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| Faouzi Ghoulam |
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez had cast an admiring glance in the 26-year-old left-back, few could have blamed him given performances throughout the last eighteen months and also have reportedly led to talks with Chelsea representatives.
Since coach Maurizio Sarri arrived in Naples, the Algerian international has gone from strength-to-strength in the San Paolo and one of the leading exponents of his position.
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| Florentino Perez |
In direct opposition Wednesday night was another candidate for that title, but anyone witnessing Marcelo send miscue the opportunity to give a late fourth goal painfully wide will admit that the Brazilian is often flattered with the embarrassment of riches surrounding him.
From the Premier League, Tottenham’s Danny Rose ought to be a contender, however the British media’s insistence on lavishing unnecessary praise on prospective English talent arguably places him higher in almost any list than he deserves, and contains an awful disciplinary record.
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| Danny Rose |
The 26-year-old is cautioned eight times this season, and while a few will indicate the fact that defenders invariably commit more challenges, Ghoulam, Guerreiro or Bayern Munich’s David Alaba are yet to be cautioned.
While Carlo Ancelotti has moved the Austrian international returning to defence this season about the tactics board, the Bavarians widespread dominance of German football suggest that the 24-year-old is usually located within midfield, since he was under Pep Guardiola.
This is a similar story with Jordi Alba at Barcelona, who barely offers any defensive reassurance and whose performances have dipped in addition to exit or shortage of technically outstanding teammates.
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| Jordi Alba |
With Alaba regularly deployed further forward in the international stage, Ghoulam shades it about the ‘specialist position’ and certainly outperforms him on several of the fields statistical analysis sites love to roll in bulk after games.
Therefore, Serie A may possibly claim to get the leading left-back performers in world football today in Ghoulam and the 26-year-old Brazilian, along with the Bianconeri man is undoubtedly his nearest rival.
However, anyone playing to get a side planning to claim a sixth consecutive Scudetto is somewhat aided through the fear already instilled within the opposition and are rarely significantly stretched defensively.
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| David Alaba |
The Partenopei man isn’t perfect, though, and should improve an a profession total of only one Ligue 1 goal, but it is not for that want of trying with 11 attempts on Serie A goalkeepers this term.
By using a higher shock accuracy than everyone mentioned aside from Guerreiro, maybe the French-born defender this is the quality of shot-stoppers about the peninsula this is the real problem.
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