Christian Pulisic is heating up ahead of the second half of Borussia Dortmund’s season.
The young American winger scored his second goal in as many matches as he put another into the back of the net, this time against Belgium’s Standard Liege, after scoring in his previous match against PSV Eindhoven.
After a series of passes in the final third, Pulisic made a clever run behind the Liege back four and ran onto a perfect through ball before chipping the keeper to give Dortmund a 1-0 lead.
Dortmund have one more friendly against Paderborn on January 17th before resuming their Bundesliga campaign against Werder Bremen on January 21st.
Check out a video of Pulisic’s finish below:
The intelligence in this goal was a wonderful thing to see.
1. He ran the middle and stayed central, holding the defender in the middle
2. He was potentially offside and as soon as he saw he wasn’t getting the pass,
he checked his run to get onside
3. He was then marked by the center defender and as soon as the 2nd defender got in position to close down the passing lane he repositioned himself centrally
4. He then made the diagonal run between the defenders and behind the help defender (DM)
5. Great first touch and quick decision to shoot
6. GOAAAAAAAAL!
this kid…WOW!
He is a beast. He is excited cause he does not have. To. Play. Under. Horrible Klinnns man
Happy you got that in?
You must have missed the article that said Pulisic was sad to see JK leave…
He’s better centrally than Dembele. They need to swap out the two. I don’t get the fascination with Dembele, yes he’s very talented but he’s a glorified Wilfred Zaha(who is actually a more complete player at this point).
Blinders much?
Would that be because I’m American? Im not. Its because Im a Dortmund fan and watch the games. Dembele while talented is one of the most over hyped players I’ve ever come across and one of the most frustrating players to watch. He loses the ball and or doesn’t pass more often than not and rarely tracks back. Theres two players in the world that can get away with playing like that. He is not close to being one of them.
hmm….potentially playing more centrally in the second half?
Could they be preparing him in case Aubameyang leaves?
Good lord the Bundesliga has a long break, The premier league has none at all.
I think its weather related, trying to avoid the January cold as much as possible. Also shorter schedule in the Bundesliga and only one cup as opposed to two in England (FA and League) makes schedule less tight.
see to me, this is why it can be argued that the Prem is the best league in the world. Well maybe not the best, but the hardest to win. When you consider they have no breaks, like other leagues do, have putrid weather pretty much all year round and the congested fixture schedule, it makes you realize good depth is a necessity there along with smart managers and good trainers(physios lol)!
All leagues are equally hard to win. In all cases you have to best your competition under whatever conditions all collectively face. Agreed though that some such quests shorten your life more so than others.
All leagues ARE NOT equally hard to win. How does that even make sense? “In all cases you have to best your competition under whatever conditions all collectively face…”The argument you make about conditions does not hold water. Grind/Wear and tear has different effects depending on vary squad depths, differences in talent depth, differences in the talent at the top and bottom in a league. If the players on your B squad are better than anyone’s A team, you can rotate a lot more and have fresher sharper players not to mention just better technical players.
Additionally, number of teams near the top and their own variation in talent (talent drop-off) from place 1 to 2/3/6 depending what league you are dealing with also determines the difficult as well.
England is the hardest to win and it can be argued that the gruel of their season is why they do not fair as well in Europe. Not only that but you have six legitimate teams as well as clubs like leister and Everton(arguably a team w champions league talent) that could win the league and are good enough for the champions league. Add that to the financial power that all of the clubs have.
Sorry, all leagues ARE equally hard to win based on Ronniet’s weather and no break comment. Saying “Grind/Wear and tear has different effects” is comparing apples to oranges. Every team in a specific league face the same weather conditions, breaks, refs, and competition. And each team has equal measure to prepare for those factors. The teams that prep the best (via depth, money, training, etc) will have a better chance to win.
The Premier League was the dominant league in the CL from 2006 till 2009 – and it didn`t have a winter break back then. The standards of the PL have fallen since then. And the youth development programmes in England are poor when you compare them to Spain or Germany.
Nice run and tidy finish!