TonyColemansbagofapples
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Call me cynical but , having watched it now probably twenty times, I can only say there is no way he knows the positioning of the players behind him due to his eyes being on the ball. Therefore, I think he is very lucky not to concede possession in a dangerous area.
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Looks like he mis controlled it and it happened to go to a white shirt.
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Looks like he mis controlled it and it happened to go to a white shirt.
Pretty sure that's not an attempt to control it. Whether or not it went to the player he wanted is a different story.
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there is no way he knows the positioning of the players behind him due to his eyes being on the ball.
Kevin de Bruyne must be the luckiest player on earth!
He meant to do it, it was a pass. Look at what he does, he doesn't even try and control it he kicks it towards the players with the outside of the foot.Looks like he mis controlled it and it happened to go to a white shirt.
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You comparing KDB with Kalvin Phillips? KDB is aware of everything going on and ALWAYS passes the way he is facing, ie forward looking. In that clip, Phillips has been extremely fortunate, four opponents are closing him down. I stand by what I said. No way he could possibly know the positioning of players from either team.Kevin de Bruyne must be the luckiest player on earth!
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Stop the clip at the start. He is looking across towards Shaw. No other player in his line of vision. No other England player he could possibly pass to. My guess is he was looking to pass it to Shaw and gets very, very lucky when the ball passes the Danish press and finds a white shirt.He meant to do it, it was a pass. Look at what he does, he doesn't even try and control it he kicks it towards the players with the outside of the foot.
All opinions though. If he recreates that pass ever again in his career, he is a £200m footballer all day long.
looks like he is looking behind him at the start. But look at how he kicks the ball, he isn't even trying to kick it towards shaw, he hits it with the top/outside of his foot. If he was trying to pass to shaw he would have hit it with the side of his foot and direct toward him, and a pass to shaw wouldn't even make sense in that situation he was being closed down, it would have made more sense to go backwards to kyle walker, but no, he made a brilliant pass. only way to know is askStop the clip at the start. He is looking across towards Shaw. No other player in his line of vision. No other England player he could possibly pass to. My guess is he was looking to pass it to Shaw and gets very, very lucky when the ball passes the Danish press and finds a white shirt.
All opinions though. If he recreates that pass ever again in his career, he is a £200m footballer all day long.