John Amaechi
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That little flick was just, I mean, the audacity to do that in a Champions League final. How many coaches, how many people would tell you not to do that? And here he is completely expressing himself in this game.
That little flick was just, I mean, the audacity to do that in a Champions League final. How many coaches, how many people would tell you not to do that? And here he is completely expressing himself in this game.
It is simultaneously highly systematized and highly individualized. We're like, yeah, there's an incredibly well-drilled system in this team where everyone moves in coordination with one another. But ultimately, football comes down to who creates in the individual moments. And Douay and Kamara and Skelly are all players that can do that so phenomenally.
It is simultaneously highly systematized and highly individualized. We're like, yeah, there's an incredibly well-drilled system in this team where everyone moves in coordination with one another. But ultimately, football comes down to who creates in the individual moments. And Douay and Kamara and Skelly are all players that can do that so phenomenally.
It is simultaneously highly systematized and highly individualized. We're like, yeah, there's an incredibly well-drilled system in this team where everyone moves in coordination with one another. But ultimately, football comes down to who creates in the individual moments. And Douay and Kamara and Skelly are all players that can do that so phenomenally.
Which is so wild because normally we think of those teams as kind of soft-centered. You can get at them. You can get at Puyol. You can get at Pique. But there's nothing about this PSG team that feels very soft-centered, which is kind of the terrifying bit because we know they have amazing attacking and technical quality to create and have possession and go at teams and create chances.
Which is so wild because normally we think of those teams as kind of soft-centered. You can get at them. You can get at Puyol. You can get at Pique. But there's nothing about this PSG team that feels very soft-centered, which is kind of the terrifying bit because we know they have amazing attacking and technical quality to create and have possession and go at teams and create chances.
Which is so wild because normally we think of those teams as kind of soft-centered. You can get at them. You can get at Puyol. You can get at Pique. But there's nothing about this PSG team that feels very soft-centered, which is kind of the terrifying bit because we know they have amazing attacking and technical quality to create and have possession and go at teams and create chances.
But to kind of have that happen also on the flip side, defensively, where you're that good at hunting the ball is kind of ridiculous. It is the team ethic that was built. That is what you gain by not having Mbappe. When you are carrying a passenger defensively, there is but so good you can be on the other side of the ball.
But to kind of have that happen also on the flip side, defensively, where you're that good at hunting the ball is kind of ridiculous. It is the team ethic that was built. That is what you gain by not having Mbappe. When you are carrying a passenger defensively, there is but so good you can be on the other side of the ball.
But to kind of have that happen also on the flip side, defensively, where you're that good at hunting the ball is kind of ridiculous. It is the team ethic that was built. That is what you gain by not having Mbappe. When you are carrying a passenger defensively, there is but so good you can be on the other side of the ball.
But when all 11 players are committed to it, and you also wonder as well, it's kind of a story of journeys as well. You think about Ousmane Dembele. I don't know if he was going to be that player when he was bought by Barcelona for over 100 million euro. Or he was probably going to go to Barcelona and be an attack-minded player. But when it didn't work out for him, all of a sudden the...
But when all 11 players are committed to it, and you also wonder as well, it's kind of a story of journeys as well. You think about Ousmane Dembele. I don't know if he was going to be that player when he was bought by Barcelona for over 100 million euro. Or he was probably going to go to Barcelona and be an attack-minded player. But when it didn't work out for him, all of a sudden the...
But when all 11 players are committed to it, and you also wonder as well, it's kind of a story of journeys as well. You think about Ousmane Dembele. I don't know if he was going to be that player when he was bought by Barcelona for over 100 million euro. Or he was probably going to go to Barcelona and be an attack-minded player. But when it didn't work out for him, all of a sudden the...
very compelling message of Luis Enrique of, if you just follow my lead, I will take you to where you want to go. And maybe unfortunately for him is that lead includes a lot of running and you're going to have to do it my way. But I promise you, you will get your 30 goals, which he eventually went and did.
very compelling message of Luis Enrique of, if you just follow my lead, I will take you to where you want to go. And maybe unfortunately for him is that lead includes a lot of running and you're going to have to do it my way. But I promise you, you will get your 30 goals, which he eventually went and did.
very compelling message of Luis Enrique of, if you just follow my lead, I will take you to where you want to go. And maybe unfortunately for him is that lead includes a lot of running and you're going to have to do it my way. But I promise you, you will get your 30 goals, which he eventually went and did.
I also kind of want to point out that in the midst of this change of system of Dembele moving up front, There are two strikers that they signed for 160 million euro that are basically tossed off to the side. Randall Colomwani, who I mentioned earlier, could have scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, signed from Eintracht Frankfurt to PSG for 95 million. Mm-hmm.
I also kind of want to point out that in the midst of this change of system of Dembele moving up front, There are two strikers that they signed for 160 million euro that are basically tossed off to the side. Randall Colomwani, who I mentioned earlier, could have scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, signed from Eintracht Frankfurt to PSG for 95 million. Mm-hmm.
I also kind of want to point out that in the midst of this change of system of Dembele moving up front, There are two strikers that they signed for 160 million euro that are basically tossed off to the side. Randall Colomwani, who I mentioned earlier, could have scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, signed from Eintracht Frankfurt to PSG for 95 million. Mm-hmm.