19 | Julian Alvarez - 2022/23

[Phil1]

I must be the only one just happy he's with us and looking forward to how his development goes without having to point out he's better than so and so and should be staring every week.
I'm sure there will he a time when he's starting most weeks, let's just wait and see what happens in the meantime.

 

[CambridgeExileBlue]

All the news is about Messi and not much on Alvarez at all despite him scoring 2 goals and winning the penalty….

 

[yankblue]

It will be even more crazy when we lose him in few years because we cannot find him a place in starting eleven in front of Grealish, Foden and Mahrez.

What a strange comment

 

[kupest]

Julian Alvarez has become the youngest player to score twice in a World Cup semi-final or final since Pelé in 1958.

 

[River Plate]

What amazes me is how he's able to run non-stop all game long and not lose one bit of leg strength for those cracking finishes.

 

[Mike N]

MOTM for me.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

5 - Messi
5 - Mbappe
4 - Alvarez
4 - Giroud

Alvarez would be leading the race for the Golden Boot if he’d started the tournament in their starting 11 instead of Lautaro Martinez. He still might win it….

 

[Craig]

5 - Messi
5 - Mbappe
4 - Alvarez
4 - Giroud

Alvarez would be leading the race for the Golden Boot if he’d started the tournament in their starting 11 instead of Lautaro Martinez. He still might win it….

Or even if he’d stayed on against Australia when Messi kept putting them on a plate for Martinez

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Alvarez would be leading the race for the Golden Boot if he’d started the tournament in their starting 11 instead of Lautaro Martinez.

Or was a penalty taker

 

[Cityfan]

Surely he has had a huge rest by barely playing for us all season, somebody said if he plays 66mins in the final he will have played more minutes the WC than for us in the PL

Fatigue is as much mental as physical.
All the time he has been with us he has been adjusting to a new country a new language, new team mates, new ways of training etc.

His training intensity will have been high he has had to concentrate on tactical plans if used as a substitute.
Do not underestimate what he has been through and achieved already.
I am not predicting with assurance what will happen but it would not surprise me at all if mental fatigue is a problem for him for a significant time after the world cup.