Re: AC Milan (zbiorczy)(cz.2)

[maciek_88]

Co do Abate, artykuł wprawdzie o Lichsteinerze i Zieglerze, ale...

So, from having utterly inept full-backs in most games last year Juve now have a competent duo that stands up against any in Serie A. To highlight this comparison we looked at four other teams, widely recognised to have the very best fullbacks; Palermo (Federico Balzaretti-Mattia Cassani), Inter (Yuto Nagatomo-Douglas Maicon), Milan (Ignazio Abate-Luca Antonini) and Juve's previous incumbents (Fabio Grosso-Marco Motta) to see just how well the new signings performed last season.

In completing a combined 43 crosses, they were just one behind the total set by Palermo's stand-out pairing. Lichtsteiner in particular excelled here as he completed 37 - more than any other full-back in the league - which is impressive given his attacking ability is not his strongest suit.

When it comes to discipline, Lichtsteiner is viewed as being occasionally rash and in this department the Swiss duo need to improve. They combined last season for 72 fouls and 12 yellow cards. That is similar to Palermo's totals of 74 and 12, while trailing far behind Milan's 48 and 3 or Inter's 35 and 8. However they were still better than their Bianconeri predecessors who accumulated 73 fouls and 14 yellow cards.

That said, they also won 118 tackles, one more than the Palermo pair, 13 more than Milan's, 35 more than Inter and an incredible 45 more than Juve's Motta and Grosso. It must however be noted that Abate alone won 80 challenges, far ahead of every other player in this category.