Chelsea Loanee Aina Reveals His Two Tactical Deficiencies, Inspired By Real Madrid Star
Published: September 22, 2018Ola Aina's transfer from Chelsea to Torino has been an important
step in his development as he has been given the chance to play on a
regular basis in one of the top five leagues in Europe.
The
Super Eagle has shown his versatility in his first four games in the
Italian topflight, playing as a right wing-back and left wing-back in
two games each.
Aina has revealed that he is
inspired by Real Madrid's Marcelo, who is widely regarded as the best
left-sided defender in the world.
After 56
games as a professional, the versatile defender has provided only one
assist and he has admitted that it's one of the two areas he has to
improve.
''Tactically I think I have to improve still in the assists and in the implementation phase,'' Aina told Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I am inspired by Marcelo, I started from pure wing and then I became a defender, but naturally I do what the coach explains to me and asks me."
"I am inspired by Marcelo, I started from pure wing and then I became a defender, but naturally I do what the coach explains to me and asks me."
Aina
is in line to be called up to the Nigeria squad for their AFCON
qualifiers double-header against Libya after recovering from a muscle
complaint.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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