A new "ball blindness filter" has appeared!
Jorginho's importance was once again "specially discovered" by the media after he beat Spain with an easy penalty to help his team advance.
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After the 1/8 finals, teammate Insigne started the "win the Ballon d'Or" debate, and after the last 8 success, Maurizio Sarri became yet another Jorginho supporter. In the semi-final, when Jorginho easily beat Simon with an easy jumping penalty, the latest media outlets to turn their backs on him included the likes of the BBC and Football365.
Jorginho is
Chelsea
A shortcoming in the formation? Is the team that won the
European crown
of the top three creditors? Is Italy's true core brain, is Busquets' successor? Let's open up and say that the polarized critique of this player reflects a change in tactical thinking, and that Jorginho is a lucky first-teamer who has benefited from the transformation of the era.
It's not as weak as it sounds.
Jorginho in the impression stream could be
Chelsea
The "underdog", as fans call him, is the master of the safe pass with no assists, and a blessing for West Bromwich Albion when he misses a man and is cut off, leading to a goal being conceded. But this term
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, Jorginho's stats can be brutal. At the end of the group stage, Jorginho's forward passes, successful passes, pass success rate, blocks, and tackles all ranked in the
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The top five on the list. Against Belgium, Jorginho dropped just one of his 71 passes and immediately regained possession, and against Spain, he made all seven stops, the most of any player on this year's
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Single-game high.
Jorginho has already played many games that reflect this. 2020-21 season
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, who ranked 7th overall with a total of 748 passing kicks; 662 successful passes, also ranked 7th. 26 blocked kicks, ranked everything
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Top midfielder; 26 steals, tops all players. Compare that to the number of tackles in the
England Premier Soccer League
Kante, who gave a cutting-edge performance in the league, Jorginho seems to be naturally more suited to playing in big games, especially against the
Real Madrid soccer team
of the semifinals and face
Manchester City football club
In the final of the Italian back, the success rate of all passes exceeded 90%, the average number of times to win back the ball reached 5.3 times, is no less than Mr. big game.
So where exactly has Jorginho been criticized by others? One of the first criticisms is that he can't assist, and some people have even calculated the so-called "XX consecutive passes without an assist" record. But the problem is that Jorginho's style of play does not require an assist, and his skills are characterized above all by his horizontal half-back passes and his vertical kicks. These two aspects are now the international soccer is quite rare, the former by the coaches called "wash the ball", that is, through the transformation of the direction to avoid the opposing side of the press huddle; the latter is the attack of the organizers must have the ability to fast counterattacks in the evening need to Jorginho so that the ability to find openings. Compared to Kante's outstanding defensive skills, Jorginho's strength lies in a clearer mind.
Bottom line: Jorginho is certainly not the weakling people think he is. So can he be a Ballon d'Or contender? If he gives a 100% pass success rate in the final, scores a penalty and even delivers an assist, and gets a flurry of praise from the media, does that mean he can be a Ballon d'Or class midfielder?
Not as strong as the period baking
We can assume that Jorginho is indeed a rare player in this era. But can he match the masters like Xavi and Pirlo? It doesn't seem so. Going back to the 90s, Jorginho has the basic skills of a master, but that's all he has. Maybe he can match some decent backs, but those backs never came close to winning the Ballon d'Or, and it's the era that makes his style of play so special.
Jorginho's style of play had a perfect template in the 90s: Albertini.
Milan (Italy)
The team vice in the career of high reputation, but the embodiment is actually not much perfect, early debut happened to Ancelotti peak, Sacchi late emerging, but the
Milan (Italy)
Lost the starting job quickly after the dynasty years. The entire 14 years of the
Milan (Italy)
In his playing career, Albertini scored 21 goals in 293 appearances, more efficient than Jorginho, and his style of play was accurately characterized as "metronome" by the media at the time. Did he ever come close to winning the Ballon d'Or in his career? Not once.
A similar example is Cocu, the Dutch midfield anchor in the 90s. The Barcelona star's crosses and long passes were similar to Jorginho's, slower and weirder, but with the same focus on tempo control. But being better than Jorginho wasn't enough to get Cocu into even the top five for the Ballon d'Or; throughout the late 90s and early 2000s, Hasler, Coman, and Deco all made the top five, but Cocu didn't once.
Yes, Jorginho and Pirlo, Harvey substance is different, "wash the ball" and change the rhythm of the ability to be strong, in the army should be relegated to the second line of the role. Defensive shooting ability as strong as Matthäus, can become a golden ball stealer; running finishing ability as strong as Gerrard, can become an international star. Even will only defend Zagorakis can be elected to the Golden Ball top five, international soccer Mr. top ten, but the metronome in the history of the election of the Golden Ball Award top five, one are not.
What does Jorginho's popularity mean? On the one hand, we seem to "know how to watch football", but on the other hand, it also shows that this kind of metronome is disappearing in today's international soccer. Throughout the current continental soccer world, the likes of Jorginho, Kelechi, and others have become more and more popular.
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This kind of clear-headed, reasonable distribution of the ball back, in France, West, Germany, Italy are difficult to find, the closest is actually England's Mount and Scotland's Gilmour (of course, the style is still different from Jorginho). In the era of passing and controlling, there is no need for clear-headed players, but only characters who are good at cooperating and tearing apart the defense. But when soccer turns to all soccer, this kind of control of the rhythm of the fall after the midfielder, it becomes scarce.
Who needs a post-fall midfielder to distribute the ball? Of course it is the team that has more than one person holding the ball counterattack. Gua-style pass control evening, the midfield demand is Iniesta such as limiting the opponent to pass the key ball players; Mu-style counterattack, the ball player in the side, the middle of the best is Lampard, Stankovic, Alonso and Cesc Fabregas. Only in the counterattack from the middle of the multiple break, only need a metronome back to grasp the team's offensive and defensive transformation.
The fact that Jorginho is being taken seriously also illuminates the return of this ball-carrying, counter-attacking style of play, best exemplified by the goal scored by Federico Chiesa. Will the chronological transformation make Jorginho the biggest beneficiary? At the very least, it's another clear evidence that the dominant position of possession play is gone for good.
