What makes a complete striker?

At a meeting of soccer enthusiasts, discussing and debating about soccer issues; some relevant and some irrelevant. A few about individual players and others about teams with great feats, teams that have corrupted all the odds to achieve extraordinary success, the debate intensified and the pace increased, then this issue was supported; “Who is the best striker in Europe”?

There was silence, each sinking into himself. It was a subject that made me reflect, but there is another side to this controversy; What really makes a striker? What are the qualities of a forward? How do we distinguish the strikers from the strikers?

Reflecting on the interesting topic, ideas arose; views of my living chamber. The fundamental question, as stated above, needed urgent answers to end the debate. First, who is a forward? A striker is a leader in team football, whom the whole team looks to produce goals, who will bring victory, he is that man who hits the net with goals.

Let’s review what really makes a striker.

Some of the qualities that I can deduce from a competent forward are: height, speed, dexterity, strength, wit, calculation and the ability to destroy opponents’ defenses without help and, most important of all, a good shot.

Forwards who rave in Europe today possess some, if not all, of the aforementioned striker qualities. Possessing all the aforementioned qualities makes him a formidable striker. The best strikers in the history of football possess all the qualities; people like Delima Ronaldo, El gran Pelé, Roberto Baggio, Romario, etc. which made them famous and deadly during their peak years, in the days of yore.

Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto’o, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Milito, Gonzalo Higuaín, among others, are proven scorers, who will bury any opportunity they get and punish any defensive line. .

Analysis of each of the aforementioned players will highlight the fact that they are all formidable forwards, who score on a regular basis. England have always been blessed with smart and proven forwards at different times. There was a time when Andy Cole, one of the greatest players to ever wear England’s red and white jersey, the first player in Premier League history to score five goals in a single match, isn’t that amazing? Well, his time is up, but he really wowed fans of the then EPL with his exceptional skills and goal-scoring prowess.

There was Alan Shearer, what do I have to say about this exceptionally good striker? It equaled Andy Cole’s record of five goals in a single game; He scored goals from different angles of the field, from different match situations: set pieces, counterattack, open play and from an even unlikely and remote angle of the field, as a result of his forceful style of play, some sections of the field. The fans were not friendly with him, the same made him one of the most feared during his time in the Premier League. Although he has not been successful as a coach, he was unable to save Newcastle UTD from relegation problems, leading to their downfall.

The world of English football woke up in the 2009/2010 season to experience something different, a scoring experience, a full action experience; Wayne Rooney’s experience. Wayne Rooney as a player has become very mature and confident. Looking at the Rooney from five seasons ago compared to this season, one will clearly notice the improvement in his playing style, his demeanor on the field, the team’s coordination brilliance and the like. All of these improvements in Wayne Rooney have made him a formidable and fearsome forward in world football. One of the talents that Rooney possesses that has made me, and soccer fans in general, love him is his ability to terrorize opposing defenses on his own and with sheer brilliance. Rooney has scored 38 goals so far this season, and most of them have done so through individual brilliance, albeit with the help of teammates, who have dominated his game in recent games.

Teamwork is another of his talents that he displays in each game, he with his powerful and brilliant has known how to promote team unity in terms of field play, he distributes accurate passes, he does not cling to the ball without sense, he positions himself in the best possible position to be located to launch a pass that on a good day results in a goal.

Far from England, and within the European scene, is this player, whom some have mistakenly compared to a great football legend, the player who destroys opposing teams by himself, not only with his goals, but also with his passing, dribbling, speed, strength and everything else.

The player, who is the current World Player of the Year, the most dangerous player on the planet today; Lionel Messi! Some consider him the “ruthless”, others say that he is the best player that has walked on the surface of the earth, but I do not agree with this idea. You run out of adjectives trying to describe him, without a doubt he is a good player, a proven scorer, an intelligent destroyer of opposing teams and worst of all, he causes a nightmare for defenders, especially in the Spanish League and also in the Champions League. the two competitions in which he plays his best football.

The “ruthless” really shows no mercy to teams and players who stand in his way to victory. He has scored 40 goals this season; His final game and accumulation of goals clearly demonstrates his superiority in Europe. He’s being criticized for failing to excel in big games with high expectations of him; He silenced his critics against Arsenal, following his well-scored four goals to knock Arsenal out of Europe’s elite club competition.

Resting the debate, I will say that forwards should be rated with different statistics, the inability of a forward to score many goals does not mean that he is not a good forward. Fernando Torres is a brilliant striker, but just because he hasn’t been able to score many goals doesn’t mean he’s not a complete striker. A complete striker is one who scores goals, has the ability to turn the game around with individual skill, places himself in the right positions to receive the ball and buries it in the back of the net. A striker is a playmaker.