Paul Pogba Paul Pogba, a 27-year-old French midfielder who currently plays for
England Premier Soccer League
(used form a nominal expression)
Manchester United Football Club
He has a lot of talent, creativity and physical strength. With his talent, creativity, and physical strengths, he has excelled in creating chances and physical play, and has long been touted as having the potential to become the world's No. 1 midfielder. He helped the French national team win the 2018 World Cup at the
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During this time, he won the Europa League title and reached his best league finish of second place (17-18 season). However, he was also often attacked for his lack of concentration, lack of consistency, poor defense, and sometimes even his strength was questioned.
What the hell is going on here?
Even if you take away the purely negative criticism, the comments so far seem to be superficial and unable to provide a reasonable and complete explanation. In fact, Pogba is surrounded by a number of myths and misconceptions that outsiders have placed on him, making it difficult to predict his performance. After his agent Raiola made his departure announcement, fans and pundits were up in arms, labeling him as a loose player who wasn't committed to the team - even a cancer. Since then, however, he has continued to turn the tables and has been the key to his team's victories on three occasions, including scoring the only goal of the game against Burnley on 1/13, and the winning goal in last week's 2-1 victory over Fulham.
So far, there have been a number of factors thought to have potentially affected Pogba's performance, covering on-field positioning, character, attitude, the departure fiasco, injuries, etc., as well as ...... hairstyle(?) . Some of these factors are unimportant and some are too complex, so this article will simply begin by sharing my own views on Pogba's character, in the hope that it will shed some light on answering the aforementioned questions.
Anyone who has watched the documentary on France's 2018 World Cup victory will know that Pogba, though not the captain of the team, played a comparable role. As seen in the film, he repeatedly gave pre-match shouts to his teammates in the locker room during the knockout stages, which were simple and concise, but enough to strike a chord in the hearts of the people, especially in the final when he faced Croesus in a pre-match shout.
Before the final, he gathered his teammates in a circle around the table, his tone low and solemn, unlike the previous times.
There is nothing more to say, the final is all we have now. It's on the road we traveled, in your hearts and eyes, and I see it clearly.
......90 After 90 minutes, we have the potential to write history. 90 minutes, one game; we don't know how many games we've played in our lives, but this game will change everything. Two teams, one trophy; opponents who want the World Cup as much as we do. We had lost in the final (European Cup) and the pain is still in my heart, still in my head .......
Tonight, all the French watching the game, their children, their grandchildren, we're going to be part of their memory. It's in these 90 minutes that history will be written. Now, I don't want to shout, we go into the stadium, as warriors, as leaders, to win the war.
Translation source: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av27495516/ (starting at about 112 points)
Pogba also seems to be self-conscious about the role he plays in the team, having said in interviews that he can't say if he's a leader or not, but if he has to go out and encourage everyone, he'll do it with determination.
You and I have probably met someone like him before. Energetic and energetic, he is good at heating up the atmosphere of the team and occasionally likes to make jokes. There's no shortage of fun to be had in a group with someone like that. And judging by Pogba's interactions with his teammates, both in the national team and at the club, there is a good relationship. The fact that some people or the media have criticized him for being the black sheep of the team can only be seen as nonsense.
However, everyone gets tired. There will be times when such a person will have a slump, or fall short of his usual performance. You can't expect him to always be full of energy and excitement. Of course, it's hard to avoid the positive and negative effects that come with it. Excitement, decadence; highs, lows; peaks, valleys. That's just who he is.
He doesn't have the stoic understatement of his legendary predecessor Zidane, and he doesn't look like the enemy team.
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Midfielder DeBruyne played like a robot from game to game, much less did the
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The assiduous self-discipline. He is what he is - Pogba.
Maybe he can't reach the maturity people expect after all, but fortunately, he has one advantage: he doesn't shy away from big games - even big games are more likely to inspire him to perform well. In the World Cup final, he scored a crucial goal for his team to extend the score to 3-1 and seal the victory. From launching a long pass, inserting himself, to shooting left and right footed consecutively in one go, he almost took care of the offense for that goal. In the end, he was awarded the best player of the match. In the Europa League final, he also scored in the 18th minute for the
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scored the opening goal, helping his team to an eventual 2:0 win over Ajax.
2018 World Cup Final WhoScored website ratings
present
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Bruno Fernandes, who won four Player of the Month awards last year, was in a slight dip in form, and it was Pogba who stepped up at the right time to put the
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push up
England Premier Soccer League
Top of the table for now. In the hunt for the title.
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Whether we can move forward steadily may depend on whether B fee or someone else can also jump in and lead the team forward in time when it's Pogba's turn to fall back in form.
