Let’s blame the worldchampionship last winter.

Every single topclup had to rethink his training schedule. Never change a running system.

There is even a graphic at the top explaining this.

Get a teammate in.

Learn basics of defending as a team. Reduce the area they can play to. So that your teammates know where he is going to go. So you are going to 2v1 or even 3v1 him.

Doing this will also tremendously help you to get away from defending on pure instinct and to better understand what you are doing and how the opponent reacts to your stance and body language.

Still athleticism is always something you or your teammates have to overcome with a lot of work. Hitting cardio and the gym may be less work in the long run.

We just don’t know. At Barca he looked like the real deal.

But outside of Spanish and English League you need to have a perfect season to even be considered.

Brasil and PSG always choking in the big games kind of prevented him from taking the next step.