DBasia.news – England goalkeeper, Dean Henderson has the opportunity to show his quality at Manchester United. As the main goalkeeper, David De Gea is currently absent and it is unknown when he will play again.
Recently in the continued Premier League match De Gea was not played by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when Man United drew goalless against Crystal Palace. Solskjaer argued that De Gea’s absence was due to personal reasons.
“I can’t really say about (the absence of) David, it’s a personal matter,” said Solskjaer after the match in response to De Gea’s absence.
Allegedly, according to news from Dailymail, De Gea returned to Spain to accompany his girlfriend, Edurne, who is pregnant with their first child. De Gea has the potential to accompany Edurne until she gives birth.
Reporting from the Manchester Evening News there is a potential for De Gea to miss six matches, among those games are the top 16 of the Europa League against AC Milan and the Premier League match against West Ham United, and the FA Cup against Leicester City.
No doubt this is a rare opportunity for Dean Henderson to show off. The 23 year old goalkeeper has never started twice in a row in United’s first team and the potential is quite large.
Solskjaer never doubted the quality of Henderson, who last season performed well on loan at Sheffield United. It’s just that the competition with De Gea, who in fact is United’s goalkeeper, is tight.
“Dean was on call, you saw him. He kept his concentration,” Henderson said of Dean Henderson.
“I thought maybe it would be called offside (when Henderson brushed off Patrick van Aanholt, Palace’s left-back) but at that point I thought Dean saved us a point because it looked like it was a decisive moment and it was probably the biggest chance of the game, apart from Marcus in the first half.”
Dean Henderson’s Golden Chance
In addition to the six matches that can be a moment for Henderson to show his worth of being United’s main goalkeeper, it is also an opportunity for him to attract the attention of Gareth Southgate to consider him in joining the England squad for the 2020 European Cup.
Henderson has only played four times in the Premier League this season compared to De Gea’s 24 games, but the percentage of his saves from the data at Squawka is 81.25% and better than De Gea’s 65.48%.
It will not be easy for MU to handle Dean Henderson either. The reason is with the quality that Henderson has, he should want to play regularly rather than be a coating for De Gea. If the situation does not change there is a chance for him to leave in the summer.
11. Juventus Punya Dua Target dalam Pencarian Regista
Andrea Pirlo masih menyempurnakan filosofi bermainnya di Juventus. Legenda Italia itu baru menjalani musim debutnya sebagai pelatih Il Bianconeri menggantikan Maurizio Sarri. Terlebih ini pengalaman pertamanya melatih klub.
Performa Juventus sejauh ini belum konsisten dan masih memiliki jarak dalam perburuan Scudetto melawan Inter Milan dan AC Milan. Meski begitu Juventus masih bersaing di tiga kompetisi: Serie A, Coppa Italia, dan Liga Champions.
Memasuki paruh dua musim 2020-2021 Pirlo sudah menyusun rencana untuk musim depan. Ia mencari regista atau gelandang pengatur serangan dari kedalaman (deep-lying playmaker) di bursa transfer musim panas.
Sederhananya Andrea Pirlo mencari pemain yang berperan seperti peran yang dijalaninya dahulu kala masih aktif bermain di Milan, Juventus, dan timnas Italia. Dua nama jadi target sejauh ini.
Menurut kabar yang dimuat Tuttosport dua pemain yang dijadikan target untuk mengisi posisi regista Juventus adalah Jorginho (Chelsea) dan Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo).
Jorginho sudah lama dikaitkan dengan Juventus khususnya musim lalu ketika tim dilatih oleh mantan pelatihnya di Napoli, Maurizio Sarri. Pengalaman serta kualitasnya dalam menjaga aliran bola, visi bermain bagus tak diragukan lagi.
Sementara Locatelli (23 tahun) juga menjadi incaran klub-klub Eropa lainnya. Punya banderol 40 juta euro Locatelli merupakan produk akademi Milan yang berkembang pesat di Sassuolo. Locatelli jadi pemain reguler di bawah Roberto De Zerbi.
Juventus memang fokus memperkuat sektor tengah permainan. Baru ini mereka mempermanenkan kontrak Weston McKennie yang dipinjam dari Schalke lalu mengaktifkan klausul pembeliannya.
Selepas kepergian Miralem Pjanic ke Barcelona Juventus tak punya regista yang dapat melapis lini belakang, menjaga penguasaan bola, dan mengalirkan bola dengan visi bermain dan operan bola bagus.
Arthur Melo bukan regista, begitu juga dengan Aaron Ramsey, Adrien Rabiot, McKennie, dan Rodrigo Bentancur.
Statistik Locatelli dan Jorginho
Locatelli telah bermain 22 kali di Serie A dan Jorginho 17 kali (saat berita ini diturunkan). Akurasi operan keduanya tidak terpaut jauh, Locatelli sebesar 87,84 persen dan Jorginho 89,03 persen.
Permainan Locatelli juga lebih ofensif dengan 568 operan ke depan sementara Jorginho 255 operan. Penciptaan peluang Locatelli juga lebih banyak 25 kali berbanding 14 milik Jorginho.
Locatelli juga lebih banyak melakukan operan di sepertiga garis pertahanan lawan sebanyak 867 kali dibanding pertahanan timnya sebanyak 734 kali. Sedangkan Jorginho lebih banyak di pertahanan tim sebanyak 495 kali berbanding 432 di daerah bertahan lawan.
Menilik usia yang lebih muda terpaut tujuh tahun dari Jorginho, Locatelli memiliki enerji lebih untuk menutupi ruang dan bermain lebih eksplosif ketimbang Jorginho. Ideal untuk filosofi Andrea Pirlo di Juventus.