When it comes to the most powerful toolman on the soccer field, the most frequently mentioned is probably the former
Bayern
current
Real Madrid soccer team
David Alaba, the player, or
Liverpool (England)
Veteran James Milner is a functional player who can play both offense and defense, and is a very useful piece for every coach to use when fine-tuning tactics. Today, we are going to introduce a player who is not like the above two "industry leaders" who can cross over from winger to defender, but can play in almost every position in the midfield and front field perfectly.
Manchester City football club
's frontcourt libero - Bernardo Silva.
A bridge between the front and the back of the court, a little giant on defense - with 2021.09.25 vs.
Chelsea
e.g.
In terms of average position, Bernardo is almost parallel to Rodri, and in many of the highlighted stats, Bernardo mostly used short passes to look for Walker on the right flank, Jesus to drop back for the ball, or left to Rodri to try to switch sides. In addition to simple but stable short passes, forward passes to find KDB and Foden in the middle and back of the opponent's defense were more penetrating options. In addition, Bernardo's own ability to protect the ball is a prerequisite, and he is also able to hold the ball comfortably and push it forward. From short passes, to forward passes, to pushing the ball forward himself, Bernardo's numerous touches on the right side of the pitch fully played the role of a bridge between the front and back of the pitch.
As a member of the back waist more forward, teammates in the front of the ball dropped immediately on the ground counter-strike to implement the pressure is also an important job, although did not leave a prominent stealing achievements, but such stealing is not only to identify the good and bad by the stealing or not, negatively, it can force opponents to pass the ball back and delay the pace of the counter-attack, but also positively, it can force the opponents to make a mistake in the return of the ball loss of the ball possession.
Finally, Bernardo left the game with a somewhat unexpected achievement - a team-high 6 tackles, which helped the defense to get out of many crises. In addition, he also made 3 successful tackles and had a 60% success rate in overhead scrambling, which is still a long way from the top, but given his small stature of 173cm, these are not easy to come by, and they also add to his scorecard in the back of the net in this match.
Box-to-box all-around midfielder - with 2021.10.03 vs.
Liverpool (England)
e.g.
In terms of average position, Bernardo's position is slightly higher than Rodri at the back and slightly lower than KDB, who favors the attacking midfield, probably in the role of Gundogan box-to-box in the past, only with less images of going back up to the box to grab some points, but with no loss of his contribution in both attack and defense. Salah, the opponent's right winger, mostly went up to press the center back in this game, allowing the right side (
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(left) with only Henderson to take care of, Bernardo then paired up with Cancelo on the left to take advantage of the two-on-one going forward or to draw Fabinho into assisting and
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The center forward was pulled out of space to make a play (black circle below).
Taking advantage of this hole in Salah's defense.
Manchester City football club
Being able to push forward very efficiently on the left side (44% of attacks are initiated from the left side, according to whoscored.com), Bernardo's stats in helping his team to push forward in terms of number of touches, effective forward passes, effective possession, and breaking into the penalty area with the ball were quite outstanding in this game, while the stats of crossing and attracting fouls are the proof of his ability to break through even when facing opponents' pressure. In addition to his work with the conveyor belt, Bernardo also made significant contributions to the creation of chances. Foden's one-touch pass from Bernardo's diagonal pass in the 21st minute of the match, and KDB's header from Foden's cross in the 34th minute (Bernardo was the 'ex-assist' who distributed the ball to Foden) were the most significant contributions to the team's success.
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Two of the best scoring chances of the first half.
Outside of the offensive side of the ball, being an all-around midfielder doesn't allow for sloppiness on the defensive side of the ball. A team-high in uptempo tackles provided
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On-the-spot rebound energy, team-high steals to enhance
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Sustained offensive slaughter, team-high in interceptions quenched
Liverpool (England)
A counter-attacking flair, such a report card might be more convincing than Bernardo's results at the back in the last period, forcing a successful draw on the road with
Liverpool (England)
played a key unsung hero in the game of the
