Douglas Costa: Ronaldo's new 'Marcelo'

Coach Max Allegri will ask Douglas Costa to assist Cristiano Ronaldo the same way Marcelo is still at Real Madrid.

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Douglas Costa: & quot; New Marcelo & quot; of Ronaldo
In 2017, after Pepe, Fabio Coentrao and James Rodriguez left Real Madrid, Marca wrote that Cristiano Ronaldo has only one best friend, Marcelo. Indeed, watching Ronaldo and Marcelo play football, they find themselves more intimate than the regular teammates. They laughed and understood each other's movements. Marcelo was second in the La Liga last season with 128 appearances. Toni Kroos (136 lines). Marcelo is the left back, Ronaldo often kick the striker. But the Portuguese still have the habit of leaving the left wing to attract defenders and find space. This way the relationship between Ronaldo and Marcelo tightened.

Now in Juve, Marcelo's role was handed to Douglas Costa. Why is Douglas Costa not Alex Sandro? First, Costa's attacking and breaking ability is better. Second, Costa can move more than Alex Sandro, making linking with Ronaldo easier. In Real, Ronaldo has Marcelo, Kroos, Isco, Benzema, Modric behind, Higuain at Juve last season have Sandro, Dybala, Khedira, Pjanic, Costa behind. Still this system, Juve just replaced Sandro with Costa and Higuain with Ronaldo is finished?

Douglas Costa is a kicker. In the Serie A season 2017/18, the player passed a total of 395 attacking strikers including Higuain, Sandro, Dybala, Pjanic, Khedira. In particular, Costa works with Sandro the most, with 99 passes. The second is Dybala with 97 passes. And third is Pjanic with 80 passes. Because of this maneuver, Costa is expected to become a good helper for Ronaldo next season.

455 passes to Ronaldo have 26 goals
Kroos, Marcelo, Modric, Isco, Benzema had 26 goals in the past two seasons, with a total of 455 passes. On average, Ronaldo needed 17.5 passes for the players.