Useful or Useless – Real Madrid summer signings so far (Part 2)
After losing the first season to Barcelona, Jose Mourinho decided to take Real Madrid under his own control. He became the only in charge of the Spanish club and started to sign more players in order to strengthen his squad.
With Barcelona winning the UEFA Champions League along with the Spanish La Liga, Jose Mourinho simply knew what he had to add to his squad in order to defeat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604. The Catalan Giants have been extraordinary throughout the season despite a few injury
crises and only thing that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 Madrid lacked was the team chemistry.
Jose Mourinho signed two players as soon as the season ended and both the signings are simply related to team play. The two players signed by Jose Mourinho are: The Bayern Munich player http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hamit-Altintop-c15652; and the Borussia Dortmund star midfielder Nuri Sahin.
Even though Altintop has not done wonders with his former club, he is a diverse midfielder who can play in any position. On the other hand, Nuri Sahin is an extraordinary midfielder who can play right behind the attacking midfielders to support the team
– just like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 but only with shorter and more accurate passes.
With these two players signed by Jose Mourinho, it means that the Real Madrid midfield is their strongest point now. Jose Mourinho has a lot of players who can feature in the centre of the pitch. The Portuguese centre back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670 featured as a holding midfielder
against Barcelona and he can take that role permanently if he keeps performing well there.
The other midfielders who can play behind the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 Kaka and Hamit Altintop. All these players can perform in the centre of the pitch, create magic and help build team chemistry.
With the inclusion of Mesut Ozil in the team last season, Real Madrid’s midfield flourished as he is unselfish and doesn’t keep the ball to himself for long time. Real Madrid’s basic problem has been the selfishness of extraordinary players. Since all the
players are considered as one of the best in the world, they try to prove a point but with stars like Ozil, Kaka, Altintop, Xabi Alonso, Lassana Diarra, Sami Khedira and Nuri Sahin in the team, this selfishness is definitely going to fade away.
All these players can pass the ball well and the only players who are very selfish include http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain. They want to create a piece of magic and they cannot be left out of the team; therefore, Jose Mourinho is going
to build a team in such a way that all these players get their time on the ball while the midfield takes care of the possession – especially against teams like Villarreal and Barcelona; who like to keep the ball to themselves.
Hamit Altintop will be able to feature as a right midfielder and a left midfielder. On the other hand, Nuri Sahin can provide Mesut Ozil with all the perfect balls he need in the attacking midfield. Diarra and Xabi Alonso can feature in the holding midfield
position and help retain the ball.
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