The pupil of Lyon scored a goal, gave the productive transfer and did his best for his team to impose the struggle to the Spaniards. Smieki became only a third player who scored and gave an assist in his debut match for France in this century, after Marven Martin in 2011 and Louis Saa in 2004.
Despite the fact that Ryan played only 27 minutes, he created 3 dangerous moments-more than any other player in the French team, except Michael Olise and Usman Dembele (4), but they started the match from the first minutes. This was not enough to decorate Cambek, but his game undoubtedly changed the game.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine Here’s what makes wool – it makes the game change if necessary. That is why Manchester City and many other clubs from all over Europe were interested in the acquisition of 21-year talent.
The “locals” won the fight for young winger, buying him from Lyon for 36.5 million euros. The debut match for the French national team became the final touch in the season, which Ryan spent at the highest level, proven by one of Europe’s most creative players.
Among all the players from the top 5 European leagues, only Bruna Fernandes (158) and Rafinia (152) created more dangerous moments than fur (125) in all tournaments. If we narrow the sample to the moments from the open game (no standards), then only Fernande (120), Rafinia (105) and Mohammed Salah (104) created more than Ryan (100).
At the same time, all the players from this list played 50 or more matches of last season, and the Frenchman – 44. In the section for 90 minutes, the rates will be even more impressive. It leads among all players from the top-league by the number of moments created on average per match both in total (3.7) and from an open game (2.9).
Smieki became the best assistant League 1 (11 productive gears) together with Winger Ossrane Gaetan Perren. But in fact, Ryan has a lot more assistants. The number of expected productive ranges per season was 18.3 in the total, and 0.53 assistants on average per match.
These are the highest performance among all players from the top li. Based on this, the Frenchman had to give effective gears in every second match. It is an incredible productivity, especially for the Lyon player, which took only sixth place in League 1.
Manchester City is expected to replace de brunge in Manchester City. Ryan did not have the same role as Kevin. But given the need for “locals” to create moments, the Frenchman can become an important player in the new team. In Lyon, the shed played on the right flank of the attack in the 4-2-3-1 scheme, but often shifted to the center, which is important.
Last season, he played 10 matches in the position of the attacking midfielder, that is, to the position of De Bryun. In this case, the wool is quite mobile and energetic. It picks up the ball in free zones between the lines and moves a lot to the field to find free space.
Many Lyon attacks have accelerated Ryan through the center of the field. He technically behaves with a ball, can get out of a narrow space, quickly find a free partner and give a pass. Last season, the French gave 17 penetrating gears – most in his team.
In doing so, he can finish the attacks without waiting for partners. His ability to get the ball deeply and to pass the defenders helped him develop attacks on his own. In the last campaign, Sherkie has created 20 moments in leading – this is the fourth indicator in League 1 and the best among all Lyon players.
Last season, Ryan performed 4.3 attempts by dribbing on average per match and 2.1 successful. These are very good performance – more than other Lyon players, but, interesting, the lowest in his career.
However, the desire to take the game and play rivals indicates that the wool can be useful in different positions – both in the center and on the flank. It can also mean evolution in his game: less dribbling, more gears, reasonable interaction with partners in the last third of the field.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine In the last campaign, Smiei performed more gears in half of the opponent’s field than ever, and lost the ball less often than in any of the previous three seasons. It’s progress, not coincidence. Although Ryan, of course, is not ideal. Last season there were questions about his game without a ball. And this is what he needs to work on.
In the last campaign, Lyon pressed intensively and high, but the Frenchman did not impress in this regard. Other attacking group players, such as Georges Mikutadze (32), Alexander Laiseett (28.9) and Malik Fafan (23), performed more attempts at the match than the match than Svit (17.7). Indicators from the total return of the ball ownership per game (3.7) and in the final third of the field (0.6) were the lowest for Ryan from the 2020/21 campaign.
Manchester City Wingers showed the best results on pressing attempts in the last third of the field in 90 minutes (19.3 and 19), as well as on the return of possession (4.0 and 3.8), although they did not break away from the Frenchman. The modest ranges in the selection do not mean that it cannot press. He may have just set other tasks in Lyon.
Be that as it may, Ryan is a great talent that can become an elite player under the guidance of Guardiola. But, of course, you have to work hard to adapt to the Pep team, which is not all players. If a player and coach find a balance and a common language, the team will definitely become stronger. And maybe more successful.
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