Wirtz might be the slowest player in the world.
Europa League Final | Atalanta vs Leverkusen | Match thread
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Exactly. They are playing some great football and have played their heart out in every Europa League game. In this final they also have clearly been the better team and the lead is very deserved.
What’s his best position/playing style?
Him v Casemiro?
Me too. It's actually my most watched league as there's still some non robotic football in that league
Xhaka thinking he still in the farmer league
Watching Leverkusen here makes me think how did they win the league.
Wirtz has been very poor. I'm very hesistant about signing attacking players from the Bundesliga, because the defences tend to be quite weak and dominant teams can end up giving attackers really inflated output. We made that mistake with Sancho and Wirtz has shown nothing in his game today that makes me think he'd do well in the PL or at Real
You can take the player out of the bundesliga....
Xhaka lucky there
Some posters who have an agenda against Bruno think we should replace him with this guy
Bruno lacks pace but this guy looks even slower (and physically weaker).Atalanta are incredibly well coached. If only Gasperini was a few years younger.
Great keeping
Ederson's been defensively excellent but he's been a bit dodgy on the ball
Decisive goalkeeping.
How has Koopemeiners not been booked? That is like the 4th time he commits a tactical foul to prevent a counter attack.
There were people stating Wirtz is better than Bellingham in the Bellingham thread, which to me is an insane take.
Today shows Wirtz's limitations:
1) When he's not playing well, he loses the ball constantly and just looks really bad. Bellingham and De Bruyne, even when they have bad games, still are excellent at ball retention.
2) Wirtz' has a very limited engine, so when he cannot contribute from an attacking midfield perspective, cannot drop deeper and offer much in defense/screening/ball outlet.
Today shows Wirtz's limitations:
1) When he's not playing well, he loses the ball constantly and just looks really bad. Bellingham and De Bruyne, even when they have bad games, still are excellent at ball retention.
2) Wirtz' has a very limited engine, so when he cannot contribute from an attacking midfield perspective, cannot drop deeper and offer much in defense/screening/ball outlet.
Except thats not the league I was referring to
I like it, once he committed, he finished it
They can't handle Lookman
Xhaka looks like he was on the Guinness last night.
Leverkusen still hung over from their Bundesliga win? looking ahead to the Pokal Saturday? But knowing how they've been they'll score 1 in the 85th minute and 1 in 90+ to send it to extra and win it there.
Always knew Alonso was overrated.
To be fair, this is the first time he's faced a quality manager.
He's being heavily linked with Liverpool, which explains it.
Leverkusen looks tired already.
Scalvini has been absolutely brilliant tonight.
20 years old and going to be the next Italian star centre-back
20 years old and going to be the next Italian star centre-back
And to think that Sam Allardyce was angry that Lookman didn't want to stick around and play for him at Everton. What could have been.
Sign him up. Looks class.
De Bruyne?
Atalanta got this
Some of the tattoos on display tonight are awful.
Wirtz getting way more time on the ball now
Atlanta seem to have a lot of players that individually are standing out in their roles. Clearly they have an excellent recruitment department.
Wirtz looks like
Jamie Vardy
Huh, he came on like 15 minutes ago.
that's the most naive and obvious tactical foul ever I expect more guile from an Italian side
KDB is very good at ball retention even when not playing well.
The game needs a goal from Leverkusen