http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mano-c23341 Menezes has criticised Chelsea defender David Luiz for lack of concentration against Bosnia-Herzegovina as the former World Cup winners managed a 2-1 victory.
The country who will be hosting the upcoming 2014 World Cup only managed the win thanks to an own goal by Bosnia in stoppage time. There was little to differentiate the two sides as the score remained 1-1 for most of the game.
Menezes revealed Luiz had been one of the worst players on the pitch as he had shown inconsistency and lack of attention during the game. Not only was Luiz singlehandedly responsible for the equalizer by Bosnia, he did little to make up for his mistake.
Menezes said in an interview:
“Individually, he was not up to his usual standards, and he knows that.
We had a chat after the game and half-time.”
Luiz was also unable to successfully deal with Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko and was often drawn into physical battles with him, which he was unable to emerge victorious from. The Blue’s defenders form for country and club is similar, though Chelsea
manager Andre Villas-Boas has refused to pile criticism on the Brazilian defender like Menezes.
He continued:
“He lost concentration because of a mistake, which is normal in the life of a footballer. He marked a player who is very difficult to mark.
Dzeko likes a physical battle. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 accepted this type of battle and lost out twice in individual tussles.”
During the absence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Cahill-c14439 have had to take up the role of central defenders for the Blues. While Cahill is inexperienced as it is, having joined the Blues from Bolton Wanderers in the January transfer window, Luiz has not
done too well either considering the fact that he has now been at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 for over a year now.
During their previous fixture, Luiz was often than more found out of position and often got involved in unnecessary physical battles. However, he did show improvement against Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League, even scoring a goal and helping
to maintain a clean sheet in the 3-0 win over the Trotters.
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