Bürki LP Hummels Akanji Hakimi Dahoud Delaney Guerreiro Hazard Haaland Brandt Despite the long break with no football, we still have several injury issues. Reus, Can, Witsel and Zagadou will miss the game. Sancho is on the bench. I think 5 subs will be allowed. Lineup looks strange as a result and it doesn't feel promising.
Clearance by a Schalke player with a fully extended arm and no penalty given. No idea how that is a natural position. But also not even a corner for us? Couldn't see whether one of our players hit the ball after it. Another good chance for us after that but until then it wasn't a good game by us.
Hazard is getting better and better, i really like him.. Dahoud usually is not playing for a reason, he doesnt look good, almost every decision is bad when we have a counter attack
2:0 Guerreiro. Initiated by Brandt again. I also liked Hazard even if he was a bit unlucky with the final product until he had the assist which was really well executed. But he looked good as an outlet who can make the game fast.
Haaland is just a pure finisher.. We didnt have that type of killer up front from Lewy. We missed that so much. He is lile CR player, most of the game like he doesnt even exist on the pitch, very "quiet" and than 1 chance (it was not a 100% chance) he scores.. This kid will be amazing and i think he will be the most important player to win a league in the next 2 seasons, if he stays ofc..
3:0 Hazard, nice strike. But we also have bad memories about wasting big leads so please don't let that happen again.
dumb foul by dahoud outside the box. guy wasnt in position to do anything with that ball... resulting free kick nearly results in a far post goal.
you can just sense that the team loves haaland.. they are happy to just feed him as much as possible. I dont think we will get to see him after this year as so many big clubs are going to probably snatch him up but I agree that if we could have him for more time we could finally break through with a championship
Good performance, Schalke weren't great but you can only beat what's in front of you. Going forward very clinical, absolutely vital to keep Haaland fit was worried after that tackle from Sane. Brandt was great? two assists plus key pass for first goal, as was Hazard. Guerreiro especially and Hakimi were pivotal. Their fb's couldn't handle them. The defence was pretty solid, which is a bonus. How long are Zagadou, Witsel, Can and Reus out for? Need as many players fit as poss with so many games in a short space of time.
I just now realized that LF only did 4 substitutes.. I mean couldnt he gave Morey or Raschl last few minutes al least? Thats so strange..
just saw, Zagadou is out for the rest of the season. been out since mid April, not gonna make it back. knee injury
i agree, they should have given some new guys the minutes. to make all 5 subs tho, u have to do it during 3 opportunities. so, u have to make 1 sub, then 2 subs, then 2 subs, whichever order. only have 3 chance to make all 5 changes.
In addition, you can also use the halftime which isn't part of this limitations for only 3 sub instances. Schalke did that. The bench was thin but it's also Favre's style. All subs after the 4:0, the last 2 subs at the 87th minute. He has to adjust because the reason behind allowing more subs is the high workload in the coming weeks. Generally, I think 5 subs could favor the weaker teams that use high intensity and pressing against us. Usually, teams that do this get tired after 60-70 minutes. 2 additional subs might help them more than us.
And Balerdi came on as a midfielder. If i was LF, i would rather put some experience guy in that role like Mats and Balerdi could play his natural position.. With that role i think that LF sent a message that he doesnt count on Balerdi at all at CB..