@footbolmatter10 We weren’t banned in 96, we boycotted 96 because the tournament was held in apartheid SA, and consequently we were banned from 98 due to our prior boycott. Hence our golden generation missed 2 AFCONs.
They actually don’t know the truth. It’s all ball knowledge. But as they say: everybody has their truth. I’m quoting her tweet: “he doesn’t sit on the box and expect the ball.” Baba dey influence play, drop to create overload for midfield, dey play final passes to teammates. Mind you, final pass dey different from cutbacks, iykyk.
Honestly, I don’t think there are wrong questions nor correct answers in football. Football is not mathematics. And that’s a true statement. If you defend with more players, it means you have fewer offensive options. It goes both ways. You can defend more and hope to hit on counters and set pieces but pray tell that you don’t concede while you’re defending. You can’t control all the situations of the game. You simply can’t control where rebounds will go to. Guardiola couldn’t control second balls in England in his first season that he himself said he had to call Alonso to talk about his headaches of second balls.
It’s a lot, it’s football. Sweet old football.
You go explain tire, they don’t get it. One drops deep and helps his team by creating overloads. The other is no doubt a great finisher, however a great finisher needs the ball at his feet or head, or chest, you get the gist. Point is, you need accuracy passes, crosses, through balls, etc. However, the one that drops has all those abilities and in fact is regarded as one of the best in those areas of the game, if not the best. How many times have you seen the little baba tore defenses apart with his pass.
It’s tiring, isn’t it. How you do you explain being the best if you are just finishing the team’s efforts. Baba hardly gets involved in build up. Harry Kane offers more in build up than baba. On the other hand, there’s lil Leo that drops and builds up with his team, always creating overloads. He runs at your defense and the rest is history.