It is one of those players who must be close to the ball. The more touches, the better he will play“He confessed Xabi Alonso In the previous game about a footballer who has changed his face completely since his arrival. And is that in the midfield The Reflection of Real Madrid on the grass and in the offices just before facing the Pachuca On the second day of Club World Cup. “I think we have We can have a dominant field center and with different profiles you can get, I am convinced“, explained the Tolosarra, who gave the baton to Tchouaméni and Arda … although each one had a different function.
A faith that has given the Turkish midfielder another way of seeing things in his third campaign in the white club. “We have spoken and told me that if game of 6 or 8 wants to go deep and help in creation, that I have control of the game, and that if I play 10 I have to play between lines and create opportunities”he explained. But like every footballer, he wants and needs is playing. Xabi gave him the opportunity and The 15 responded to the technician's confidence with goal and, most importantly, the feeling that white football can be born from his boots.
A change in drawing caused everything
The same drawing, but with interesting nuances. The Turk's entrance displaced Valverde to the band, where he has always shone more for his conditions, to deliver more freedom and importance to football of 15. Now it comes into contact with the ball, helps in the elaboration of the play … without losing the arrival to the rival area. The whites suffered after the expulsion, had to be used thoroughly, but A tactical change of Xabi Alonso in the hydration break He helped change the team. Gonzalo led to the first play and gave the second to an arda who smiled again on the grass.
A play that started vinicius next to Trent, He gave to Gonzalo and, with a touch and a lot of intelligence, deciphered the arrival of Arda Güler from second line to score the 2-0 with a good definition with the right hand to the long stick. So things, The World Cup cannot have started better for Arda Gülerwho has managed to take over protagonism that he had lacked with Ancelotti to make it clear that what he needed was to play more … and much more continuity.
