Stephan Lichtsteiner (5 Viewers)

[DAiDEViL]

Legend.

 

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[Snobist]

Love him. I love how he always gets yellow cards because he argues with the refferees. He looked dead tired around min 19.


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[pitbull]

I liked his performance, Cagliari focused almost all of the attacks to Lichts side, yet he didnt fuck up much,the clearest fuckup definitely was Sandros penalty foul. Also got an unexpected assist

 

[Salvo]

He doesn't have a season in him of this level any more, but if we manage him correctly then he's still useful for this final season.

 

[zizinho]

rather see him stay than Asa

 

[abrakadaver07]

Had a good game, way better than anything he's done last season. Maybe it was mostly mental, seeing as he was left behind Cuadrado and Alves? I remember people were speculating the same about Mandzukic last year, when he was really out of form at the start and people were assuming he's pissed because Higuain joined. Or maybe it was the whole story about him leaving to Inter or whatever? Either way, I hope he gets back to his best.

 

[Hust]

rather see him stay than Asa

Both are frustrating. But I agree.

 

[s4tch]

rather see him stay than Asa

if we can't get spazzolino back, i guess we need both.

licht should play more, though. on the left, we have sandy ahead of asa, that's an easy choice. i'm not sure about the right, though.

 

[pitbull]

if we can't get spazzolino back, i guess we need both.

licht should play more, though. on the left, we have sandy ahead of asa, that's an easy choice. i'm not sure about the right, though.

I bet Licht still trumps all of MDS, Sturaro, Barzagli, Cuadrado and whoever we're rumored to try at RB, but our grandpa express surely can't handle 2 games a week.

 

[Ocelot]

Barzagli as RB is a great defensive option, just can't bring it on the offensive end.

 

[Dostoevsky]

Just.

Italian teams and their philosophy when even wingers and strikers need to know how to defend.

 

[Alex-444]

We have DC

Steffan save our ass

 

[Ocelot]

Just.

Italian teams and their philosophy when even wingers and strikers need to know how to defend.

I was talking about RB, that's clearly a defensive position, those guys definitely need to know how to defend

Not saying he should start regularly, but against some opponents he's certainly very useful back there. Not to mention it's usually a RB/RCB hybrid in those cases as well.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I was talking about RB, that's clearly a defensive position, those guys definitely need to know how to defend

Not saying he should start regularly, but against some opponents he's certainly very useful back there. Not to mention it's usually a RB/RCB hybrid in those cases as well.

As much as he's useful in defense, just as much he's useless upfront where he can be as much as needed.

I remember tons of people talked shit about Alves during his days at Barca and how he's shit in defense. Well, I'd rather have somebody like that with an agreesive style who contributes so much going forward than some defender who's literally rooted in defense.

 

[Ocelot]

And I remember Barza's great performances in last year's CL run at that position

 

[pitbull]

I prefer Barza in the center, he can do RB, but he's much better as a CB, and not only attacking, but also defending

 

[Juliano13]

Just.

Italian teams and their philosophy when even wingers and strikers need to know how to defend.

It certainly helps if they do.

 

[Dominic]

Just.

Italian teams and their philosophy when even wingers and strikers need to know how to defend.

I love it. Isnt that exactly what sets our style apart? What other team was able to shut down other teams like ours in last seasons cl.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I love it. Isnt that exactly what sets our style apart? What other team was able to shut down other teams like ours in last seasons cl.

Yet we never win in the end.

Second half proved it. We can shut down and hold a result but if we fall apart then they run over us and we can't strike back.

It's partially a gamble imo. I don't think many clubs do that, but eh, others teams that don't also win and maybe even get better results.

Oh and btw when we had Barza at the back we had Alves who tore the right wing. Now we have Cuadrado and Berna there. It's gonna be a lot weaker when we have to press or go for a counter.

 

[Dominic]

Yet we never win in the end.

Second half proved it. We can shut down and hold a result but if we fall apart then they run over us and we can't strike back.

It's partially a gamble imo. I don't think many clubs do that, but eh, others teams that don't also win and maybe even get better results.

Oh and btw when we had Barza at the back we had Alves who tore the right wing. Now we have Cuadrado and Berna there. It's gonna be a lot weaker when we have to press or go for a counter.

It was one half in an otherwise almost flawless cl run, in the knock-outs at least. One could argue we would never be in the position to even reach the final and fail had it not been for the 'defensive' wingers.
And Yes we will have to look for different solutions this year.