The focus of this round of Champions League between Manchester City and Real Madrid, in the absence of a major general in the two teams of defenders, played a wonderful seven-goal battle. The forward players took turns to shine, reflecting the mediocre performance of the goalkeepers on both sides, Manchester City should have won a big victory at home, Andrden and Mahrez missed the opportunity, although it is a pity, but 3 goals conceded, for this season's Champions League knockout rounds have all won a clean sheet Manchester City is more deadly. After Edson was shocked by the goal line of Liverpool, he made a series of small mistakes in this game, the Angels and Devils were separated by a line, Ederson did not become another wrong goalkeeper at benzema's feet, but his performance still made people hesitate: from the technical point of view of the goalkeeper alone, is Ederson really a top goalkeeper?
Before this game, many fans played the terrier to "worry" about whether Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson's careless backcourt shot would allow Benzema, who had been promoted to tyrannosaurus re-poaching. Fortunately, the plot did not go as the melon fans wished, Benzema did not steal the opportunity to break the goal directly from Ederson's feet, but Ederson's blood pressure-high ball was still the same, and Manchester City took the lead with lightning, which seemed to aggravate Ederson's Zen play, and if there was no teammate and luck, Ederson would probably have to buckle the hat of losing the ball by mistake.
In the 6th minute of the first half, in the face of Real Madrid's pressing, Ederson made a pass similar to a big foot, passing the ball directly to Real Madrid's attacking players, fortunately, in a hurry, Real Madrid did not think of how to organize an effective on-the-spot counterattack.
In the 17th minute, also in the face of the pressure, Ederson passed the ball to the side too strongly, making it difficult for Stones, who played on the wing, to deal with it, and also gave Real Madrid a chance to counterattack in the front.
In the 24th minute, Ederson made another mistake, and in the face of a multi-person rush from real Madrid in front, Ederson sent a knife mountain ball to his teammates with a lighter force. Díaz's protection of the ball was broken, and although Vinicius was in an offside position at the offensive end, Real Madrid, who intended to step up the pressing, was repeatedly successful.
As a Manchester City goalkeeper, Ederson, who can't easily open his feet, will naturally increase the probability of passing mistakes, in fact, Ederson's 88% pass success rate is already the only one in the Premier League, putting its mistakes under a magnifying glass, obviously some black for black. However, regardless of the passing angle, Ederson played mediocrely in this game, and the Manchester Evening News did not protect the short after the game, giving the lowest score of 5 points in the team that failed, which seems to explain some problems.
Three goals conceded, Ederson is not directly responsible, Manchester City defenders are absent together, Stones and Fernandinho have repeatedly filled the holes on the right side, and it is reasonable to prevent Real Madrid's left-leaning attack line. But Ederson, who was teased by Benzema's spoon, did not work, and could not do anything in the face of Real Madrid's few opportunities, Manchester City fans seemed to have gotten used to it, Ederson is a compatible system, not a goalkeeper who should play a trick like Mendy or Alisson.
On the data alone, Ederson is definitely the world's top goalkeeper, this season's Premier League half of the clean sheet, the Champions League knockout round has not conceded a goal, but in depth, Ederson's highlight data is somewhat watery. Just in the middle of this month, BetVictor combined the expected number of goals conceded by the Premier League goalkeeper, the actual number of goals conceded, the success rate of saves and other data, ranked the Goalkeepers of the Premier League, and counted a list of "the most difficult goalkeepers in the Premier League to score", as the main goalkeeper of the leader, Ederson only ranked ninth, even better than the relegation team Burnley's goalkeeper Pope and Brighton's goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
Although the expected number of goals scored does not directly reflect the real level of the player, it can reflect whether the player's performance is up to expectations. From this point of view, Ederson is clearly not up to expectations, and the current expected conceding of Ederson is -1.4, far below the +7 of Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea, nor as much as Chelsea goalkeeper (1) and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson (3.6), and David James, who was once the lowest goal conceded in the Premier League, explained the phenomenon in his column: "Due to Manchester City's dominance, Ederson does not need to make too many saves, Alisson's saves in the past two months have caught up with Ederson's saves this season. (David James' data is yet to be examined.
David James explained one of the reasons why Ederson's stats were inflated, and because of his excellent teammates, Ederson was naturally able to keep more clean sheets. In the Champions League knockout rounds this season, Manchester City did not even hit a shot at the goal frame in the first leg of the match against Atletico Madrid and Sport of Portugal, and Ederson naturally did not save a single time. In these two games, Ederson was bored and even paced to the midfield to be repulsed by his teammates. As a goalkeeper, it is more difficult to stay focused for a long time while doing nothing, which seems to explain why Ederson has a save success rate of 72.9%, similarly inferior to Alisson's 75% and Mendy's 75.3%.
Save aside, the range of attack is another label of Ederson, but his attack judgment also needs to be strengthened, this season Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League, Ederson has a hasty attack, resulting in Laporte's header back into an empty goal error, fortunately, Ake has the help to complete the goal line clearance. Speaking about Ederson's mistake afterwards, Acker said: "I saw Ederson strike and had a hunch that something might go wrong. Coincidentally, in last year's Copa America final, Ederson also rushed out and was picked up by Di Maria, and Brazil finally hated the final because of this goal.
The power of the idol also plays a role in the style of the players, Alisson's childhood idol is Brazilian legendary goalkeeper Tafarell, while Ederson's idol is the famous São Paulo goalkeeper Cheney. The style of the two is also much the same as that of their idols, Alisson, who was once instructed by goalkeeper coach Ta farrell in the national team, has outstanding saving ability, and Ederson, like Cheney, has excellent footwork. Former England international Joe Colligan said in a recent interview with the official website: "Alisson is better at saving, while Ederson is more accurate in passing. ”
A similar contrast appeared in the past Valdés and Casey, when Guardiola's Baldes was also a goalkeeper who often made low-level mistakes, but because it fits Guardiola's tactical style of play, he became the main force for Barsare. After working with the likes of Joe Hart Bravo, Ederson has also become the most suitable goalkeeper for Guadallic Manchester City's playing style.
Admittedly, although the ability to save as a goalkeeper still needs to be strengthened, Ederson, who was still a frequent mistake leading to the loss of the ball 2 years ago, has been improving his stability and saving ability in recent years. Blind praise and criticism are not objective, there are two sides to everything, fortunately, Ederson and Manchester City can complement each other.
We can't deny that as a representative of the modern goalkeeper, Ederson has the qualities that make Manchester City indispensable, but it is difficult to ignore his shortcomings to be strengthened, at least from now on, Ederson is still far from the top goalkeeper, but the flaws are not hidden, Ederson is like a piece of the puzzle with highlights and flaws, in line with Manchester City's system, in order to spell out a champion of the Champions League. (Back-ups/MIKU)