Celtic supervisor Wilfried Nancy misplaced for the second time in as many matches since arriving at Parkhead with a 3-0 defeat at house to Roma within the Europa League on Thursday night time.
The Hoops boss misplaced 2-1 to Hearts in his first match within the dugout, however was unable to get a response out of his gamers for this conflict with the Italian giants.
Celtic discovered themselves 3-0 down at half-time, as Roma ran riot, however they missed the prospect to present themselves a lifeline for the second 45 when Arne Engels hit the submit from the penalty spot.
The Belgian star hit the penalty sweetly, aiming for the underside left nook, however his effort got here crashing off the submit, which meant that the Hoops have been 3-0 down on the break.
Why Arne Engels deserves to maintain his place within the staff
Engels could also be a simple goal for criticism due to his penalty miss, which is comprehensible after a 3-0 loss, however there have been additionally some optimistic parts to his efficiency to associate with his struggles.
On the one hand, the Belgium worldwide misplaced six of his eight duels on the bottom, per Sofascore, which exhibits that he was a bit too weak in his bodily battles with the Roma midfielders.
Then again, although, the previous Augsburg star made numerous spectacular runs down the proper channel on the overlap and got here near creating probabilities a few occasions earlier than he ought to have had an help for Kelechi Iheanacho, who scored from his ball throughout the field however had simply strayed offside.
In addition to what ought to have been an help for Kelechi, Engels created one ‘huge likelihood’ within the match, per Sofascore, and confirmed that he has the inventive high quality to make issues occur on this new system.
A participant who has not had as a lot success in Nancy’s 3-4-2-1 system is Sebastian Tounekti, who must be dropped for the League Cup last towards St Mirren on Sunday.
Why Sebastian Tounekti must be dropped
The Tunisia worldwide has largely performed as a left winger for the Scottish giants since his transfer from Hammarby in the summertime switch window, however he has needed to tackle a brand new function underneath the French boss.
After enjoying as a left-winger in a 4-3-3 for Brendan Rodgers and in a 4-2-3-1 for Martin O’Neill, Tounekti has needed to play as a left wing-back for Nancy, in a task that doesn’t seem to swimsuit him.
On this wing-back function, the 23-year-old has extra defensive accountability, as he has to trace again to typically drop right into a again 5 out of possession, and it typically leaves him with out a lot help in vast areas, which may depart him in conditions on his personal towards two or three defenders.
As a pure winger, the defensive facet of the sport has caught Tounekti out. Per Sofascore, the Tunisian whiz misplaced 4 of his 5 bodily duels and didn’t make a single deal with or interception towards Roma.
On high of his defensive troubles, the wing-back didn’t register a shot on the right track and didn’t create any ‘huge probabilities’ for the staff towards the Italian facet in 90 minutes on the pitch, per Sofascore.
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Tounekti at LWB for Nancy |
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|---|---|---|
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Stats |
Vs Hearts |
Vs Roma |
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Minutes |
59 |
90 |
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Key passes |
1 |
2 |
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Correct crosses |
0 |
0 |
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Pictures on the right track |
0 |
0 |
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Possession misplaced |
14x |
15x |
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Dribbles accomplished |
0/4 |
1/1 |
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Duels received |
5/12 |
1/5 |
As you possibly can see within the desk above, Tounekti has misplaced the ball 29 occasions in two video games with out ship a objective or an help in his first two matches as a wing-back.
He has additionally misplaced the vast majority of his duels throughout each video games, after shedding seven out of 12 towards Hearts, which exhibits that he doesn’t have the physicality or defensive consciousness to be efficient in that function, not less than with out extra coaching and understanding of the place.
Due to how terrible Tounekti has been in his first two video games within the place, Nancy should ruthlessly drop him from the beginning line-up for the conflict with St Mirren on Sunday, provided that it’s a cup last and the Hoops want dependable choices throughout the pitch.
Shifting Kieran Tierney, a pure wing-back, ahead and bringing one other defender, like Colby Donovan, to play within the again three could possibly be a wise transfer to make after Celtic conceded 5 objectives of their first two video games with this new system.
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