To speak of Reinildo Mandava is to speak of personalized reliability. The Mozambican arrived at Atlético at the end of the winter market to help a cracked defense, with failures never seen before since the arrival of Simeone and with some statistics behind that prevented them from competing for the top positions in LaLiga.
Without making noise, with humility as the flag and adapting to Cholo’s defensive system at lightning speed, Reinildo’s role has been key for Atlético to have been able to finish in third place. And, although in his first performances he was not accurate in the goals of Melero and Elanga, the Mozambican joined like a glove to the line of three central Although he had always served as left sidea position that he has also developed as a rojiblanco when Simeone has returned to trailing four.
Defensive statistics of Reinildo in Champions.
Champions League
With Reinildo in eleven, the defense has been another. In his 19 starts, Atlético has conceded 14 goals (0.74 per game). In the 32 in which he was not, Oblak took the ball out of his net 43 times (1.34 per game). The incorporation of him was also very important when it came to facing the knockout duels in the Champions League. Reinildo completed the four games against Manchester United and Manchester City in which Atlético conceded only two goals. Warned from the first leg against United, he knew how to contain himself without seeing a card that led to a sanction in the following three duels. A total of 360 minutes for rojiblanco in the competition, to which are added six more games in the group stage with Lille.
The French team finished first ahead of Salzburg, Seville and Wolfsburg and conceded only four goals in six games, also with Reinildo among the highlights. So much so that the Champions has included the Mozambican in the ideal eleven of the season based on your fantasy stats. Beside Lewandowski, Haller, and Sane., are the four footballers in the team that did not reach the semifinals. The rest of the lineup is made up of Courtois, Militao, Cancelo, Mahrez, Danjuma, Salah y Benzema.
And Champions, Reinildo has dominated the list of recoveries in the competition with 76 (7.6 per game). They ended up equaling him in the final Casemiro and Militao, but both with more games than the rojiblanco. And his physical power is also demonstrated in the European data. 88.76 kilometers covered in 816 minutes, 13 duels and a maximum speed of 37.9 kilometers per hour, leaving an average of 32.17. Reinildo has also completed In 17 of the 20 clearances attempted, he has had an 81.1% passing accuracy, has committed 15 fouls, receiving another 15 and has blocked five shots. All a safe back that has also obtained the reward of the Champions. The 28-year-old has put reinforced concrete behind Atlético.