I mean he did 90% right and fucked up that the last 10% pretty spectacularly. I would say that’s an example of him as an effective ball carrier. Gagliardini would never be able to bring the ball into that sort of area from his starting position.
He's literally running in a straight line with no amount of pressure for 50 meters, and as soon as he has to make a decision, he chooses the wrong one and executes it just as badly. In turn, having commited numbers forward, it turns into a dangerous counter-attack for Verona when were only up one goal with minutes to go. It's the Vecino-classic - pace, eagerness, maybe even a bit of agility! - but ultimately the IQ and ability of a braindead.
You're strictly right in the sense that he
carried the ball, but any man in their 20's could've done the same, whilst Gaglia could've also ran forward with the ball at his feet, just a tad slower. Speaking of goals, Gagliardini has 7 the last two seasons, while Vecino has 3 (I know the playing minutes aren't the same).
I'm not defending Gagliardini either - none of them are good enough to be doing more than making up a body in a squad in case of emergencies, and ideally we would've sold one of them or Vidal off and kept the other(s) as an reserve for the reserves.
I just thought we were way past the point of conjuring arguments like "hmm, maybe actually Vecino/Gagliardini has a role to play for Inter and they offer x and y", when we have so much empirical evidence that they both do way more harm than good.
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