Alot of defending is about team defense. I think recently our midfield just gets overrun leaving our backline way too exposed. I don't like playing with two strikers for that particular reason, especially when one of the starters is Balaj who has become very lazy. Di Biasi's teams were a 4-5-1 but that central midfield was clogged which made the back line look good because they were kept clean. I also noticed this team barely presses compared to the 2014 - 2015 national team which had insane pressing that made them very competitive.RedFootballs wrote: Sun Sep 22, 2019 12:35 amThe reason our defense looks so poor lately is because the CB pairing changes every game. Especially at Int. level it is good to build chemistry because you don't play with each other often. Rrahmani - Kumbulla would be perfect.Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:13 pm Might as well call Kumbulla. The other defenders are a disaster including Gym gym.
Just play Kumbulla-Djim and stick with that hopefully.
Going back to my earlier point, look at the first goal we conceded against France. Varane was able to pick out a long pass that led to the goal because he had all day to pick up a pass since the forwards weren't pressing him. I noticed this way too often and especially from Balaj (he doesn't try any more defensively). Good thing tho is that Manaj is a pitbull. Even in Conte's 3-5-2 they have Martinez who is a pitbull at the forward position and it's why he keeps starting. With the quality of our NT we need to defend with all 11 men or else we don't stand a chance against bigger teams.
