Después de dos años en el Barcelona, ​​el último disputando solo 5 partidos, Marcos Alonso llega al Celta, que ha realizado un excelente inicio de temporada a las órdenes de Claudio Giráldez. ¿Podrá añadir ese toque de experiencia y calidad que el Celta necesita atrás para llegar a Europa?

En este artículo investigaremos a Marcos Alonso y lo que puede ofrecer al Celta.

Marcos Alonso comenzó su carrera en la cantera del Real Madrid antes de fichar por el Bolton Wanderers por 2,4 millones de euros. Allí estuvo 3 temporadas y luego fue fichado por la Fiorentina, donde estuvo sólo 6 meses antes de fichar por el Sunderland en calidad de cedido. Posteriormente, pasaría otros 2 años en Italia antes de fichar por el Chelsea por 23 millones de euros en 2016. En Inglaterra pasó 6 años y luego fichó por el Barcelona, ​​donde ha permanecido las dos últimas temporadas.

 

Antes de comenzar con el análisis de los datos es importante mencionar que aunque ha jugado la mayor parte de su carrera como lateral izquierdo, lo estaremos analizando como si fuera un central. Esto se debe a que es muy probable que juegue en esa posición en el Celta, ya que jugó allí en el Barcelona y no cumple con las características que necesita el lateral izquierdo en una formación con 5 defensores.

Forward Passing

 

Forward passes are crucial for center-backs as they are the ones who have to initiate the play.

 

 

Here we can observe that Marcos Alonso has the most forward passes per 90 with the highest precision. This showcases his excellent ability to progress the ball forward via passing and shows that he is comfortable on the ball. This is essential to play at Celta as they are a possession-based side and he can improve this facet of their game.

 

Progressive Passing

 

This passing metric gives us more depth into the danger of each player’s passing rather than just passing the ball forward 5m. This is because this metric only includes more specific passes such as a pass 10m closer to the opposition goal if the pass comes from the opposition side of the pitch.

 

 

With this image, we can identify that Marcos Alonso is effective at playing these types of dangerous passes with a high precision. This highlights his excellent passing ability which can be of great use to Celta and can improve their attacks and can showcase this part of his game to a great extent at a team where he is likely to have many touches on the ball.

 

Passing

 

How many passes a center-back makes tells us how involved he is in possession and if he is comfortable on the ball.

 

 

This image tells us that Marcos Alonso is a player that likes to have the ball given his number of passes with close to 65, far more than Celta’s players. This is very important as the center backs are the players that usually have a large amount of passes in teams that want to have possession, and this shows that Marcos Alonso is comfortable with a large pass volume.

 

Defensive Duels

 

Dominating defensive duels is essential for any defender, as their fundamental purpose is to defend his goal, and for that, winning duels is key.

 

 

Thanks to this image, we can say that Marcos Alonso is not as good in his defensive than in his offensive attributes with just more than 4 defensive duels per 90, the least. However, it is true that he has a high success rate, though it is uncertain what success rate he would have if he participated in more duels. Nonetheless, as Celta will have the ball most of the time, he won’t need this part of the game.

 

Aerial Duels

 

Aerial duels are essential for any defender who wants to succeed and even more, for those who press high and recover the ball up the pitch, as the opposing team will look to play long, and for that, aerial duels are required.

 

 

From this image, we can deduce that Marcos Alonso does not have a deficiency in his aerial ability, however, it is true that he participates in very few aerial duels even though he has a high success rate. Nonetheless, since Celta will have the ball for most of the time he won’t have to participate in many aerial duels. This low amount of aerial duels is probably because at Barcelona he wasn’t exposed to these situations as they had the ball most of the time.