Colin Dagba had a very special evening in Montpellier on the occasion of the Parisian victory (3-1). He certainly scored his first goal in his red and blue colors, but before that, the international hopefuls had experienced a lot of difficulties in the game. Back in figures on this paradoxical evening of the Parisian side.
Colin Dagba will certainly remember this December 5, 2020 for a long time. And for good reasons. He scored at La Mosson his first goal in Ligue 1, and even his very first professional with PSG. But this evening could have been a milestone for all other reasons, much worse. Indeed, until this goal of the 33th minute, the young (22 years) Parisian side had missed everything or almost.
When scoring his goal, he had notably lost 10 of the 24 balls he had played so far. A dreadful ratio of 42% of lost balloons to make the most “Heads in the air” of his partners (Neymar is shooting this season at 29% for example).
Replaced at 64th, Dagba ended the game with 13 losses of the 40 played. He therefore returned to the opponent a third of the balls he touched. In this young (22.4 years old average) and unprecedented defense at 5, he was not the least inexperienced, from the top of his 38 Ligue 1 matches (against 13 in Bakker and 2 in Pembélé). He nevertheless chained technical blunders throughout this first half: cushioned chests missed, passes to the opponent, rough checks …
23 of 33 passes back
Beyond his lost balls, all his statistical indicators testify to a difficult match: only 69% of successful passes (against 92% in career), a single successful defensive gesture (an interception), no duel won, a yellow card . The worst part is that his technical misses completely destroyed the little confidence he should have had since he took as few initiatives as possible: 23 of his 33 passes were made backwards and he did not. attempted no dribbling.
And yet, he had this beautiful inspiration after half an hour of play: seeing Di Maria overflow on the left side, he has the good reflex to pass in front of Ristic and the gesture just to deceive Omlin. Hopefully this goal will do him good and that he regains some confidence.
Not the only one to be decisive and in the hard
This paradox of a decisive player despite a more than average evening in the game does not concern Colin Dagba alone. The other two evening scorers had a lot of difficulties in the game. Kean, for example, only touched 29 balls and lost 11. He only managed 71% of his passes and won only 3. duels on 9, but he especially scored a new goal (his 7th with PSG) and spirits thanks to his superb strike from the 77th.
Mbappé, came into play in the 78th, meanwhile missed almost everything (0 duel won out of the 3 contested, 5 balls lost out of the 13 played) but he was present to put Kurzawa’s offering in the net (91th). Two of the three decisive assistants of the match on the Paris side also had an otherwise complicated evening: author of 3 faults, Kurzawa came close to expulsion and was often put in difficulty in defense, and Di Maria lost 30% of the balls that he touched (21 of 69).
What should we deduce from it? Quite simply, that one should not be satisfied with counting the goals and the assists to analyze the performance of a player, but that, until proof to the contrary, it is indeed the goals registered which make win the matches and the titles…
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