GatoLoco
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So what is he responsible for on the field, if a direct metric related to how good of a job you're doing as a defender, can't be put on him?
I'm sure there are other metrics (number of errors leading to a goal conceded, yellow/red cards, etc that can be used).
I mean, maybe it's my fault watching too much English football. Chelsea set the record for goals conceded under Mourinho and that translated into how we looked at Terry/Carvalho. United set the record a while ago for consecutive goals without conceded and that reflected positively on Vidic/Rio. So I don't know. Godin actually defends but apparently you can't credit him with this because of the system Atletico play. It's all confusing with Ramos
Is it confusing or you just want to think it's confusing? Defensive minded Spain or defensive minded Real Madrid (last season) teams conceded very few goals.
A cattenaccio Atletico de Madrid team with Simeone as coach concedes very few goals. A team with Cech, Gallas, Terry, Carvalho, Ferreira, Makelele... and Mouriho as coach, will tend to concede few goals. The philosophy of those teams was to concede very few goals and use of their quality upfront to make the difference as often as possible.
A team that plays a high line with your left back (Marcelo) not tracking back and Ronaldo not defending will be way more exposed than those. The philosophy of 2014-2018 Madrid teams was to demolish rivals with the much superior offensive talent. If you score 1, we'll score 3, if you score 2, we'll score 5. And it worked.
The example of Cannavaro has been mentioned countless times.
It's so incredibly simple I just cannot understand what's so confusing here.
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