Blaise Matuidi

Jair Ventura

New member
He's not Barca material and I know what I'm talking about.
His first touch reminds me of Sakho and we don't need these kind of player in our team.

Still a good player though, a great box to box midfielder who can press and helps the team a lot both offensively and defensively.
He would be a great addition to many Premier League squads or even Atletico.

Huh? He hardly ever loses or turns over the ball. Tuesday was a perfect example of that.
 

El Flaco

Active member

Subtitles

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* "Let's meditate one moment on this sequence"
* "David Silva lose the marking, instead of letting Di Maria mark him, Matuidi follows Silva"
* "Then Fernandinho can receive in the space abandoned by Matuidi"
* "No consequence, but hesitating defensive attitude just for a simple throw situation"

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* "Let's appreciate the defensive downturn (at the 6th minute...)"
* "Ibra, Di Maria, Matuidi: slackness... Only Cavani show a minimum of involvement"
* "With a little bit more of speed, City could have touched de Bruyne..."
* "In the zone left free by the late downturn of Matuidi"
* "Too late the action will not happen"

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* "Good markdown between the lines"
* "But the reception of the ball not in the same direction as the game"
* "The action doesn't progress and stays behind"

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* "1st good movement from PSG of the game"
* "...wasted by a disgusting control/first touch"
* "A player with such technical limits, can he play so high on the pitch"
* "Where the spaces are the most reduced?"

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* "Projection without the ball, Matuidi becomes the PSG player the highest on the pitch"
* "So he becomes useless since we lost the ball, the team is divided in two during the transition"

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* "This time, Matuidi didn't project himself and stayed at his position"
* "Good closure, ball recovered"

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* "Once again, imbalance when we lost the ball"
* "And doubtful involvement of several players including Matuidi"
* "PSG defends with 6 players and couldn't recover a potential 2nd ball"

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* "This is a regular phase of play of PSG"
* "(At a point we could think they work on it during training...)"
* "Matuidi starts making a call, when David Luiz possess the ball"
* "(because the Brazilian tends to play long)"
* "We then reach an absurd situation where Matuidi is the most advanced player on the pitch"
* "and Cavani (200 goals in 6 years) plays out-centered, 40 meters from Harts goal"
* "Cavani tries transversal passes to Aurier"
* "Really particularsarcastic intent for weird/stupid usage of the qualities of the players"

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* "(again a new call when the ball pass through David Luiz's feet)"
* "Let's note here, the positioning really high, really far from the line of the ball position"

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"Even worst than the fact that he lost the ball"
"The air-downturn (not really coming back to defend)"
"While Motta chose to mark the player with the ball"
"And Maxwell is too high on the pitch to come back fast enough"

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* "Again, Matuidi does another call while David Luiz has the ball"
* "Cavani now needs to drop down in his 30 meters"
* "To assure the continuity of the play"
* "Again a new disgusting placed attack"
* "A left midfielder more involved in the construction would solve a lot of problems"

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* "New AMAZING placed attack incoming with the duo David Luiz-Matuidi"
* "Henceforth, the combination is known"
* "Long game from David Luiz to Matuidi, ball gave back to City #philosophy #TikiTakaFromTheCévennes
* (Cévennes = where Blanc is from)"

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* "What is the worst?"
* "The disgusting first touch or the slide at 1 meter 50 not even completed easily"

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* "Still the air-downturn (so not really coming back defending, just pretending he is caring) and a defense with 6 players"

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* "Individual initiatives at marking sometimes surprising"
* "Matuidi decides to abandon his zone to charge Fernando"
* "Then Mangala, then David Silva (Why?)"
* "Consequence de Bruyne can receive the ball in total freedom"
* "In the zone abandoned by Matuidi, big potential danger"
* "The action won't be successful for City but they can install themselves in PSG's half now..."

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* "After the previous situation, we notice some new surprising choices"
* "As soon as we recover the ball, while the team is not re-organized"
* "Matuidi attempt an impossible call on the right flank"
* "City recovers the ball quickly, half of the PSG team is eliminated"
* "And once again de Bruyne can receive the ball in the zone abandoned by Matuidi"
* "Paris is still defending with 6 players, Goal"

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* "2nd foul (after the one on Clichy), while already having a yellow card"
* "Thankfully the referee leaves the advantage"

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* "3rd foul with already a yellow card..."

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* "It's been an excellent football game" English people and football... LOL
* "Last ball dispossession for the night"
 

xavisionary

Active member
Thanks [MENTION=20286]El Flaco[/MENTION] ! Just out of interest, where are you from and how many languages do you speak?
 

El Flaco

Active member
Thanks [MENTION=20286]El Flaco[/MENTION] ! Just out of interest, where are you from and how many languages do you speak?

Haha, I just found these translation of the video tbh :p
Forgot to mention it.

I'm from Sweden and speak English and Swedish.
 
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DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Juventus signed him for 20m.

20m.

Similar player to Paulinho. European experience. Proven at the very top level. Just a year older.

Half the price. I bet we could have gotten him for free with the 222m as PSG were looking to avoid paying the taxes in France :lol:
 

Trafalgar

Senior Member
Juventus signed him for 20m.

20m.

Similar player to Paulinho. European experience. Proven at the very top level. Just a year older.

Half the price. I bet we could have gotten him for free with the 222m as PSG were looking to avoid paying the taxes in France :lol:

Similar? he's light years ahead of Paulinho in every aspect.
 

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