Player Ratings

In football terms, what we have seen in the last few weeks has been a very unexciting performance from almost all the players.
The coach started with the same speech as in previous years, without any tactical changes or strokes of genius. The supporters accept him because the administration of the club decided that he would continue coaching the team until the end of his contract. The way he positions his players is just not to lose. A draw is enough and, therefore, attacking is not in the team’s genes or spirit. We have a catennacio type of coach who prefers a 0-0 result rather than to win convincingly. The financial resources he has should have put the club at the next level of development. Unless there is any expected event, he shall continue to coach this way until the contract expires in 2019.
His first player was seen as the future coach of the club when he was hired. From a great academy of players, it seems that there is some disappointment among his supporters. The game has not gone well. He appears not to know about the position he should take. Sometimes he seems to back-pedal frantically into the defending areas of the field. But when it comes to taking the team forward, he flounders in a way that makes it seem as if even the most radical supporters from the season ticket stand don’t know whether to whistle or cheer.
The second player is from the youth team and has the full support of the administration and of all the fans in the stadium. A true old-school midfielder who gives full assistance to the stoppers, not allowing the strikers to enter the penalty area, even if the rules of the game are sometimes breached.
The third player seems to also be entering into the favour of the administration. She played so well in the previous club that the administration gave her a five-year contract without even doing any tests at the training center. One of those players who tries to show up when needed. To watch.
The fourth player is the former protégé of the coach. Plays fantastically to the stands and is intelligent at reading the game. The Portuguese supporters like him a lot, which may, after this period of his career, be an obstacle to becoming the coach.
Last but not the least, the box-to-box player who was retrieved from his European campaign at the highest level. He thinks first about the team rather than about his next contract. Technically almost perfect, he tries to overcome the difficulties in reading the game of his teammates and the lack of tactical skills of the coach. Unfortunately for the club, he will not stay after his contract expires.