Explain the misfires of the big clubs.
Snobbery harms clubs with money and history, though often thousands in chorus can humbly hint why they’ve gone the wrong way. Liverpool will lose their second sporting director in recent times. Analysts and doctors are leaving the club, there is no equivalent replacement in sight. PSG he invited Kampush, but he refuses to accept an official position. Bayern with a sporting director. But is Salihamidzic a great analyst and diplomat?
We are talking about the clubs from the Champions League finals. We are talking about teams from the top 10 rankings Uefa. And paradoxically, their problems, like the difficulties of being Chelsea, are due to a stubborn attitude towards buying players in certain key positions. Tactical holes formed. Each time they heard the same kind of excuses, and then saw bad results. Inaction can be criminal, as the whole season in the national leagues and the captivating match at Anfield Road demonstrate well.
Liverpool and central midfielder
The 37-year-old Modric created a goal in the center from a tear. Valverde took advantage of the Liverpool junior’s misfire. Camavinga did not interfere by catching the ball between the lines and thinking before making a pass. Real Madrid developed counter-attacks without interference, even if they gave the opponent a two-goal lead. According to the logic of football, Liverpool, who pressed well in the first half hour of the match, should have played more carefully. It didn’t work because there aren’t enough great midfielders.
Klopp said he has six top-level midfielders, so the bosses are right not to give money for winter transfers, with the exception of Gakpo. But who, in prominence and preparation, equals Wijnaldum at the pinnacle of his form? Alcantara and Henderson haven’t always been happy, and youngsters aren’t ready to beat Manchester City and Real Madrid. Diaz, Gakpo and Nunez are, of course, good, but where is the leader in midfield?
PSG and defensive midfielder
The Paris scheme is orphaned without a center forward. But Neymar, Messi and Mbappe are dangerous enough to partially close the question of chance creation and conversion. But if you analyze defeats and draws PSG, it goes without saying that there is no such thing as a world-class breakwater. There have been attempts to find one. But Geye returned to Everton. Danilo plays in central defense. Ruiz and Sanches haven’t adjusted as well as they should. Vitinha and Verratti are too frivolous a couple. They say, PSG can bring Tuchel back. It’s time to remember how Thomas won Champions League. Kante had a great spring in the tournament playoffs. Maybe the Parisians were wrong not to sign Ngolo many years ago.
Chelsea and centre-forward
There is no sadder story in the world than the history of Chelsea and the Nines. The strikers of this team have a difficult life, they find injuries, start “dry” series, can’t handle the pressure. And Havertz is not a classic striker. Boeli has spent a lot of money on the newcomers, but objectively there is no one to carry out the attacks. Many second strikers, wings, there are attacking midfielders. And all this porridge needs oil in the form of winning goals. Where to find them if Potter is on the 10th line? Graham is in serious trouble.
Juventus and young laterals
Aren’t the players the first problem of the Turin club? But even before the points and fields were withdrawn, Juventus had not qualified for the Champions League play-off group. We give credit to Allegri and the players. In a moment of crisis for the club, having left behind the failures against Napoli and Monza, they are back to winning ways. But if we talk about transfers and tactics, then we see a team that often played in three central centers, using Danilo in this trio, and they saw six different players on the right wings, and five on the left. It is unlikely that Cuadrado will renew his contract, as will Sandro.
They made a lateral from Kostic, but this is only an option in matches where they don’t push Schesny on goal. A club that knows how to sign players, including free agents, has made many strategic mistakes. And not only in the center of defense and in midfield, where there are not enough figures of the previous scale.
Bayern and centre-forward
It is strange that the Germans are so poor at preparing the attackers. Gomez, Podolsky and Klose dropped out. Born in Munich, Adeyemi did not stay at Bayern’s school. And though he’s gotten into shape, he still hasn’t passed the stability test, like Mukoko. Both Borussia Dortmund strikers are not of the caliber to replace Lewandowski, even assuming Kahn and Salihamidzic make transfers. Furthermore, Dortmund have promised to change their policy when Bayern arrive. But on the world market, even the heads of the German giant could not find a replacement for Robert. And no one kicked out the Pole himself, he considered Barcelona a more interesting option.
If Bayern lose in the Bundesliga to one of their five chasers or are eliminated before the final Champions League, then we know in advance one of the main reasons. Chupo-Moting is lucky, but he’s not an elite striker. Manet and Muller are players from other positions.
The transfer market is strange right now. Potter reveals Chelsea don’t have the cash to pay upstarts Hasselbaink and Drogba, although the good bets of central Londoners haven’t always been the more expensive newcomers. Kahn complains that the Bayern striker is not on the market. But in reality Oliver and Hasan did not believe that Lewandowski wanted to go to some kind of Barcelona. He recalls that before the start of the season no one was sure Xavi would be successful. PSG once again looking for wingers, but there is no support for solid play in the center of the field. The class of Messi and Mbappe is there for all to see, but it doesn’t erase the tactical mess.
And in many cases, such moments are the result of systemic errors in management. Liverpool are down. TO PSG qualitative leap in coaching and change of manager. Bayern have a new generation of helmsmen with character. Even Juventus and Chelsea have rotten fish on their heads.
