Dimitar Berbatov
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Podcast Appearances
When you have players like Mo Salah, you need to know always in your mind that they want to do something special.
Something more than the normal player should do.
If the normal player is going to shoot it where you say, the first time he goes past the goalkeeper, normally a guy is going to try to shoot from there.
But not special players like Mo Salah.
He's going to go, OK, wait a minute, I can do something more here.
Make it more for the fans, one more time.
But if the goalkeeper doesn't know that, you see how easy it is to go to the ground.
Well, you said it, he's not there with Messi and Ronaldo.
Tell us, in your words, how good he is.
I saw his two goals yesterday from free kicks.
He just makes the game look so easy.
It's good to watch him because he's calm on the ball, quick.
He doesn't panic easily.
He doesn't look for fouls.
He's just standing on his feet.
Low centre of gravity helps him do all his tricks around the ball with the players.
And Mo Salah actually has this...
Most of this quality, maybe not at the same level as Messi, but the same quality as him.
And the left foot, obviously, he's favoring the left foot, and actually one of the goals where the guy was stepping in his leg, you know?
If you're clever enough as a defender, if you're chasing in the position like this,