"Any normal defender in that situation absolutely just boots it long. Even a backpass to the keeper has to be done carefully, no way anyone would do it as relaxed and artsy as Mebarak just did…"
Bang!
Mebarak gets crashed into by the charging Hanlanda and is knocked to the ground.
Hanlanda hooks the ball and bolts straight toward Barça's box.
Kahn lets out a roar and rushes out in an instant; he can't just sit there waiting to die!
Losing the ball at the back like this, that's fatal.
Hanlanda is built like a tank, huge body, long legs, the width he covers with his steps is more than double Mateo's!
That means a normal player can only threaten the keeper in one direction.
If you want to make it look like you might shoot either side, you need to sway your body left and right, like Ronaldo's pendulum dribble.
But Hanlanda doesn't need that.
He just needs to tilt his weight a bit to give the keeper the illusion he can shoot either side.
