Footballers irreplaceable

Today Real Madrid played against Sporting in the Molinón and will do without one of their referents. Xabi Alonso justify their absence with the contentious issue of the fifth yellow and white leaves the team without the rudder that runs many of the movements of the center the field. Since wearing the sheepskin Madrid has lost only seven games and the outlook is not promising: three wins, one draw and three defeats. Appellant's argument is that Real Madrid have a great squad but accused over the absence of his brain. Something logical like other (few) players, the San Sebastian is one of those players whose performance is unique. Talent can be bought, but can not be manufactured in series.

In the current football players are unique as they existed in the past. Today we see Messi at Barcelona, ​​Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid, Rooney at Manchester United or AC Milan Ibrahimovic. Destabilizing, scorers ... if they can not play it is evident that their teams suffer. But there is another kind of players without the name of those but even more so important in the dynamics of a team. Footballers who play to perfection the style of play and whose role is vital to its operation. Not only do they shine, but shine on others.

Now in its stage of the Real Sociedad, Xabi Alonso left fifteen million in the safe and a great void in the midfield. After a brilliant career in Liverpool took the path of Castellana payment of 28 million. The Reds used much of that money in signing Aquilani, who even touched Xabi performance. It is still missing for Anfield. When you can not play, it suffers Madrid missing your criteria, personality, defensive work, interpretation of the counterattack, clearly at the time of releasing the ball and his accurate long shipments. Sahin was hired to provide a quality midfielder organizer, but who is fiche fiche, Xabi Alonso has no substitute.

The same goes for home Xavi's eternal rival. Nobody knows how he interprets the intricacies of the system that has led to success at Barca. Messi is the depth, the executive arm, but Xavi the brain that guides the steps of the team. Today Barcelona has more options than ever to his midfield after the signing of Cesc and the emergence of Thiago, but none of them can do the same as that of Terrassa.

If we look abroad we find that there are teams that happens the same. More than once he heard how much money that was spent in the absence Silva City and all is staggering. Something similar to Xabi Alonso and Real Madrid. After a season of adjustment, this year Smith has uncovered and confirmed as one of the best players in the Premiership and the beacon that illuminates the steps of City. The Citizens have great midfielders like Barry, Milner and Yaya Toure, but none of them has the quality of Silva. In fact, very few midfielders in Europe have the kind of the canary.

Now we travel to Milan, where the Rossoneri missing the best Italian midfielder in recent years: Andrea Pirlo. After a year plagued by injury, let him go to Milan Juventus Turin and has regained the form and already leads the Bianconeri midfield. Again Aquilani's mission was to replace an irreplaceable player and the club Milanello will take a long time to find a height Register as Juventus today. We return to England to see what remains indisputable Lampard at Chelsea, but its decline is evident and no longer offers the same features as previous seasons. Like Gerrard at Liverpool, who lives an ordeal with injuries. Reds and Blues they miss the best version of two players who have marked an era.

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