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Eight observations to close the season, featuring the last of Marcelo, Fede’s growth, and more
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Here is my final ‘observations’ column of the season. Rest assured, I’ll do them during the Euros too.
Marcelo’s final (?) cameos
Imagine having (probably) the best offensive left-back of all time as your back-up left-back. Seems like a decent luxury something that any team would be crazy to turn down, in theory, anyway. But Marcelo has declined enough that even as a back-up, you just can’t play him in certain games. Against smaller teams, Ferland Mendy’s tracking has been important defending transition opportunities as teams explode out of their low-blocks, and against bigger teams who give you space well, Mendy’s transition defense becomes even more essential. Marcelo could, in years past, be so good offensively that he’d trump his defensive deficiencies. Not anymore.