Out of 156 midfielders who have received at least 250 passes for one club in the last five seasons of the UCL, De Jong is first for the longest average time before his next action (3.0 seconds at Ajax). He also ranks third at Barcelona (2.9 seconds). ➡️
or Joshua Kimmich of Bayern Munich . Others, such as his Barcelona colleague Busquets , keep it moving.Koeman, who knows De Jong as well as anyone after coaching him for the Netherlands and Barcelona, once said that his countryman’s most extraordinary quality is patience: “In a lot of situations, he has the ability to postpone the decision when in possession, and then to give a pass from which everyone thinks, ‘Hell, yeah. Excellent thinking — that’s how simple it can be’.
Opponents need a plan to defend this rotation. If the player who would normally mark De Jong in midfield follows him deeper, it leaves a hole in the centre of his defence. If another defender switches to take him, it frees up a nearby passing option. And if they don’t sort it all out fast and get their angles right, De Jong gets time on the ball to do his thing.
Even though the idea is similar to his now manager’s old turn, De Jong’s inside-out mechanics lead to a different outcome. Xavi would finish his slow, smooth circle ready to pass to a team-mate he had already picked out. De Jong’s jump-spin ends with him knocking the ball forward with the outside of his foot. His body is shaped for a dribble, not a pass.
Barcelona have won the ball in midfield and are starting their build-up. Instead of staying in position goal-side of Napoli’s forwards, De Jong drops to just outside the defence, where he’s redundant, and holds the ball in front of his centre-backs for four seconds before dribbling back up into midfield after deciding there is no pass on.
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