Carrasco is the ideal left lane at 5-3-2 that Simeone has formed for many months and, when the team is placed in 4-4-2, it shines open on the opposite band. And so the Belgian becomes more and more essential for the coach. A brilliant footballer, but disciplined and who in the same match performs various functions in any of the bands and complies in all.
This was the case, for example, before the Vallecano Ray. It started on the right wing and from there he left two extreme watermarks of the good ones. The second, a heel hit on the baseline, served to open the scoring (Correa’s goal). After the break, the team went on to defend with five behind and Carrasco moved to the left wing to close. The final stretch he played back on the right and from there he hit the post. Two in one, with very good marks in both exams.
“The presence of Carrasco on the right generates breadth and depth to take advantage of the strikers we have, “explained Simeone at the press conference this Saturday. The Belgian opens up and connects well with the wingers, especially with Correa and João, and also opens a way for Llorente to enter the side as interior, as you like. In addition, not being the side frees you from tasks and allows you to reach the area with the most spark. And when he can do it is decisive, as it was in the final stretch of the last League. As shown, the assistance to Suárez in the 2-1 to Osasuna.
Carrasco-Llorente, a budding society
Carrasco, however, he has always preferred to play on the left, although Simeone sees virtues for both lanes. And in both it will act. After many encounters as a left-winger, Trippier’s output seems to send you right to form a new partnership with Marcos Llorente (at least until another side arrives and takes over the position, if this happens). Lodi, meanwhile, thanks him from the left side because the 5-3-2 leaves him very relegated to the background.
Although, beware, Simeone warns: “I do not put aside the previous system. It gave us a lot of success, it made us champions. Vrsaljko can play third (central), with Llorente on one side and Carrasco on the other “. The technician does not close on one or the other scheme, but in both cases he is clear that Yannick is necessary: the best lane for the left and the ideal midfielder for the right.