Palhinha is expected to play a bigger role with the mid-week games coming up soon. Kompany is planning on rotating his squad more often & FCB will soon start facing strong attacking teams that can exploit the gaps in the middle of the pitch, which is why Palhinha was signed in the first place
by pewpewlasersandshit
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No disrespect, but I wouldn’t call Wolfsburg a “strong attacking team” and they were already able to exploit these gaps. It doesn’t take Real or City to make our midfield sweat on defense.
He’s the best destroyer in the world, statistically speaking at least. Not playing him is something I can’t stand, or even understand, especially when that huge midfield gap is still so evident and other teams can score against Bayern from very low xG chances. Our CBs need support if we want them to make less mistakes. He should be a starter even against so called “smaller” clubs, it’ not like Bayern keeps clean sheets often and you don’t buy a 50-60M CDM to just play him in “tough” matches.
The fact Kompany has made substitutions before the 60th minute is so amazing to me. I love it.