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Watch Saka's movements in these instances.
In every scenario, he moves almost the exact same way. It's mechanical, systematic dribbling at the highest level.
Saka's mind is superhuman because when you watch these duels closely, even the distance between him and his marker is almost always the same. Why? Because if you're too close, he skips past you as you can see in some of the examples here. If you're too far, Saka will purposely close down the space a bit to lure you. He baits with systematic touches and waits for them to lounge.
Every single thing from his mind to his body orientation to his legs is like cogs in a machine. That's why it looks clunky at times when compared to the more fluid movements Yamal, Vinicius, or even Eze. Saka isn't dribbling based on intuition... to him, dribbling is more thinking than feeling.
Only four men have scored a World Cup hat-trick for England:
โ Geoff Hurst (1966)
โ Gary Lineker (1986)
โ Harry Kane (2018)
โ Bukayo Saka (2026)ย
Joining some legendary names. ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
Bukayo Saka has played just 356 minutes at this World Cup, but has provided 6 goal contributions ๐ณ
3 goals. 3 assistsโฆ Averaged a goal or assist every 59 minutes. Just imagine if he was fully fit all tournament ๐
The fact of the matter is that Saka is a legend level player.
Equalled Maneโs & Saneโs best PL seasons.
21 G/A in 29 UCL matches.
9 World Cup G/A in 10 games.
150 G/A for Arsenal at 24 years.
He is the greatest English RW ever.
Jude will get the headlines and deservedly so but I wanna shout out Bukayo Saka. His legs may be gone, he may lack that explosiveness but his IQ will give him the longevity he needs in his career. 9/10 he makes the right decision he RARELY makes the wrong one. Ridiculous player.