If there is a Barça player who will make Real Madrid's defense line tremble, if there is a Barca player who will make Simeone's defensive tactics meaningless, if there is a Barca player who will make Xavi not need to command on-the-spot tactics...
The above is purely fictitious, and if there is any similarity, please feel free to understand.
Since leaving Barca in the summer of 2015, Adama has shown what is called "the most primitive football instinct" in the Premier League and The Championship. Someone sent him a comment: "The ball is fast within seven steps, and I am fast and fast outside seven steps." ”
If you really started following Adama from 2013 and witnessing his way back to the Premier League from the Second Division, the Premier League, the Championship, and then back to the Premier League, you will have witnessed a kind of human evolutionary history. It took 7 years for him to walk out of the "Stone Age".
Coaches and teammates were never needed:
Only the bottom line and fouls can stop him
He stunned Camp Nou: he left his opponent speechless in a crushing way
From 2013, when he entered the Barça B team, Adama, who was only 17 years old at the time, became the landscape of the La Liga arena in an incredible way. One pass is completely unable to satisfy him, one pass two is the basic skill, one pass three is the work he has to try every time.
Martino, then Barca manager, gave Adama a chance to make his debut in the match against Granada. Five main players were absent because of Messi, Xavi, Alves, Alba and Valdés, and Affelle, Tello and Dos Santos Jr. were also included in the injury list.
DeFrey is worth only 20 million euros at the 24-year-old Bremer, and since his contract also expires in the summer of 2023, Inter have no reason to refuse if they send a 20 million euros offer. In other words, with one in and one out, Inter will net more than 20 million euros.
The only job Adama can do to replace Neymar is to pass everyone and shoot.
The Barca goalkeeper in that game will be 37 years old and 205 days old, 20 years older than Adama. He was delighted with the 7th clean sheet of his Barça career, tweeting after the game: "I was touched by my league debut and victory, and helped the team to keep a clean sheet!" I would also like to congratulate Adama! ”
The recognition of uncle "Peach White" proves how good the 17-year-old Adama is! He witnessed Barca's 4-0 victory and made his red and blue debut in a stunning way.
A year later, Adama scored his first Barcelona goal under the new coach Enrique. It was the Copa del Rey facing Huesca, and Adama, who came off the bench, had just come out and crushed the opponent's defence with the ball and scored a very wonderful goal.
b. Switch to the Premier League: The fans are stunned! Football turned out to be a one-man sport
However, at Barca, which owns MSN, Adama was doomed to not get too many opportunities, and he was sold by Barca to Aston Villa in the Premier League for 12 million euros.
It should be noted that Barca made a super overbearing buyback clause tailored for him at that time: Barca had the right to buy him back within 2 years with 12 million euros + the salary expenditure of Adama during his time at Villa!
It can be seen that Barca's sale at that time was more like a substitute training model. As long as it develops well, Adama will return as soon as possible.
However, Adama has no teammates in his eyes, no tactical arrangements for coaches, and only a dragon. The efficiency of succeeding every 8 minutes in the Premier League is amazing.
The only thing that could stop him was fouls and the bottom line, which became a topic of discussion among fans at the time.
The problem is that Adama will only pass, and his cross is a flat kick, which is completely incompatible with the Premier League's habit of grabbing points. And he can't shoot at all, even if there is an opportunity, it is difficult to grasp.
His year at Aston Villa, apart from a goal in the League Cup against lower-level teams, did not receive direct attacking statistics in the Premier League.
The only goal he scored after breaking the defense was the opponent's oolong. The way to break the game was still to ride through the level alone, and finally crossed the bottom line, only to be knocked into his own door by a panicked Crystal Palace defender.
Playing for Miburg became a career turning point
The Wolf of the Moon brought Pep Guardiola to shame
a. From the Championship back to the Premier League: He entered the era of golden stone and use
Aston Villa saw a lot of instability after relegation, and during the team's purge, Adama also switched to Middlesbrough in the Premier League. There, he met Brace witt, and this season they will join forces again. More importantly, he learned a lot of new things in Miburg, which became the foundation for him to stand on a higher level in the future.
When necessary, he can already be the choice of the front, take the first point of the long pass, and use the physical advantage to crash into the opponent and directly impact the depth of the backfield. Unfortunately, his shot was still off target, and this time after crushing Koscielny, he failed to grasp the opportunity of the single knife.
At least that season, Adama had learned to be a normal team player after passing. He was no longer a "one-man footballer" and gradually began to have teammates in his eyes.
When Adama is in possession, teammates don't need to stop and watch the show, adama himself will try to compete for the second drop point, looking for opportunities to launch a second attack.
In Middlesbrough, Adama is no longer just a winger, he tries to play the role of right forward and right wing back. On the pitch, his job was no longer just to pass, but to slowly learn how to pass and defend.
In the match against Arsenal, Adama, who has repeatedly defended on the right, is impressive. He has a clear advantage in one-on-one confrontations, not only offensively, but also defensively.
After breaking the ball, he can also launch a counterattack on the spot, although this method is usually based on going it alone.
b. Wolf of the Moon Eater! Guardiola was humiliated by him several times
Although Middlesbrough, like Aston Villa, did not escape relegation. But Adama gets the best room for growth and fault tolerance here.
In the 2017-18 Championship season, Adama contributed five goals and 10 assists, as well as an incredible 9 successes per 90 minutes. What excites the fans who love him even more is that he can shoot!
The discerning Premier League Wolves paid £18 million in a severance payment to sign Adama in a way that broke the club's transfer fee record. The all-rounder on the right managed to make 267 successes in that Championship season, a full 132 more than second place (almost doubled).
In the match against Manchester City, Adama scored with such an unprovoked burst to make his name familiar to more fans.
Klopp was desperate to bring him to Anfield, not just because Adama always scored against Manchester City. Unfortunately, at that time, because most of the players were inflated before the epidemic, he was once priced at 80 million, which was a sky-high transaction that Liverpool could not gamble.
As he got better, Adama also swelled slightly, and at one point he said he could compare his speed to Boltby.
But fans who really love him don't care about this, and what is really exciting is Adama's improvement in left foot technique. Not only did the left foot have a burst score, but it also sent a high-quality cross. Let the attacker, who would have dribbled the ball on both feet, the offensive stats began to soar.
This time in the Europa League against Turin, Adama not only has to break through the bottom line, but can slam the ball and send a high-quality cross with his left foot to help Jimenez score.
Looking at the counterattack this time, Adama used the most Premier League way to assist Dundon Cole's goal. Don't just see Adama's consecutive performances, notice that he sent out his left foot!
Wanderer Returns: Two core skills in hand
Adama enters the "Internet Age"
a. The bridgehead! The first point of the counterattack is to take the ball reliably
In the Premier League this season, the 26-year-old Adama averaged only 40 minutes per game, but he was able to complete 4.2 successful passes (81% success rate) and win 6.6 one-on-one confrontations (63% success rate)!
The most important point is that he is used as a counter-attacking bridgehead in the game, and Wolves only need to push him to the top of the front line and let Jimenez play as the front and follow up.
It can be clearly seen from the GIF that Adama faces the first point of the long pass, although there are also times of mistakes, but the proportion of success is not low. After taking the ball strongly, he crushed Liverpool midfielder Thiago, but unfortunately the last ball over the top was slightly crossed by Jimenez.
Looking at this wave of attacks, Wolves have no less than 20 long passes in a single game directly to Adama, which is a specific tactic they have when facing Liverpool and Manchester City.
Even if the pass is not well placed, Adama can regain the ball through a strong confrontation. This time Van Dijk broke the ball after being pushed open by him is an excellent example. Unfortunately, Huang Xican, who followed up, failed to take the ball well, so that Adama's wonderful pass was let down.
b. Will hit the wall to cooperate + no ball follow-up: Adama becomes a normal player
Barca brought Back Adama for no reason, and it would be a mistake to still see Adama as a beast-type player of the "Wild Age".
He is now on the pitch and has gradually become a normal player, learning to play 11-man football. (Not to say how high the ball quotient is, but at least to a normal level)
Although Adama will still look a bit sticky, he will like to try and push on his own after receiving the ball, but when necessary, he has learned to divide the ball to give the weak side space.
Even if sometimes, such a score is still not delicate enough to control, but at least he has learned to play 11-man football.
More importantly, after this time, Adama also counter-inserted the forward line for the second time, but unfortunately, the teammate's direct ball was not given well.
For Adama, it's always a very easy thing to turn around 1 over 2 with the ball. He wants to pass, and the opponent is really difficult to stop.
But Adama will divide the ball to his teammates after passing, and then there is no ball forward, which will bring tears to the eyes of fans who love him.
It can be clearly seen from the GIF that in this season's match against Liverpool, Adama's action at 1 to 2 is still violent, the key is that he scored Jimenez so quickly, and then reversed the first time.
If it weren't for the low quality of Nuri's cross and the slow ball speed, Adama would have run out of the back post. Wolves' overall consciousness bias, lack of coordination ability, and inability to maximize Adama's advantages, come to Barca, maybe he can go to the next level.
Looking at the attack again, Adama took the first point of the high ball, and then pushed forward after hitting the wall on the wing (he is now quite skilled at hitting the wall), but unfortunately the last cross was not in place.
It should be noted that Wolves have been poor at the front point of the cross, and if the teammates in the ribs at the time can insert themselves, Adama's cross will be more selected. This is not a problem at Barca.
Conclusion:
After 6 1/2 years away, Adama returned to the stage of her dreams. Will he surprise the world again at Camp Nou? The way he used to play was very primitive, and now Adama can act as a forward arrow, can carry and pass the ball on both feet, and can also complete a burst of shots. This will be his best chance to prove himself at the giants and a key chapter in his evolutionary history.