“Alaba does not arrive, is not ready”, cConfirmed Ancelotti in the prelude to Madrid-City. “Praise is important, but Nacho has been doing very well and he will do well tomorrow”, he added. The task is not trivial, since ad nauseam he reiterated Carletto that the key to turn the semifinal goes through a defensive improvement. To come back you will have to deactivate the Gabriel Jesus, Foden, De Bruyne and company and the white youth squad, once again, will have the opportunity to show that he is much more than a wild card. His season backs him up like the white Swiss Army knife.
The white starting defense is recited from memory if there are no mishaps: Carvajal, Militao, Alaba and Mendy. But when in doubt, as almost always in his career, the answer is a Nacho who is responding to opportunities in the best of ways. ‘Olocip’, a company specializing in Artificial Intelligence applied to football, highlights the Madrid defender as the one with the most impact of the entire White rearguard in the League. In fact, he is the fourth that generates the most of the entire team for 90 minutes, only behind Vinicius, Asensio and Benzema. The AI not only analyzes the actions quantitatively, but also qualitatively, with a common goal, the one that moves football: help score or avoid goals. There Nacho’s efficiency shines, that he acts as a bandage before if he wants there to be an injury.
Praise against Nacho.
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The difference generated by our protagonist, 0.38 per game, means that his actions mean a goal for Madrid every 236 minutes. Militao and Alaba, who replicate statistics (0.28), have needed 321′ for the same task. All this supported by a factor that is not presupposed in its portfolio of resources, the scoring success. Despite having played 2,069 minutes, for the 3,979′ of the Austrian and the 4,043′ of the Brazilian, he has the same as the first (three) and one more than the second. The last one, celebrated with a shout of rage as the occasion deserved, the second of Madrid’s three goals in their championship comeback against Sevilla in Pizjuan.
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Yes it is we compare only with the Viennesewhom he will replace in the quest for the Paris final, wins both in offensive actions (0.15 against 0.03) and defensive actions (0.14 against 0.10); while in the construction of the game, a facet in which Alaba is a master, he cannot beat him (0.10 against 1.14). We are facing the best Nacho since ‘Olocip’ collects data, since the 2016-17 season. It doubles the value generated last year and exceeds the previous one (0.38 against 0.35), its best campaign to date. Of course, the merit of the present is double, since that average maintains him having played three times as many minutes as two years ago.
Nacho’s evolution applying AI to his actions.
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“With Manchester City not having a ‘9’ in front of them all the time, everything revolves around concentration and understanding what surrounds you”, reasoned to AS Joleon Lescott, excentral citizen on stage pre-Guardiola. Two ingredients that Nacho has in his particular recipe book, concentration and knowledge of the game. He has been showing it since his debut with the Madrid first team on April 23, 2011. More than eleven years that, added to his time in all the categories of La Fábrica, place his photo next to the definition of ‘One Club Man’. At 32 years old and with a contract until 2023, defenders come and go, but Nacho is a constant with no expiration date.