When Van Dick Analogized As the Chess Board Rooks

DBasia.news – Taking the analogy of chess board rooks, Liverpool also have the figure in Virgil van Dijk. The Netherlands national team player strengthens the defense of The Reds.

The rooks in a chess board only have limited moves. He can just go forward, backward, right, and left in a singular line. However, the rooks have a big role in the white-and-black board game.

Besides his posture and curly hair, there are not too many things could be the signature style of Van Dijk. He doesn’t talk too much but concentrates on building the defense.

Van Dijk started his career with the Dutch club, Willem II. After that, he went to FC Groningen and Celtic. On September 2015, Southampton recruited him with £14,5M.

Southampton and Premier League made Van Dijk’s talent developed. Despite his big body, he could balance the speed of the opponent’s striker.

Van Dijk’s impressive performance made Liverpool interested. As if making Southampton as the transfer market, The Reds were willing to spend £70,92M for Van Dijk.

In the beginning, the transfer fee became the chance for skeptical people to criticize Van Dijk. They considered that he doesn’t deserve that amount. But now, Van Dijk has silenced the critics on him.

 

 

Virgil van Dijk

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Please take a deep breath while preparing to watch the statistic of Van Dijk.

In 24 matches without Van Dijk, The Reds’ net got conceded 28 times. Meanwhile, there were just 10 clean sheets created. All the records were created since the 2017-2018 season.

However, Van Dijk guarded the attack in 23 matches, The Reds just conceded 13 times. Meanwhile, the clean sheet reached 12 matches.

Besides his capability in guarding the net, Van Dijk is also helpful in building the attack. Last season, he scored one goal. Meanwhile, in the 2018-2019 season, he gave a great passing to one of his teammates.

Van Dijk’s performance gave the boost of quality in the defensive sector of Liverpool. Consequently, The Reds’ effort to achieve the title is roaring.

Until the 8th-week of 2018-2019 Premier League, Liverpool come along with Manchester City as the least conceded team. In detail, The Reds just got three conceded and 15 goals.

Seeing the statistic above, it’s proved that Virgil van Dijk is the rooks of Liverpool’s chess board, isn’t it? If not, perhaps you are the supporter of Liverpool’s rival.

Virgil van Dijk

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