Victor Valdes – A goal stopping play maker? (Part 2)
With a team like Barcelona that would combine approximately twenty to thirty passes in one move, Victor Valdes definitely becomes a key player in it. Whenever there is a team that is playing strategically against Barcelona, Victor Valdes gives pin point
passes towards his midfielders or defenders so they can continue the move towards the goal.
Barcelona usually scores goals which come after a combination of 20 to 30 passes in total. Usually the move that the Catalans make is started from the defence and for obvious reasons their goalkeeper Victor Valdes becomes a part of it. He diverts play from
right wing to the left wing. He is the key player who helps the team switch sides from the right flank to the left flank. With the help of Victor Valdes, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Alves – who is on
the right flank. Just because of this, the Catalans have an advantage because their goalkeeper is not ready to give the ball away so easily. He would rather pass his way out of danger rather than clearing the ball towards safety. Just this approach helps Barcelona
in scoring a lot of goals; and in general keep the ball for a longer time.
There have been many goals that Barcelona have scored and the move initiated from their goalkeeper Victor Valdes. After passing the ball around in the defence, Valdes made a perfect passing decision and did not really take a long goal kick. When he makes
a save, or the ball goes out of play, Victor Valdes passes the ball to his nearest player. With this strategy, Barcelona can keep possession of the ball for a longer time and the Catalans are always dangerous when they are on the ball.
Victor Valdes is not only a goalkeeper in fact he is a very deep lying play maker for Barcelona. This simply proves that the passing strategy implied by their coach Josep Guardiola does not only imply on the outfield players but also their goalkeeper. Valdes
is a rare goalkeeper whose passing accuracy is more than any other goalkeeper at the moment. While the other goal stoppers are busy trying to save goals and clearing the ball to safety, Victor Valdes is present to initiate the move as well.
With a goalkeeper like Victor Valdes, it simply shows how the game has evolved in recent years. Not only does the goalkeeper help the team while defending between the two poles; in fact, he would move up and outside the 18 yard box to help the team move
the ball around and switch play.
The Spanish goalkeeper Victor Valdes is definitely one of his kinds and that is the reason why he is selected by Josep Guardiola as his number 1 and even with so much cash to spend on players, Guardiola never decided to change his goalkeeper. All in all,
Valdes does everything that is required from him in terms of goal stopping and play making. With a team like Barcelona, such a goalkeeper is definitely very crucial.
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