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A circus artist for the national team, but reduced to “a rough worker” in the club. Expert explains the difference in Antonio Nusa (19).
After a new Nusa show in the 5-0 victory against Kazakhstan at Ullevaal on Sunday, national team manager Ståle Solbakken focused on him having to play in a completely different way for Norway than for the club team RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga:
– In the last four or five games for Leipzig, he has been a rough worker who has been running back and forth. He has not had any maximum shares, Solbakken pointed out – and talked about the 19-year-old’s need for physical excess.
That is why it was the theme, both after the 4–1 victory over Slovenia last week and the five-goal triumph over Kazakhstan on Sunday, that Nusa had got rest in shape to the struggles on this collection.
The statistics also show the difference between Leipzig-Nusa and Norway-Nusa. Especially the so-called «heat map»«heat map»Which areas of the court the player occupiessuggests that Nusa is more often involved high up the field in his dream position on the wing for Norway.
But he is also far more dangerous and willing to shoot in the national team. Since his debut, he has an impressive four scoring and four assists in 13 games.
The numbers from the start of the season this fall look like this:
Graphics: www.sofascore.com
Recently, Nusa has also had to play a more withdrawn role than he does for Norway.
– Their coach (Solbakken) is absolutely right. Without the ball, he must be a left back. With the ball, he should really be a playmaker who moves from the left and into the middle. I have not had the impression that he has not trained well enough, but he has had some “shifts” in defense that make him a little more careful in attack, says football journalist Robert Schreier in German Bild.
Robert Schreier
RB Leipzig reporter for Bild
He lists three problems that have hit Antonio Nusa in the Red Bull club after the 350-million transfer from Club Brugge this summer:
- All new players in Leipzig need time, according to Schreier – and points out, among other things, that EC hit Dani Olmo (to Barcelona this summer) was no exception a few years ago.
- The injury to Xavi Simons. The Dutch playmaker’s absence gives Nusa more responsibility and a less offensive playmate.
- The injury to David Raum. Without the left-back, who hijacked a place on Germany’s European Championship team this summer, Leipzig coach Marco Rose has changed the formation. That’s why Nusa has been a wing back 3–4–33–4–3Three centre-backs, two central midfielders, two wing-backs and preferably two offensive midfielders behind a pure striker lately against Rose’s preferred version of 4–4–24–4–2Rose’s team is often set up as a 4-2-2-2, where Nusa has one of two offensive roles behind two strikers.
After taking a look at Sunday’s highlights from Ullevaal, Schreier says that these are precisely the actions they want to see in RB Leipzig:
– He tries to show it, especially the way he moves in from the left towards the middle, and also with the posts. But in my opinion, the opponents in the league are also better than Kazakhstan, points out the football journalist in Bild.
National team manager Ståle Solbakken revealed that he had been in contact with RB Leipzig’s sporting director recently and also considered having a conversation with coach Marco Rose.
The latter also often expresses that he is satisfied with his new Norwegian after the transfer, according to the Bild journalist who follows the club closely.
– You are interested that Rose always talks nicely about Nusa. He says Antonio tries a lot and gets more and more opportunities in the Leipzig matches. But he tries too often without success. I think it’s about a higher tempo and a new playing system in a new club, says Robert Schreier.
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