El Flaco
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As an individual talent, do you believe a 17 year old Yamal was better than 25 year old Vini ever has been (or will be)?
Yamal’s game is based on his fundamentals, outstanding technique with perfect execution. Adding technical elements to his repertoire will be as easy as anything for him. Yamal is far more efficient/effective, and very impactful with few actions. Yamal’s understanding of rhythm, space, when to slow the game down. His skillset is broader and so refined.
It’s not too far out of reach to suggest Yamal will operate more centrally in few years. It enables him with more touches, which leads to more bigger influence over 90 minutes. I also bet on Yamal improving his goalscoring production.
Vinícius’ game is built more around his physical attributes and relentlessness as a way to compensate for the gap in technical level.
His technique is less clean and raw by comparison, he compensates through volume & intensity. He requires significantly more actions to achieve similar effectiveness (much lower success rate per action). Vinícius plays the game at a more constant, higher tempo (has worked heavily on his final 3rd composure but doesn’t come naturally to him like Yamal), why he can sometimes appear rushed.
But his exceptional physical conditioning allows him to repeatedly perform very demanding and explosive actions = constant threat. Brute force
Yamal’s game is based on his fundamentals, outstanding technique with perfect execution. Adding technical elements to his repertoire will be as easy as anything for him. Yamal is far more efficient/effective, and very impactful with few actions. Yamal’s understanding of rhythm, space, when to slow the game down. His skillset is broader and so refined.
It’s not too far out of reach to suggest Yamal will operate more centrally in few years. It enables him with more touches, which leads to more bigger influence over 90 minutes. I also bet on Yamal improving his goalscoring production.
Vinícius’ game is built more around his physical attributes and relentlessness as a way to compensate for the gap in technical level.
His technique is less clean and raw by comparison, he compensates through volume & intensity. He requires significantly more actions to achieve similar effectiveness (much lower success rate per action). Vinícius plays the game at a more constant, higher tempo (has worked heavily on his final 3rd composure but doesn’t come naturally to him like Yamal), why he can sometimes appear rushed.
But his exceptional physical conditioning allows him to repeatedly perform very demanding and explosive actions = constant threat. Brute force
