Joao Pedro recorded 26 touch of the ball against fluminance. Among all the Chelsea forward starting in the Club World Cup, only Jackson has managed several touch in a match.
All the touch of Brazil did not occur inside half of the opposition, however – away from it.
He was involved in the pitch in the quarter -finals of Tuesday, his seven touchs were coming under half of his.
“The good thing about Joao is that we already knew how good he was,” said Marska after the game. “Today he played deeply but we know that he is able to leave the deep and add the drama. So we decided to bring him in.”
Conversely, Delp touched the ball inside half of its half part only twice after starting the final group game of Chelsea against Tunis, while only four of Jackson’s touches against only four palliarus were in half of the blues of four pitch.
Joao Pedro also had more impact in broad areas, regularly popped up on the flanks in an attempt to affect Chelsea’s build-up play.
Meanwhile, most of the touch of delop and Jackson were in the central regions in the final third of the pitch.
Joao Pedro said before Tuesday’s game, “Every team has a different style to play: a style of delap, Jackson another and I have my way.”
“I think anyone who brings more good things to the team is going to play.”
On this evidence, Joao Pedro has an external chance of beating both delop and jackson for a initial berth in Sunday’s Shopyse.
