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Does anybody know the backstory on why he hardly celebrated those goals against Empoli?
Does anybody know the backstory on why he hardly celebrated those goals against Empoli?
Spent a season there on loan.Does anybody know the backstory on why he hardly celebrated those goals against Empoli?
According to himself:Does anybody know the backstory on why he hardly celebrated those goals against Empoli?
“It’s great, but I am sorry the brace came against a team where I played in a happy period of my life,” Frattesi told DAZN.
“I didn’t celebrate because I had a good time here.” - Frattesi
Almost as he struggles with expectations at high level?“Yes, especially recently. It’s not easy,” admitted the midfielder.
“It’s almost as if every game determines whether I am a good player or not. It’s impossible to score in every game; a period of fatigue is understandable, but a player’s worth must be valued in the long run and not in each match.”
That`s because he used to be a forward. He grew up training for that role. Old habits die hard?LOL even when he touches the ball in the midfield, it feels like a forward dropped back to help relieving pressure and immediately runs back to the box.
Well, Frattesi admits he struggled to accept a position change during his youth academy days:Just convert him to a support striker or something. Great eye for goals this lad.
Did you know?“I didn’t handle the transformation from forward to midfielder well. In Lazio’s youth team, I had Francheschini as my coach.
“He told me he felt I wasn’t reaching my full potential as a forward and would move me to play as a mezzala. I wanted to quit training.
“But I’ll never stop thanking him because that position change brought me here. When I talk to him now, we sometimes joke about it.” - Frattesi
This guy should play forward again or behind striker.According to himself:
The 25-year-old is dealing with growing expectations and is criticised by the media every time he doesn’t score.
Almost as he struggles with expectations at high level?
That`s because he used to be a forward. He grew up training for that role. Old habits die hard?
Well, Frattesi admits he struggled to accept a position change during his youth academy days:
Did you know?
Stick him behind Lautaro and Thuram. As much as I hate the acm or the "10" position there's no point playing him as a midfielder.
Well thing is the only good thing he does is score.... Like he s useless/invisible if he does not score more often than not...The 25-year-old is dealing with growing expectations and is criticised by the media every time he doesn’t score.
I`m kinda sick of this agenda/propaganda/feeling, so here you go:Well thing is the only good thing he does is score.... Like he s useless/invisible if he does not score more often than not...
All of this has been achieved while playing the fewest minutes of the five aforementioned midfielders, too! Frattesi is currently averaging 51 minutes per 90 in all competitions this season, compared to McTominay’s 71 minutes, Koopmeiners at 70, Loftus-Cheek at 66 and Pasalic at 59.1/ After his brace against Empoli on Wednesday night, the Nerazzurri man has now scored more Serie A goals this season as the aforementioned midfielders combined. Of those players, only McTominay and Pasalic have found the net in Serie A so far this season.
2/ Frattesi is also outperforming McTominay, Koopmeiners and co. in terms of goals per game, with a current average of one every 180 minutes, exactly one every two full games in the league. McTominay has one goal from 556 minutes of league action, while Pasalic has one from 560 minutes.
3/ Frattesi also boasts the best conversion rate of the above midfielders. He is averaging 1.08 shots per 90 minutes this season, scoring 21.4% of those efforts. That trumps McTominay (11.8%), Pasalic (4.8%), Loftus-Cheek and Koopmeiners (both 0%).
4/ Frattesi is also out-dribbling those four Serie A midfielders, completing two out of every three attempted dribbles for an average of 66.67%. McTominay is on 46.7%, Koopmeiners at 40%, Loftus-Cheek at 58.3% and Pasalic at 30%.
It’s because he stood out in a garbage sassuolo squad with his physicality and goal-scoring ability. He isn’t really much different now, it’s just that Inzaghi asks all of our players to be much more involved in the buildup than other managers— we just signed a 15mil euro keeper no one had even heard of a year ago for his footwork, just so we can use him as an extra outfield player ffs…I remember when he came everyone on this forum was jerking on him. What was the deal with him back then?