Annahnomoss
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It was. Again, styles, he wasn't tasked or expected to be a playmaker from midfield like a Junior but rather to make penetrative runs seeing as Dortmund didn't play wingers. Again, you are concluding things based on falacious observations.
Can't believe I am arguing against Reuter, never thought I would do that, remember I argued he should have been picked earlier. If you look at Brehme on the other side when they played together for Germany, it is very clear that Reuter lacks the technical abilities of Brehme. So even if they are expected to play the same role, it is apparent that Brehme has world class technique to boost his physical abilities - while Reuter's technique isn't world class.
You see that every time Reuter receives a ball, how quickly he can make the pass, how accurate it is and how long his passing range is. That is no shame on Reuter as he is one of, if not the, physically best full back/wing back in history. He had a great stamina, acceleration and pace as well as a great balance.
His strengths were his physical supremeness and his weaknesses were his technical ones, not that they were poor - just not world class.