The other side of Vinicius

Karim Benzema and his hat trick. Modric and his eternity. They took the spotlight main. But a comeback like the one carried out by Real Madrid this Wednesday had more (not so) secondary actors. Vinicius put on his overalls and shone in a necessary background, to which we are not as accustomed as to the pranks that are meat of highlight. Madrid executed PSG based on desire and pressure, that’s how the first and third goals of the night came. In this matter, the king was the Brazilian.

Next to Birdiewith 5, the São Gonçalo winger was the one who recovered the most balls in the rival field; first in recoveries in the last third (3); and third in individual pressures (11) after some Benzema and Valverde who also set the stage when it came to biting the rival ball out. camewhat’s more, assisted in the tie and suffocated Marquinhos until the central defender present the 3-1 to Benzema. He did not mark, he showed his other face. One in which Ancelotti has worked to get out, reaping the fruits of it at the best time.

Much has been said and written about how did you calibrate the crosshairs? He started the season from the bench and, based on goals, he became not only a starter, but also the support of the Whites’ attack along with Benzema. 16 goals and 10 assists adds up at this point. The bulk arrived when the season was dawning, but this has not made it lose status. One of the great supporters of this improvement was Zidane. “You can’t do everything at a thousand miles an hour, you have to pause your game”, they called him Bettoni and he. Zizou worked a lot with him, they stayed together after training to polish and polish edges in the definition. Although Marseillais is not here, the effort has been reflected on the field.

From definition to defense

If your predecessor insisted on the attack, Carletto he has done it on defense, being his son Davide, and second white coach, the one who has done the most to promote this new record. The stands thank him for his effort, accompanying his runs with applause, showing the communion he has with the fans. In addition, the planted seeds, little by little, germinate. In addition to the glossary of data exposed to the PSG, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also allied with cameas shown by a study of Olocipcompany specialized in the matter.

The AI ​​bases its assessment on the quality of the actions (value) and not only on the quantity (frequency). What it takes into account is the value of the actions measured based on the variation in the probability of scoring or conceding a goal when the actions are carried out. In other words, what matters is that they increase the probability of his team scoring a goal or, in this case at hand, reducing the possibility to receive it.

The twenty del Madrid is averaging the best defensive numbers of his career in terms of influence. His actions make the white team adds 0.023 points for every 90 minutes. Last year, for example, they stood at -0.0091. His high point in this regard, until now, was 2019-20, with statistics very similar to the current one (0.0221). However, this campaign we are talking about an indisputable footballer, something that has not prevented him from continuing to work and improve in a facet in which he does not look so much, but that also helps to win games. Ask PSG…