A fair few of his assists are delivery on set pieces.
I was kind of taken aback by how high his assists were too. But maybe we’ve scored a lot of set piece goals? It’s not a route to goal we’ve considered for a long time due to not doing them well, so now it’s worked it’s a bit of a shock.
I think he’s a bit like a gun striker. He pops up with a piece of genius that breaks through, but has periods of anonymity. Thinking of his assist for Nagasawa’s goal! Awesomeness. (And his two over heads- one for a goal and one that beat the defenders but not the keeper.)
I feel like Sandoval was almost laconic in action, but that he definitely got on the ball and controlled our transition play and often took responsibility and shot too.
Don’t think we’ve had a player like Ishige before. Maybe we’ll see a bit more from him when Chico and or Marco can start to make space for him.
I was kind of taken aback by how high his assists were too. But maybe we’ve scored a lot of set piece goals? It’s not a route to goal we’ve considered for a long time due to not doing them well, so now it’s worked it’s a bit of a shock.
I think he’s a bit like a gun striker. He pops up with a piece of genius that breaks through, but has periods of anonymity. Thinking of his assist for Nagasawa’s goal! Awesomeness. (And his two over heads- one for a goal and one that beat the defenders but not the keeper.)
I feel like Sandoval was almost laconic in action, but that he definitely got on the ball and controlled our transition play and often took responsibility and shot too.
Don’t think we’ve had a player like Ishige before. Maybe we’ll see a bit more from him when Chico and or Marco can start to make space for him.