Let’s finish this season off with a bang! 😁
João Mario… The Portugese Midfielder who goes under the radar but is appreciated by almost every teammate that he has ever played with. He’s so under the radar that his SM24 attributes are completely off and we have to end what has been another banger of a season with enough clarity just in case you consider using him within your various teams throughout your Managerial career.
SM24 ATTRIBUTES
Y’know, we can understand why certain footballers get confused for being someone they’re not in terms of their actual style of play…
Take Fabián Ruiz:
Or Serge Gnabry:
The confusion behind players like these 2 is excusable since they’ll do a solid job for any team in both roles, but for João Mario to be considered a ‘Playmaker’ when most of his time playing in the spotlight saw him being operated as a hardworking M(R), M(L), or a late arriver into the box M(C) during his time at Inter Milan just shows us true footy fans that there’s a lack of appreciation for the so called “fringe” or “back up” players…
TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES
Tekkers aren’t really Mário’s thing… He’s a player who simply never stops running. Decent on the ball? Yeah, he’s up to the standards that you’d expect from a professional Footballer playing in Europe, but never the man tasked with “breaking down the opposition’s mid block with his keen eye for a pass”… What he strives at technically is his Movement towards the attacking third, as well as his positional awareness. Everything else is good enough to play in a midfield at his level, so long as he’s got the right kind of players beside him.
WHAT WE THINK
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
WHAT WE THINK
MENTAL ATTRIBUTES
WHAT WE THINK
In addition to these attributes, João is also a bit more aggressive than he’s been given credit for but isn’t too worried about getting into physical scruffles since his mind will be on his box to box responsibilities #heNEVERstopsrunning
And like that. We GONE!
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Well, not yet…
It is indeed the end of season 10 (😭), but there’s something that’s been bubbling under the surface… Something that was once considered “surplus to requirements“, “finished”, “not good anymore“, “focused more on his hairstyles than his actual Football“. They’ve said all they had to say about him and yet he’s the one with the last laugh, as his performances over the past few seasons have reminded them all of what a player he is. Over here at The Soccermanager Blog, we like to call his kind a: ‘SMW Superstar‘.
In a bit… ✌️ 🇫🇷
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