Re: Joe Aribo's goal vs Villareal
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:15 am
You talk like he does this all the time. Aribo is a passer, these are odd occasions. I watched a lot of Rangers games last season. However, this goal was pure genius, it was the best play. The Villareal players were expecting him to do what you just suggested but he used the movement of the Southampton player on the right to beat the first player the other Southampton player on the left was covered so there was no window to pass. His change of direction completed the final part of the goal. For you to pull him off after that, let just say thank God you are not a coach. This is what the great players do all the time,e.g. Ronaldo, Messi, Hazard, Bale,ete, even the likes of Zaha, but I have not seen coaches drop them1naija wrote: ↑Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:51 pm There were 2 teammates around him that he could have passed the ball to. It probably wouldn't have resulted in a lucky goal like he scored, but that would have been the right play to make. He made a couple of such silly dribbles against Ghana during the WC qualifier and in both instances lost the ball at the end. Those opportunities never came again in the game.
That's why I would have pulled him off if I were the coach. You can't encourage such play. Every single player on that pitch is capable of making that run with the ball. There is a reason they don't. Because it's not the best option for the team!
