Allright
19/20 : More a attacking left midfielder then a supportstriker. Incredibly good technique, agility, ball controll, long shots, technical curvy shots, freekicks and passing. while this appeared to a few players, the brilliance and genious of his decisionmaking to do the unpredictable, or succesfully perform tricks and shots that no one would, coupled with the vision, made him among the 3 most exciting players under the age of 20 in the world. also very adept at keeping possession against physically superior defenders, pure on magnificent ball controll
23 : before the injury, his greatest period in his career. He polished up his technical attributes he allready had, and matured mentally. best player in the world.
28 : on his best post injury. agility and speed had slown down, but became physically better, and the effective range of his shots was better. Creative focus in the center and consistantly top3 support strikers in the world. Was also carrying juventus on his back, allready a leader.
33 : after a few lesser seasons where he switched between brilliant and annoying, rolled back the years and consistantly performed, despite beeing physically absolutely not the player he once was, made the most of his great vision and movement to get into dangerous positions. Unlike giovinco, still cannot get pushed off the ball without fauling him, his ballcontrol is still better then pirlo's. kept scoring goal after goal after goal. dragged a significant inferior juventus side to two top table finishes, while showing in bernabeu what a fucking boss he still was. ended his career as prominent world class striker, against real madrid where he scored both goals and got a standing ovation
37 : in decline, when left unchecked and unpressured still a pretty good player, but physically in severe state of decay. started missing his shots and passes. not a player worthy of a top italian team anymore. going to a league where double marking, keeping spaces tight, and disrupting buildup are unknown things was a very good decision. keeps scoring
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I want to hear you analyzing Ale.
He has been my favorite player since 1993, i watched every game from him i could.
Just the fact alone, that giovinco who is faster, gets knocked without the ball every single time, and ale, who was slower, never got knocked of the ball without fauling, purely in vastly superior ball controll, tells so much about the gigantic diffrence in quality.
I also consider it an insult if anyone compared giovinco to ale. You just dont compare average to legendary.