Although they will spend the game at different sides of the pitch, spectators will be keeping a keen eye on AC Milan’s Rafael Leao and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr. with the duo being two of the best wingers in the world.
Football often has moments when stories align really nicely, and Tuesday offers that. Milan need more from Leao, and this is being demanded of him. Whereas Madrid want more for Vinicius after the Brazilian was beaten to the Ballon d’Or.
For these reasons, the fixture is shaping up to be a game dictated by the wingers. Already the Brazilian has shown his quality in this European campaign, bagging a hat-trick against last season’s finalists Borussia Dortmund.
As a whole, the Madrid winger displays ‘more efficiency and presence’ in games which is what sets them apart, according to Gazzetta dello Sport (via Radio Rossonera). However, statistically, Leao is better, which creates a paradox of sorts.
The Portuguese has 68.4% successful dribbles this season, as opposed to Vini’s 38.5%, albeit this comes with the caveat of the Brazilian attempting almost 40 more dribbles. Per game, Leao is also better averaging 3.25 successful dribbles per game, compared to the 2.64 from Vinicius.
Without contributions, Leao will be seen as the inferior option, understandably so. However, he has a chance to prove himself as one of the best in the world with a positive performance on Tuesday – something which everyone benefits from.
cherry pick one statistic and make a dramatic title for a dramatic “article”
good ‘ol GdS
What a stupid article.. Messias had better dribbling statistics than Mbappe too.. What good did that do?
Let’s pray for leao. He needs this game to redeem himself.forza leao Forza milan
LOL. So the only statistic that matters is the “successful dribbles”??? Oh come on, you can do so much better than this.
This is one of the worst articles I’ve read on here. At this point Leao shouldn’t be in the same sentence as Vini.
Even I who often defend Leao here, find that it is ridiculous to claim any superiority over Vini Jr, who is a far better and more complete player. There’s a reason why Vini plays for Madrid and Rafa for Milan.
It’s not just the dribbling stats. Other stats are also comparable but then, they are misleading because Vini is so much better in real life. Real football is not a videogame.
Not to mention Vini can actually shoot on target!
hope leao play this game as he played against psg in the 2-1 win last season
image laundering. his PR team are poor. sucessful dribbles? he should go play futsal instead. when the game is over we shall analyze it but what use is comparing dribbling stats and leaving out: assists & goals for an offensive player.