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Alejandro Moreno

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2337 total appearances

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ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

Uh-huh.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

All of it.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

It's not just about...

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

tackling somebody or winning a duel or a 50-50 challenge.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

And I think he is far more concerned about, yeah, we bring that energy, we bring that intensity, we bring that fire, but I think what he's referring to is the courage to play.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

To put the ball down and play to a point to where you control the match and you take the fans out of the game, not because you're tackling the ball away from somebody, but because you're keeping the ball away from somebody.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

And you're doing it in the attacking half and you're not inviting pressure and you're not sitting back.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

And if you were to appreciate something about Pellegrino-Mazzarazzo teams, the one thing that I think you can hang on to is that this guy and his teams are not afraid to go and press the ball.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

Sometimes.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

I wouldn't go as far as that.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

It may be a little irresponsible with some of that pressure.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

But it is within the makeup of his teams, going back to his time in Bundesliga, that his teams are going to press higher off the field.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

And they're going to try to win the ball in the attacking half, and they're going to go and create chances, and they're going to give up some chances themselves because this is the way that they're structured.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

But I think he's far more concerned about having guts

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

in the attacking half with the ball and challenging teams on that side of the field rather than being over here and hanging on.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

He doesn't want to do that, and he doesn't want Real Sociedad doing that.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

And I think that also translates into productivity offensively.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

This is a team that has struggled to score goals before Matarazzo came, and now you're seeing a group of players that are scoring two goals a game.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

That wasn't happening.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Messi Doubt + Atleti Stun Barça + Poch to Spurs?

Let me just tell you, it wasn't happening.