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Zidane was the master of that. It was beautifully done by Lamela.
He had a pretty crap game but credit to Chadli for carrying the ball 40 yards and the right choice of pass. Great skill and energy from Lamela though. We knew he had that all along it was more the correct application of it which was his issue.
Lamela used to play at 78rpm, but in the last couple of games he's turned it down to 45. Still a bit squeaky and fast-forward, but much more in control. If he can kick back to 33rpm he could almost be world class.
He's clearly brilliant, that Monaco goal started with outrageous skill and ended as a reward for stamina, pace & desire.
He's clearly brilliant, that Monaco goal started with outrageous skill and ended as a reward for stamina, pace & desire.
Maybe someone should just break his legs. He'd be better than Messi.Lamela used to play at 78rpm, but in the last couple of games he's turned it down to 45. Still a bit squeaky and fast-forward, but much more in control. If he can kick back to 33rpm he could almost be world class.
He's clearly brilliant, that Monaco goal started with outrageous skill and ended as a reward for stamina, pace & desire.
Apparently he was asked about that piece of skill after the game...he said he couldn't remember doing it.
That performance from Lamela today was disgusting. I can get over players having bad games but when a player makes absolutely zero effort to track back and help the rb it's unacceptable. He let Montero go 1 on 1 against Walker every single time in the first half without bothering to help...not even attempting. Watch the first half again and watch Lamela, shambolic.
High press + narrow defensive shape =FBs will be left 1v1 when teams switch play especially from deep. Just one of those things. Nothing to do with Lamela's tracking back.
what? what?
funny...i never hear this lame excuse when Chadli doesn't track back.
I think Chadli does track back tbh. Ranked high in distance covered iirc.
Lamela switched wings with Chadli from around 20 mins in
Was awful today when we needed him the most.
That's because of his millions of undeserved minutes on the pitch.
If Lamela was awful, wtf was Chadli and Kane? The lad set up Kane twice in the first half and won the first free kick Eriksen scored on.
He was mediocre, as were most bar Eriksen and Alli. Harsh sub IMO as he's been in fine form, even if he was not great yesterday. Should've been kept on.
He was mediocre, as were most bar Eriksen and Alli. Harsh sub IMO as he's been in fine form, even if he was not great yesterday. Should've been kept on.
I was surprised he was subbed off. There were plenty of worse players on the pitch although he wasn't spectacular.
This my main gripe with a lot of the criticism of lamela. I'm not defending his bad performances, but they seem to get highlighted much more than other members of the team when the whole teams performance has been crap
my main gripe is his hair & inbred stare.
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Did you mean "inbred"?:dierpochhug: