2018/22 Yoshinori Muto @ Newcastle United FC (ENG)

His loan to Eibar is now official:

http://www.sdeibar.com/noticia/acuerdo-para-la-cesion-de-yoshinori-muto

He will wear the shirt No.12.

 

I think he will explode in La Liga.

 

I agree.

 

Muto started again yesterday, and this time he played as a lone-striker.

This time he had an improved performance compared to his first match, specially when it came to developing harmony with his teammates.

He had two clear-cut goal scoring chances in both halves; in the first one he recieved a through pass from Inui after a lovely dribble by Inui on the left-flank, but the goalkeeper managed to save it, and in the second he had a wider-range on goal but somehow fluffed his shot and it went wide.

He was subbed out later in the second half as one of Eibar's CMs was sent off, and the head coach needed to sub out Muto in favour of a more defensively-oriented player.

So far, doing well in terms of off-the-ball movements and link-up plays with his teammates. He is doing well too when it came to physical challenges, but he was went down easily when he was challenged from behind by Valladolid's CB El-Yamiq, if he did not went down he would have a 1-on-1 chance against Valladolid's goalkeeper.

 

Muto and Inui are both continuing their great form for Eibar this season.

Tonight's match against Real Madrid was a rollercoaster as both sides had 9 shots each. Muto caused Real Madrid's defence many troubles, beating both Varane and Sergio Ramos.

Muto missed 3 scoring opportunities as his shots went few inches wide in each of them. He almost earned Eibar a PK as his passing attempt inside the penalty area was blocked by Sergio Ramos' hands, but no penalty given.

Inui on the other hand, delivered 3 goal threatening chances, with 2 of them being saved greatly by Real Madrid's GK, and the third was a cross into the penalty box which was missed by Muto due to miscommunication between the Japanese duo.

Muto showed huge amount of self-confidence, energy, physical hold-up play, and very good positioning.

Muto and Inui's highlights:

 

Their default PK taker Edu Exposito wasted 1 or 2 PKs recently, so it seems they were practicing PKs recently and saw that the GK is the team's best PK taker.

 

Muto assisted Eibar's equaliser.

His hold-up play is remarkably improven since joining Eibar, and he shall be an option for Japan NT, as this aspect was one of main two weaknesses, and he managed to offset it lately.

 

He is injured. This is why he did not play for a while.