I think you are vastly overrating the importance of fancy dribbeling in football. At moment Berardi has a proven good shot, Pjaca doesn't and that matters way more than ability to turn something inside out
I'm sorry, but absolutely no. This is why looking at stats alone, clouds your judgement.
Berardi, is like plenty of these so called "promising strikers" we saw in Belgium. They are quick and will capitalise of poor defending. Kinda explains why Berardi tends to score in baskets instead of 1/2 / game.
He's fast. Limited technique, passing, vision and dribbeling. Decent shot. Will score goals. Thats Berardi. He's a fine league player for a decent team. Put him against a big defence and he's useless cause he lacks the neccecary ability to unlock defences.
Pjaca. Very fast player with a high workrate and stamina. Technically very good, good close controll, and complete dribbeling player.
Current juventus player with the highest chance of winning a 1v1. Just watch it. Pjaca close to, or in, the box with 1 player and a little room and he will get past it. he needs to find his spot and adapt, but the greatness is here.
Pjaca's dribbeling style isnt just fancy the shitfuck. Its very effective. Feits or stepovers and opposite of where defender goes. And he isnt one dimensional, he'll literally make the defender put his foot down and picks the best direction, either outside or cutting inside, doesnt matter. Thats the mark of a great dribbeling player who knows where to go to.
Against spain, he had his natural free role down the wing (but the right one). He was terrorising their entire flank and created all kind of issues. What an amazing performance that was tbh.
Here is the deal. When facing a good team you'll have little chances. or face a game completely locked up. Players with the ability to take out players and dive into the box, are what can unbalance a perfectly positionned defence.
Berardi wouldnt do shit.
He'd be a decent sub. Pjaca is a future star.
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You are overrating your new darling (...based on one goal against porto and a cameo against spain) and underrating Berardi, a player you simply don't like.
He is superior to Pjaca in every aspect of the game, bar dribbling and pace.
But feel free to call me should he ever reach Berardis level.
Berardi is an established serie a player. But thats immediatly also his platform. He's the classical serie a striker that reached his sealing very early in his career. Good to have, but he wont improve.
Pjaca is superior in everything technical, but not established in serie a. He is more explosive, better top speed and better stamina. Stronger. He has better technique and much better controll. He has amazing dribbeling technique.
He also has shown glimpses of great vision and passing (that khedira send through)
i'm overrating a player, cause he shone against the reigning european champions (spain didnt want to lose the game), and Porto (knockout phase) ?
Here is the deal with Pjaca. Each time he played, he found himself in a handfull of situations where he created danger and beat players 1v1 to get into dangerous positions. Each game.
The issue is, he needs to adapt and grow into our formation and playstyle. Know where to be when, and how to make it happen that he gets in these situations often. If he has the positional movement of Cuadrado, who is very often in such situations, he'll be hailed as the second comming of Garrincha.
Berardi will never shine against spain. Or in the CL. Pjaca allready did without all that experience in a team he's completely not adapted in.
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