What do the Barcelona striker, Casemiro’s heir and the 21-year-old Georgian have in common?
They all delivered fairly promising news over the weekend.
Here are Makoto Asahara’s three ideas from Weekend Soccer.
It will be difficult to beat Barcelona this year
Yes, I know he came back from injury recently.
I know that the competition is getting more and more difficult, that the last eleven are also important and that it is easy to be deceived by a player who is allowed to enter in the middle of the second half against a tired opponent.
But after two substitutions in two matches, I came to the conclusion that Xavi, in good conscience, cannot continue Ansu Fati Out eleven start a little more.
His substitution in the opener 0-0 against Rayo last week was lively and he could have done more.
His substitution in the 64th minute at Real Sociedad was directly decisive.
The heel of Ousmane Dembele’s 2-1 goal was fantastic.
Robert Lewandowski’s 3-1 One Touch play was exceptional
He scored 4-1 himself, subtly at that.
All in all, the 19-year-old, who has been injured in recent years but is still very talented in terms of football, shows that he is something very special. He also did basically every time he wasn’t injured.
With Ansu Fati’s mandatory honors over, we can go ahead and state that perhaps there will not be many more teams than Prime Minister Rayo Vallecano who manage to complete the feat of liquidating Barcelona this year. Especially if we take into account that all the stars will only get better at finding each other from this.
Above all, it will be very difficult to stop Barcelona as long as Robert Lewandowski (who has now scored his first two goals league-a goal in his career, also on his birthday) Ansu Fati found each other as they did within half an hour they had to work together in San Sebastian.
If we look at the home team, we should also mention that Alexander Isak actually broke his goal drought with his 1-1 goal in the first half. Perhaps little consolation when he was substituted in a 1-3 deficit in the 70th minute. But the trends were, in short, promising for the Swede’s future.
Ansu Fati may not be promising, but it still is.
Persuasive answer by Chwamini
An era at Real Madrid is over due to the departure of midfielder Casemiro to Manchester United. And even if United’s offer (considering Casemiro’s age) is too good to turn down, is it possible to ask if Real Madrid are really ready for this already?
Above all, there is reason to wonder: Is Aurelien Chuamini, 22, really ready for this already?
The young Frenchman was bought earlier this summer for nearly a billion Casemiro’s clear and future heir. Perhaps with the idea that he will be allowed to go through next season and calmly adjust to life in Spain.
Now he is instead in the spotlight and the air is hot immediately.
During Saturday’s first leg match against Celta Vigo, Casemiro was in a medical clinic in Manchester and Toni Kroos was sick at home.
Perhaps the oldest player in the holy midfield trinity with world-class football content can surprise anyone who has followed the aging of Luka Modric.
But it’s also worth turning our hat off to Chomini.
Of course, it was a bit shaky, unbalanced and nervous in the first half. Certainly, the young Frenchman did not manage to reflect Casemiro’s clear and confident presence.
But he grew up with the task. And when Real Madrid put in extra gear and scored an impressive 4-1 victory, Chuamini was fantastic at times. Win the most ball. carry the ball. was here. he was there.
Although it is only at the end of the season that we can determine how reasonable Casemiro could actually be selling, Aurelien Tchouameni provided a very promising answer initially.
Did Napoli make a summer deal?
When you notice that Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens and Kalidou Koulibaly left Naples this summer, you have the very clear impression that there is a huge loss of quality in Naples. Or changing generations, if you want to call it that instead.
It is possible to discuss how these separations occur. But it is impossible not to marvel at the unexpected good looks in fact, in two rounds of the season, when Napoli scored nine goals in two matches and tops the Serie A table.
Above all, it’s time for you to marvel at a 21-year-old Georgian.
After a goal and assist on his debut against Hellas, left winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia rose another notch in the opening game at home against ambitious newcomer Monza. The 1-0 goal, scored from distance, was an undeniable gem reminiscent of Lorenzo Insigne in his prime.
His second goal in a 4-0 win wasn’t good either.
Three goals and one assist in his first two matches in the Italian League. After the pre-season where Rubin Kazan’s former talent has been undeniably distinguished since he signed for just over 100 million crowns.
Describing “Kvaradona” (as it is already called) not previously known would be to underestimate the performance of his national team in Georgia (after all, he scored both goals when Georgia beat Sweden last November, if you remember those World Cup qualifiers).
But undeniably, in any case, it can be classified as a discovery unparalleled in terms of the way in which he began his time in Naples.
After all, everything so far indicates that Napoli’s number 77 will come to my mind a few times this season.
I actually finished two out of three ideas with the word “promising” in the last sentence, which fits perfectly here as well.
