OTHERWISE BETTER VALUE WHO IS HERE
Without blue at the World Cup, but with an intense and radiant purple, like the face of Amrabat. Anyone who loves Florence and Fiorentina can only be delighted with the well-deserved success, as a team and personally, of the Viola midfielder.
The title could be this: “The world has discovered Amrabat”. Without indulging in the hyperbole, dear to the current narrative of football, Sofyan is playing a leading role in Qatar. With its characteristics of a modern, non-director BCD. In addition to giving Florence a different and better player, this World Cup helps to dispel the last doubts about Amrabat’s role: he is not Torreira, but not even the Uruguayan could be defined as a pure point guard, but he fully meets the needs of many coaches of these times. By now many in front of the defense prefer physical players, with a smattering of geometries, but above all able to recover balls and hinder the opposing attacking midfielder. They are medians disguised as directors, but useful for “balancing” the foreseen phases. In the circle of Pecci or Pizzarro, in order not to disturb Pirlo (a Martian), few or perhaps more are seen. In Amrabat we asked for things that he could not and should not do. The first to know was Italian who invested a lot in him, so much so that he shared the decision to move on with Torreira with the club.
Even the change of formation made by the Italian recently, a flexible 4-2-3-1, has given Amrabat a further boost. It was the pattern congenial to him in Juric’s Verona, when next to him he had the technique of a director like Veloso.
This is the point: to enhance Sofyan’s qualities, a midfielder with an educated foot would be needed, with different characteristics perhaps from Mandragora, another balancer, but less powerful than the Moroccan national team.
Amrabat is experiencing the best period of his young career in Qatar and the credit goes to his ability. But Italiano played a precise role in Sofyan’s growth: he was the coach who worked and insisted on certain details, starting with his relationship with the ball. Amrabat tended to carry him around the field and often missing the time of play. Now the viola travels at one touch-two, at most three, then the discharge or the sweep arrives to widen the team. Fiorentina can be satisfied with this great improvement. Of course, the great visibility puts Sofyan in the spotlight, it seems that heavy clubs are looking for him, but he has a contract that lasts (with the option of Fiorentina) until 2025. That’s no small deal. The hope is that the flattery doesn’t make him change his mind, in which case it would be difficult to keep him. But Fiorentina if they want to have what it takes to convince him, setting up an increasingly competitive group.
The January market is approaching with its load of expectations and suggestions, often unanswered. The fans legitimately hope, but we still haven’t figured out what Fiorentina will want to do. However, one element does not fear denials: it is forbidden to buy for the sake of buying, the market must not be “movementist” but effective. Just to clarify: if there is a goal or there are more goals aimed at improving the general condition of the team, great. Otherwise better to abstain to postpone any decision to the next session.
Too many players have arrived who should have changed the inertia of the seasons and who instead turned out to be wrong in their choice. No examples needed, everything is clear. Much more productive to value those who are already here and perhaps for various reasons have not yet been able to express themselves.
Pradè’s statements after the friendly match in Arezzo sparked a useless debate: a diesse can’t say much, indeed often he doesn’t say anything of interest. The truth lies only in the facts. Now communication rhymes with action. “So I make a statement”. Through a maneuver I understand what you want to do and how you want to direct the year towards a goal.
All that remains is to wait with Olympic calm for the end of the winter transfer market to lay bare the will of the viola club. The rest is boredom, as the immense Caliph sang.
Phrases like this, “Gonzalez, Castrovilli and Sottil will be our best buys”, are wonderfully vintage, for those who love the genre. Like a film by Thomas Milian and Bombolo, they make you rewind the memory tape.
It was the end of the seventies, a small Fiorentina but full of heart and competence filled the then Comunale and did not fight for the top. The presidents were gentlemen who, after having closed shop or the company, ran to the headquarters to play football. There was no lyre, but passion burned like wildfire. And when the market came, the “piggy” was broken to see how much money was in the box. Very few as always. At the time, the headline was given to the newspaper: “Our best purchase will be to keep Antognoni…”. And around him many followers with a heart as big as a spaceship.
Thank you Pradè for making us look 45 years younger…
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