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Julian Nagelsmann says Dayot Upamecano is “on his way to being world class” but needs to be more careful with the ball, as Opta’s stats show.
Dayot Upamecano will eventually learn from his mistake against Paris Saint-Germain, says Julian Nagelsmann, but RB Leipzig’s head coach acknowledges that these mistakes happen too often.
Upamecano gives the first game to PSG before conceding a penalty
Highly qualified defender Upamecano gave PSG the first match on Wednesday in the Champions League, though Leipzig rallied to claim a potentially vital 2-1 victory.
The defender tried to get the ball out of the defense in the sixth minute before turning around and looking for goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. only to pass the ball straight to Moise Kean, who fed Ángel Di María to score.
Upamecano, linked to players like Manchester United and Real Madrid, later conceded a penalty as well. before Leipzig began their counterattack, but it was the early mistake that worried Nagelsmann the most, as a pattern seems to be emerging.
“The mistakes you are making all start the same way“Nagelsmann said.” He wants to pass the ball to the attackers immediately once he has won it. That just doesn’t work all the time.
“I can see a learning curve. Against Hertha we have had similar situations, the same at the beginning of the second half against Gladbach, where we ended up defending one against two players.
“You have to recognize when you can play the ball forward and when you cannot.. He is used to playing the ball fast forward to create a counter.
“He grew up like this during his first year in Leipzig, when this was the main tactic. Now the next step has to come. “
Errors are particularly frustrating since Upamecano has established himself as one of the most outstanding defenders in the Champions League.
In Group H this season, orOnly Rafael (14) has tried more tackles between defenders than the French (12), which has been successful eight times.
Upamecano ranks third in duels played with 36, behind Rafael (41) and Layvin Kurzawa (39), but has the best matchup success rate (69.4 percent) of any Leipzig, PSG, United or Istanbul Basaksehir defense in two or more matches.
The 22-year-old has won possession 29 times, more than any rival in Group H.
But Upamecano’s risky approach once on the ball isn’t paying off.. He is one of only two players in the group, along with Alexandru Epureanu, to make a mistake that led to a goal.
His passing accuracy is 85 percent midway, but which falls to 73.8 percent in half the opposition, causing Leipzig to suffer at the counter.
By comparison, his compatriot Presnel Kimpembe, an equally combative ball winner at PSG, Complete 89.1% of passes in half of the opposition..
Nagelsmann: Upamecano can be world-class if he eliminates mistakes
Nagelsmann added: “In general, Upamecano is on its way to [being] world classbut you have to stop these things, obviously. He knows it himself, he is very critical of himself.
“It’s a learning curve, he just means well and wants to create attacks for us. You simply need to recognize the right moment to move from defense to attack.
“Today the I should have played the ball to Peter Gulacsi.
“It is the same when attacking. There are times when you just have to get the ball back and then there are times when it’s all about scoring a goal.
“Recognizing this situation is a learning curve in which you will be successful.simply because he is so talented. I hope it succeeds soon, because then we have less distance to go. “
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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