Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread
We don’t know if Kovac expected Ribery to do everything. Teams are always going to attack the right side of Liverpool’s defense because you don’t have to deal as much with VVD and TAA struggles with quick players and positioning. But at the same time, Alaba has Salah in the back of his mind the whole time. So James should have been coming over to play combinations with Ribery on the inside much more. Now whether that was something Kovac missed or James didn’t do is the question. Mueller wouldn’t have had to have an instruction to start trying that, that’s for sure. This is a big reason I was dumbfounded that Bayern fans actually thought him being suspended in such big matches was a good thing. They looked absolutely clueless going forward over the 180 minutes.
I mean, most of the time it seems like he's dropping deeper to collect the ball and bring it into a attack when they aren't spraying it out to Ribery, which upon re-watching they've done a lot more than I remembered, even when James comes deep to collect the ball he often distributes it left to Ribery.
I mean, this basically paints the passing story as much as it is during this game. I don't have a great angle on BR Live, but I wonder if they were just missing Gnabry on the right or if his runs weren't as easy to pick out? He was great when they got him the ball, but obviously they just didn't do that quite enough. Kimmich was a big miss for them as they may have attempted to operate more on the right side with him over Rafinha.
I mean, this basically paints the passing story as much as it is during this game. I don't have a great angle on BR Live, but I wonder if they were just missing Gnabry on the right or if his runs weren't as easy to pick out? He was great when they got him the ball, but obviously they just didn't do that quite enough. Kimmich was a big miss for them as they may have attempted to operate more on the right side with him over Rafinha.
We don’t know if Kovac expected Ribery to do everything. Teams are always going to attack the right side of Liverpool’s defense because you don’t have to deal as much with VVD and TAA struggles with quick players and positioning. But at the same time, Alaba has Salah in the back of his mind the whole time. So James should have been coming over to play combinations with Ribery on the inside much more. Now whether that was something Kovac missed or James didn’t do is the question. Mueller wouldn’t have had to have an instruction to start trying that, that’s for sure. This is a big reason I was dumbfounded that Bayern fans actually thought him being suspended in such big matches was a good thing. They looked absolutely clueless going forward over the 180 minutes.
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