#25 | Fernandinho - 2021/22 Performances

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Clercqs said:
It was a very uncharacteristic substitution from Pep and the only reason I can come up with is sentimentality. It wasn’t a direct reason we lost the game but I’m sure our chances to win in extra time would be much bigger with Mahrez and Rodri on the pitch and impossible to know what would’ve happend in normal time had he not made that change but we probably don’t lose.
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Sentimental to what end, though? At that point we were going through, so it wasn't a case of it being Fernandinho's last appearance in the Champions League for us (although obviously that's how it panned out). One last game at the Bernabeu? Seems very unlikely to me

If Pep were so driven by sentimentality then wouldn't he have started Dinho in the Champions League Final last season? Just doesn't add up as an animus for the decision

Maybe Pep just wanted to kill some time with a late substitution?
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
Sentimental to what end, though? At that point we were going through, so it wasn't a case of it being Fernandinho's last appearance in the Champions League for us (although obviously that's how it panned out). One last game at the Bernabeu? Seems very unlikely to me

If Pep were so driven by sentimentality then wouldn't he have started Dinho in the Champions League Final last season? Just doesn't add up as an animus for the decision

Maybe Pep just wanted to kill some time with a late substitution?
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Pep’s not driven by sentimentality, that’s why I said this substitution was unlike him and I can’t get my head around it why he’d make it. He thought the game was over and wanted to give Fernandinho some minutes. The time wasting doesn’t make sense for me either, if that was the case you surely save the substitution until Madrid (eventually) equalize to slow down their momentum and get more time to clear our heads.
 
Filled in brilliantly, reading of the game is fantastic. Few really dangerous situations he made look like nothing because positionally he was immense and cut out what should have been an easy pass to send them clean through, also came from nowhere to make a clearance with his head when they played a ball in from our left for what seemed certain to be a goal.

Got done for pace once which was actually a really nice move and that's the biggest worry but that's something we will just have to deal with. I'm not overly comfortable going into games against wolves and west ham away with dinho at cb especially with no walker to cover but it's looking like needs must and I have no doubt he will give absolutely everything
 
Hopefully he’ll only be needed for the Wolves game and we get Ake back after that - otherwise, though a brilliant reader of the game, brave, a leader etc. his lack of pace I fear will lead to a red card if he has to play all 3 of these games as a CB
 
I love fern but he can be rash with his tackles. Every game he will jump in either losing the ball or taking his man out, if he just sat back more he’d be fine at the back if needed.

I can see him at the back in the last few games which is a worry as cancello on the other side is very similar when defending. Just puts more pressure on Gundy, Rodri or Bernie
 
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