Kylian Mbappe has been extensively mocked throughout the globe after his efficiency towards Barcelona in El Clasico the place he merely struggled to remain onside for Los Blancos.
Whereas the Frenchman’s struggles are partly associated to his poor making, an equal share of reward have to be showered on Barcelona’s defensive position for sustaining the excessive line with such precision.
In any case, Mbappe even discovered the again of the web near the half-hour mark with an awesome end previous Inaki Pena and celebrated the objective in 3 ways earlier than having it dominated out. Had that objective counted, the sport may have taken a distinct course.
Pau Cubarsi’s brilliance
Whereas at first, it might seem that Mbappe mistimed his run for the transfer within the thirtieth minute, a more in-depth have a look at the identical reveals the genius of Pau Cubarsi who noticed Mbappe dragged into an offside place.
It was Lucas Vazquez who did effectively to search out Mbappe with a ball excessive for the transfer and the Frenchman’s management and end was flawless. It was, nonetheless, Barcelona’s teenage defender who confirmed nice intelligence to disallow the objective.
Simply when the right-back was about to play the ball excessive, Cubarsi was working in direction of his personal objective in parallel with Mbappe. He rapidly realised that the participant had already reached the identical line as Inigo Martinez and thus slowed down his run.
If not for the intelligence of Cubarsi, Mbappe’s first objective would have been onside
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On account of Cubarsi’s choice, he stayed additional up the pitch than Mbappe and the offside line was drawn to Martinez’s degree, who additionally performed the striker offside.
Had Cubarsi not made the choice that on the spot, he may effectively have performed him onside.
It’s astounding that the teenager reveals such a deep understanding of the positional facet of the sport at 17 years of age, nevertheless it solely goes to point out how effectively Hansi Flick has drilled his defence with the thought.
Furthermore, one should acknowledge that Cubarsi may be very particular and the most effective younger skills in world soccer.