Ruben Dias加入
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After that, in its first year, it stood out as an extremely good
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immovable starting position at center back, and even swept the 20-21 FWA Player of the Year seasons,
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Best player,
England Premier Soccer League
Best player,
European crown
Best Defender, 26th place in the 2021 Ballon d'Or and other individual awards honors.
However, his linebacking partners are not so static, as Laporte, who was the most consistent performer of the 19-20 season, fell out of the starting lineup at the beginning of last year's season when the team was in a slump. In Stones' place, he had a career year in the second half of the season, starting every key game (most memorably the League Cup semi-final against
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European crown
Quasi-Finals against PSG, etc.) and Dias's iron defense combination, that kind of passion
(or gay)
The hot linebacker connection has also become a popular feature of many
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Fan Favorite.
This year's season, Laporte finally waited for his chance to start consecutive games, and he got back to his old level of consistency, and it was his turn to keep Stones immobilized on the bench.
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The number of matches played in all competitions will give both players the opportunity to rotate the starting lineup, and manager Guardiola said in a post-match press conference, "I try to rotate the starting lineup and decide at the same time - like Laporte's good performance today - that he's going to start the next game. The player who does well in one game will start in the next game, it's as simple as that." (Original: "I try to rotate the team but at the same time I try to decide... for example now Aymeric Laporte, the game he played today, he The guys who played good today are going to play the next game. It is what it is.")
However, important match-ups, or important
advancement
There are only a handful of key games throughout the season. With both Laporte and Stones having solid seasons this year, exactly what are the key games ahead, like the
European crown
Elimination round,
England Premier Soccer League
Head-to-head in the championship ranks, who is more likely to be Dias' linebacker partner, Laporte or Stones?
The addition of Dias complements the
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After the departure of the legendary Kompany, the backline lacked leadership: Laporte was quiet; Stones, Zinchenko, and Cancelo didn't have enough confidence and strength to lead their teammates; Otamendi's collapsing performance was hard to believe; and Walker and Ederson lacked the ability to read the big picture of the game; Rodri was also busy in
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The only leader of the team, Fernandinho, also had to play in the center back position to learn the ropes. Fernandinho, the only leader in the team, also had to play in the center back role and was quite tied up.
Although Dias was only 23 years old at the time, he showed strong leadership qualities in all aspects of his life, including his confident attitude, consistent performance, and positive communication with his teammates. The author, as an amateur fan writing articles, an outsider's point of view, can't say for sure that his teammates, with whom he spent a lot of time, chose him as the team's third captain after only one year of living together, a position higher than the core of the offense, KDB,
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College seniors on teams such as current goal-scoring king Sterling.
In addition to his leadership, he is able to back up his stats on the field. For the sake of the article's smoothness, the stats on Dias will come later.
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Under the special system, there is no way to be reused without the basic ability to hold the ball, so all three of them are definitely at the top of the world in this part. However, in order to compare the differences in their styles of play, we have singled out a few items with large differences to magnify the review.
As you can see from the picture above, Dias is "relatively" not that good with the ball.
foreground
Number of touches
Effective ball handling and advancement
(fbref defines effective as advancing vertically forward at least 10 yards or into the opponent's box minus 40% of the defense's zone),
Possession of the ball to the front court
With three significantly lower stats, it's clear that Dias will be the player slightly behind the two fullbacks. Of course, he'll still be involved in organizing on the holding side or carrying the ball forward a little bit (otherwise he wouldn't have the top stats relative to the top five leagues), but overall it's still the best of the three.
More conservative ball retention and less penetration of forward passes
The defender.
The standout of the three is definitely the team system that meshes with the national style of play
Spaniard
Laporte is clearly superior to the other two in a number of charts, especially when you look at
Pass to the front
effective forward pass (media player)
Two stats that are good enough to prove that he's
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Great contribution to organizing the offense
, and may even have been good enough to compete with other teams' backs.
Stones, on the other hand, has two particularly interesting data-
The ball is played when the opponent is up for grabs
excel
, proving that he is the most confident player of the three in his ball handling. Despite
Effective ball handling and advancement
The stats are still more Laporte, but when the difference in touches is taken into account, Stones is the player who utilizes the ball more frequently to advance. And their characteristics correspond, coincidentally, to their nationalities, the
Spaniard
Laporte would love to.
Using the passing game to engage the offense
even
Ability to complete penetrating and effective forward passages
; Stones, an Englishman, is a very general definition of a
He is brave enough to use his excellent ball-handling ability to get through difficult situations and finish the ball under pressure, and is more of an "organizing point of the attack" than an "organizing point of the attack".
Launching point of the offense
