Tactic: decryption of the saucer Kevin Volland
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Scorer for the fourth game in a row, Kevin Volland played an important role in what Niko Kovac considers to be the “90 best minutes“of the season for AS Monaco: a large victory (3-0) against Angers, who had not lost away since early October.
Kevin Volland is neither a cold killer, nor a space opener, nor a pivot. The German is actually better than that: he is in turn one then the other, often on the lookout for good shots and almost always involved in those that hit the mark. A few weeks ago, however, you should have seen the first suspicious looks on his case when he had only a small handful of Ligue 1 games in his socks. Faced with this situation, his coach, Niko Kova ?, had rushed into the fray on the eve of a trip to Lyon and had released a promise in front of the impatient: “Kevin has changed his environment, his culture, and he needs a month or two to adjust. I know his qualities, we will give him the time he needs. I know the expectations are very high around him. This is normal for a player of his caliber. He has to understand a new way of working, but I assure you he’s going to show his best face.“Then, in the wake of this trip to Groupama Stadium, which had turned into hell for the Monegasques (4-1), the Croatian technician had decided to change the system. Exit the 4-3-3, place to a 4-4-2 which refocused Volland in the axis alongside Ben Yedder and who especially helped the ASM to chain the good copies, with the exception of those returned in December. Saturday evening, this system has again spun pretty fruit and, three days after slapping Lorient (2-5), Monaco hit Angers at Louis-II (3-0) while the SCO remained on six games unbeaten away in Ligue 1. And Volland in all this? Promised thing, due thing: the German, implied on the three pawns of his band, slammed for the fourth time in the last four meetings and offered two assists. Further proof that Kevin Volland does not. is neither a cold killer, nor a space opener, nor a pivot, but a bit of all that.
A key without a balloon
Leaving the stage on Saturday, Kova? struggled to hide his satisfaction and spoke of “90 best minutes“of the season of his AS Monaco. The Croatian is not wrong, even if ASM did not hold his domination over the entire
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