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That piece of defending was overall still bad, only one initial thing that isn't a total flaw. He's no CB but there's absolutely nothing you've suggested that gives any proof that Alves>Alba defensively.

Initially deciding to cover Gomez was right, after that it was all wrong. Besides it's not JUST the situation in that one picture. There have been so many goals which Alves has been responsible for, Alba on the other hand has been directly responsible for far fewer. I don't understand how you...

Pep is watching very carefully :lol:

No it's running in to mark a guy and then ignoring him while staring at the man in possession, ignoring the man he has to mark.

Either way, it wasn't "good defending" as you're somehow trying to call it. The point of the picture was basically to show not only from that game, but from the entire season how many times he leaves his player free to run while marking the center which is often already covered by the CB's. It's...

Ramos and Pique :lol:

He tracked Gomez's run, then after that paid no attention to Gomez's movement.

Farrrr from good defending :lol: He completely lost Gomez as well, not even marking him correctly let alone acknowledging the rest of the space behind him. He over-compressed and left the player he was marking free along with the one he wasn't.

At first he was but then he completely lost awareness of the play that was going on behind him. Even when Bartra ran in, Alves didn't check to see behind him like he should've and eventually even let Gomez free into space that would've made it easy to have an open header had the ball gone in.

Alba isn't great but Alves is just downright horrible defensively. Whatever positive contributions Alves has made this season have been in attack (inconsistently). Both lack in defensive positioning and skill but Alba at the very least has the pace to keep up with the opposition and intercept...

All over the place, and they're very right. This basically sums up Alves in defense if he actually tracks back:

:lol: not speaking for them, see for yourself if you'd like.

Perhaps not everyone. There are one or two who somehow actually believe Alves is the superior defender, but a very very large majority

:lol: :lol: :lol: Ok sure you're right and everyone else who watches the team is wrong, that's exactly what's going on here.

.....I've never seen them play? I know what I see during the games but you clearly don't. Go through all the pages of Montoya/Alves/Alba threads and you'll see endless complaints of either Alves' crossing or Alves' defending from so many people who watch Barca rather than relying on Whoscored stats

Alba bombs forward, Alves STAYS forward

And Alves leaves less space??? He's always advanced so far up the pitch he could be considered more of a right winger than a fullback. He's definitely caught up the pitch more often than Alba.

Far from it. Even the stats you so often cling to show that Alves commits many more fouls than Alba and gets beaten in dribbles twice as much.

By 'skill' if you're referring to positioning/marking then I disagree on all levels. Alves often leaves his marker to run free and then makes a last ditch sliding attempt at stopping him, often leading to fouls. He tackles wildly, can't track back many times, or leaves the player who he should...

Alba's far from a great defender but Alves has been atrocious this season. There are very few people who would agree that Alves has been above Alba, as poor as both are.