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🇪🇸 Juan Mata


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Mata is an absolute champion and such a humble person as well, it seems.

I love the way our team is developing at the moment with Mata, Hazard et al. I think this season was probably one of the most important ones in terms of development and commitment shown therefor by young players like Oscar who really pushed his bounderies yesterday. Difficult game for him but he and Rami sitll managed to pin Benfica back and helped the team scoring. I think with a team build around Mata (all the big teams have a few who stand out) and the other amigos we are on a good way. It is exciting to witness this period as a supporter, I have to say. I am grateful after missing out on most of Zolas carreer (too young, too far away) to now see magicians like Mata and Hazard who people already compare to Zola.

Anyway, got distracted there...brilliant touch from him on for Torres, who played really well again last night and scored a brilliant goal. He can still be fucking strong...every now and then.

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I cant believe people forget our game vs tottenham during de mateo's era mata played wide/roaming right of a three including Hazard-oscar-Mata. Funny enough mata is one of our best players, yet i would say he is our weak link in the sense that he is not a winger/ slow and he is defensively poor. when he plays as a number 10 he really plays as a second stiker leaving our midfield two exposed (ie a 2 v 3). a perfect example being our trip to Goodison park ( everton) even though he (mata) played as our #10 we did not control the game, yet when oscar came on as the #10 he was a presence and influenced the game as a #10 should. I would say mata represents kaka, in simple sense a second striker NOT a #10 ' meaning not a controler but a striker really' while you can say oscar represents zidane, a reall number ten, dynamic, yet a presence in the MIDDLE, creating a true three man midfield.

If jose is our next manager and it comes down to oscar or mata as our #10, he will choose oscar and that will be the right choice in my opinion.

P.S. I like mata but funny enough he might be our weak link,and the player holding us back.EX: Kroos-sweinstieger-J. Martinez vs Oscar-KDB-Mikel is more structured, phisical, and compact , and has the ability to hold possessing similar to our Lampard-Ballack-makalele axis containing elements of tiki-taka, and power.

Mata is our best player, make no mistake about that.

But to become a real force to be reconed with, I think jose will develop his defensive side massively and force him to do some gym work to develop his strength to hold the ball under pressure. And I think he will develop his workrate under jose, maybe if jose subs him off early in games to keep him fresh like he does with ozil it will make mata less tired and cancel out that 3 vs 2 midfield that always happens to us.

I also think benitez makes mata stay high up the pitch and makes the wingers come back more like 4-4-1-1 instead of 4-2-3-1

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how he's not considered top 5 is beyond me. an absolute magician.

I think its because he's not as "attractive" in his playstyle as lets say Hazard, plus Chelsea aren't that popular I guess.

He barely does anything flashy, he's very humble, low-profile.

^ LMAO Doni! We have more than one Israeli fan :D

Ofc, there's also me! :D

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