TRANSFERS 2011: DIEGO RIBAS, searching the lost time

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ORIGINAL SPANISH ARTICLE

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While still a teenager stunned Brazil was the phenomenal tandem with Robinho. He began his steps in Europe at the hands of a romantic and daring as coach Schaaf and a team that was competitive tute Werder Bremen to Bayern for five years and reached the UEFA final. Final losing in part by the absence of decisive Brazilian player.

That injury, and subsequent transfer to a large reconstruction of Europe as Juventus, left marked his career. That seemed to end up being the best coupling of the world, became a player metaforseado more gray and mediocre.

FEATURES OF HIS GAME

-Has the true physical condition of the hooves of a lifetime: medium height, low center of gravity lower, acceleration speed, the resistance change of pace ...

'It's a technically refined and capable player with very good handling, good dribbling and shooting with a great ability to find the hole in the right time.

-There is no phase transition game or completion in not holding a master's degree: Receiving, processing, pass, definition ...

Diego-The first seemed to be going to eat the world. The current appears to be more mature, but it looks less hopeful.

STATISTICAL NOTES: Will he return to what it was?

Sign in the middle of his career a player that around one third of it failed to meet the expectations of progression is a double-edged sword: It may be that, as in the case of Reyes, his innate quality finish its way and although it does not reach that level where they could have come not to miss out on the road, meeting above the level of most players. But it may also be that their transit through the Atletico were a scale of bland and down that path.

Here is a table summarizing the progression football in Europe. Highlight the first two years in Bremen, in which parties dispute virtually all of their equipment and where it participates in a scoring or assisting 50 goals. At that time his contribution makes his team a goal scorer and this will set it to earn nearly 60% of matches.

In the season of his injury, dispute, a third less games, but their average contribution to the team remains fairly similar, although it is detected entrusting your computer, every time he looks more to complete. The result is that if the same marked before attending, 2.4 times now marks. His team showed its absence, scoring 10 goals and falling under the table.

When Juventus reached the number of games played a season similar to those of their best years in Bremen, but its hard to adapt to Italian football was not successful, and their numbers were reduced by half in a set that missed its luster to compete for your goals.

Back in Germany, showed that the decrease in performance is due both to adapt to football than as loss of the differential quality that had made him succeed. His numbers improved slightly in Wolfsburg, but again have been midway in their expectations contributed to the team who had just lost Dzeko, poor figures have real difficulties in scoring and avoid relegation.

What will Diego Atletico? Consider this second table. It accounted for averages of fouls and shots on goal per game information you provide some information on the degree of involvement of their game: A Volvo that pay more, to develop more moves, which look over the last pass has received more fouls. Also, to the extent that sneaks over to firing positions, you can also shoot more.

The conclusion that emerges is quite significant: The statistical Diego decrease is not due to a decline in their quality as a player (not surprisingly given his youth), but rather to the decline in their ability to establish itself as the protagonist of team. The Wolfsburg Diego suffered 31% fewer fouls and shoot 27% less than its last big year, ie, generally less involved in the game, what motivates a similar size reduction in their ability asistidora but clearly higher goalscorer.

And now here comes another fact that should worry: Your average score worsened pordisparo to 30%, ie not just shoot less, but worse. All these numbers together we talk about a player who is not in his best form.

FORECAST

If athletic fans await Diego of Bremen and is likely to be sitting doing. It will be difficult to return to its nearly 3 shots per game with an effectiveness of 15% or whatever it is, unos14 goals this season. Probably the player can no longer overflowing as before, and although in the Madrid team again reaches its average shot, not to exceed 10 goals.

Another thing is their interplay. In the league are good players looking for accommodation to mate and has retained that ability Diego intact: If we divide the number of fouls by the assistance provided, never gives us a ratio less than their best years. That is, a Diego become a centerpiece of the team but wise choices when shooting or passing, may still be a great asistidor, especially when share attack one of the best forwards in the league: Taking this ratio in past two years, one would expect between 8-11 assists, and if I could regain the fitness that it enjoyed in Bremen (as did Reyes, for example), the attendance figure could reach a range of 11-15 assists in the entire season.