What the hell is this? Everyone but the back 4 are in the middle of opposition's own half trying to press, including 3 CMs that somehow end up right next to each other. Impossible to tell where the defensive line is obviously, but for this to make any sense it has to be placed somewhere around the halfway line at least. Otherwise there must be a ridiculous amount of space between the front 6 and the back 4. We somewhat get an answer couple of seconds later;
Turns out defensive line is placed somewhere inside our own half, so there is indeed a ridiculous amount of space right in the middle of the pitch to run into. That's what Tielemans does. He ends up making this attempt;
17th minute of the match y'all, not 87th when all caution was understandably thrown to the wind chasing a match in desperate fashion. And anybody who watched the match yesterday knows this is not me blowing a cherrypicked freak accident out of proportion. Similar stuff kept happening again and again, that's how Kinsky ended up making all those saves.
If you think Romero-VdV coming back or a less congested schedule will fix these structural issues then go ahead. But don't expect many people to follow suit.
