple as that. his positioning is second to none, and football is all about spaces and how you use them. khedira is an experienced, smart, tactically aware guy. neither allegri nor sarri are idiots to consider him as a starter. the invisible man who you start missing the moment he's not on the pitch anymore.

fucking whoscored ratings though sensi was inda's best player before getting injured, ronaldo had an average game to his standards, and bonucci was a level above de ligt.

 

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[Kopanja]

I'd say we lost balance when we moved Dybala to CAM, Higuain was not able to cover Brozovic and Dybala was too tired to help on the right. With Can in and Berna as CAM our pressing game was on point again. That being sad, Sami is a savant.

 

[il brutto]

Lucky Sami . Always useless, yet every single manager he plays for loves him. Just shows how little your average football fan understands football.

 

[Wittl]

His contribution today, 0 tackles, 0 dribles, 0 headers, 81% pass success.

Ronaldo motm, by far.

Whoscored

 

[DAiDEViL]

Yet to see what he offers that no other midfielder cant do and more but Sarri has massive hard on for him for whatever reason.

again?

All of his coaches for some reason have had a hard on for him. Just tuz doesn't.

 

[Hydde]

Its inexplicable, but all coaches get a hard on on him.

 

[il brutto]

Its inexplicable, but all coaches get a hard on on him.

Good it be that he's actually a good player .

 

[zizinho]

His contribution today, 0 tackles, 0 dribles, 0 headers, 81% pass success.

Ah, we back on the good old 'what is he really good at' phase. Contributes nothing, except making the midfield better with his presence

 

[Mike-e-y]

His contribution today, 0 tackles, 0 dribles, 0 headers, 81% pass success.

It’s really interesting because it’s actually what he does off the ball in my opinion that is so valuable. He takes up really good positions, he’s always very disciplined and he knows when to press and when to sit.

On the ball that dribbling stat at 0 I would say is good - he knows he shouldn’t be dribbling so he doesn’t do it and concede possession. Headers - not sure why he would have a header considering inter pass it out from the back rather than lump it to midfield so aerial duels at 0-0 is void. His ‘interceptions’ stat would be far more relevant which I believe there is 4-0.

Sami is the kind of player every footballer wants in the team and every manager appreciates but sadly fans only see the show boaty stuff. If we notice Khedira it’s for a goal or mistake. We don’t notice the intelligence he displays on the pitch because it’s not something that is as obvious as a misplaced pass...

 

[il brutto]

There are 22 players on the pitch and only one at a time can have the ball. What you do without the ball is much more important than some on here seem to realize.

 

[gray]

Sami gets a lot of undue hate, because as has been mentioned a lot of his contribution comes off the ball with his intelligence and reading of the game. But on the other hand that also means he sometimes gets a free pass when he has a bad game because there's this idea that he's always bringing some kind of intangible benefit, which simply isn't true.

I think he played poorly against Inter and didn't do much in terms of shutting down passing lanes, making space for his teammates and helping control the tempo of the game.

 

[Eros]

There is certainly a lot of both hate and praise for this guy- not only in this forum, but also on social media. Personally, I have never liked his style since the Real Madrid days. I prefer the ball playing midfielders- participating in the build up more than the guys that just bomb forward.

Yesterdays game was a mixed bag. He had almost nice assist for Dybala. But a lot of inter’s attacks in the first half came from his area and I noticed he was still upfield or just easily passed by simple 1-2’s.

Not sure what the solution is since none of the bench players are playing up to their potential.

 

[Snobist]

It’s really interesting because it’s actually what he does off the ball in my opinion that is so valuable. He takes up really good positions, he’s always very disciplined and he knows when to press and when to sit.

On the ball that dribbling stat at 0 I would say is good - he knows he shouldn’t be dribbling so he doesn’t do it and concede possession. Headers - not sure why he would have a header considering inter pass it out from the back rather than lump it to midfield so aerial duels at 0-0 is void. His ‘interceptions’ stat would be far more relevant which I believe there is 4-0.

Sami is the kind of player every footballer wants in the team and every manager appreciates but sadly fans only see the show boaty stuff. If we notice Khedira it’s for a goal or mistake. We don’t notice the intelligence he displays on the pitch because it’s not something that is as obvious as a misplaced pass...

I agree, but 0 tackles !

 

[X Æ A-12]

I agree, but 0 tackles !

Sami so good he doesn't tackle, he intercepts before it gets that far.

 

[Snobist]

Sami so good he doesn't tackle, he intercepts before it gets that far.

Like Barzagli?
You know Im not a Sami hater, I hope I see Ramsey playing soon instead of him.

 

[campionesidd]

Good it be that he's actually a good player .

Good how?
Good at sucking?
I know bums like us know nothing about the game, but it's obvious he offers nothing to the team.

 

[Kopanja]

I hope we finally get SMS and Tonalli, and Sami is going to bench them bums

 

[Edhardy]

There is certainly a lot of both hate and praise for this guy- not only in this forum, but also on social media. Personally, I have never liked his style since the Real Madrid days. I prefer the ball playing midfielders- participating in the build up more than the guys that just bomb forward.

Yesterdays game was a mixed bag. He had almost nice assist for Dybala. But a lot of inter’s attacks in the first half came from his area and I noticed he was still upfield or just easily passed by simple 1-2’s.

Not sure what the solution is since none of the bench players are playing up to their potential.

True.
He divides opinion.

Madrid did let him go for free though, and Germany are happy playing a right back in his position nowadays.
I'm not sure he would get in our pre-2016 midfield either, but clearly he does something right.

 

[Nenz]

I'd say we lost balance when we moved Dybala to CAM, Higuain was not able to cover Brozovic and Dybala was too tired to help on the right. With Can in and Berna as CAM our pressing game was on point again. That being sad, Sami is a savant.

Yep. Bernadeschi basically marked Brozovic the whole time which Dybala wasn't able to do. That was what shifted the midfield balance.

I don't think Khedira provides as much balance as people think but he is a very cool head and he doesn't make a lot of errors. He also almost provided a great assist - I don't remember who to. It would be nice to have a more mobile player in his place but can't complain too much with his performances this season.

 

[MrMonkey]

Juve seems to just keep winning when Sami starts. Look at this way, Sarri intuition when taking over Juve had Sami gone ASAP. Though Sarri must have seen something that changed his mind.


Like the fact Sarri isn't just going with preconceived opinions about players. Opposite like with Higgy, even though he was Sarri's boy, didn't automatically play until he earned it.