In the absence of center-backs, two great ones are those who can act as such, but did not actually start their football careers as references in the central axis of the defense. Arnau Martínez and Daley Blind are the defensive pair Míchel chose for the last day of the League and it wasn’t all bad.
This is not an easy test: recently Cup eliminationcomplicated feuds, impractical grass, no precedent between the two and the reappearance of a player who is not going through his best moments.
End result: clean sheet, MVP of the match for one and a great feeling, also necessary, for the other. Arnau and Blind have shown that the difficulties are there to overcome and they jump on the green Bleeding with the clear aim of recovering after dropping the cup and the last two holes at home.
The Catalan full-back took a new chance as a starter with personality and courage, facing duels with three ‘top-level’ forwards, as he likes to highlight. Michael to the young man. It is true that he made a mistake in a control that could have ended the celestial tie in the first half, although this was the only ‘but’ that he removed from the event, considering that the Galician fiefdom did not help in the control of that action.
This is an important step for Arnau, who continues to work to continue giving his best version with the help of Míchel and to the beat of the elastic ‘gironina’. The load of minutes and events did not allow the youth squad to shine as he did last season, but the Vallecano coach does not tire of highlighting the importance for the team of having a figure like him, for intelligence and ability. , both offensive. and defensive.
Another was placed to his left Blind, a man who doesn’t understand speed but understands intelligence. It is difficult to see the Dutchman below the remarkable and the amount of resources in the output of the ball of the Girona team went through their boots. His positional ability at a defensive level allowed him to achieve double performance in half the effort, precisely for this reason he was crowned as the best player after the end of the tournament.
The former player of Ajax, Manchester United or Bayern Munich He didn’t come here with his homework as many thought, but he was the first to don the overalls for the continued quality offering of a center back who started his career as a midfielder. His experience, added to the quality of the veteran, allows Blind to present a version that has been transformed into a blessing for Montilivi’s interests.
I will probably repeat in front of real society, Daley was unmistakable. On the other hand, and of course, Míchel will also consider repeating Arnau as the Dutchman’s partner after the symbiosis formed in Vigo. The recovery of Eric Garcia and the dynamics of the side will doubt the coach until the last moment.
Source: La Verdad
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