Nicolò Zaniolo...

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He's a less rounded, slower but signficantly more powerful Kaka

Terrifying ball carrier in transition, great shadow striker, not much of a midfielder though. Definitely a forward
 

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Looks like another ACL injury for Zaniolo tonight. Such awful luck for the guy, he’s so fun to watch. Hope he has a speedy recovery.
 

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Confirmed now, that's devastating.
 

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2 ACL's in 8 months. Feel sorry for him, hopefully he recovers quick. I do fear that he will always have that in the back of his head now.
 

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Is it the same knee? Either way, such a shame, had excellent potential but thats all been killed now. You can come back from 1, the 2nd is a killer though and he'll do well to ever reach his previous level let alone his potential.
 

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Is it the same knee? Either way, such a shame, had excellent potential but thats all been killed now. You can come back from 1, the 2nd is a killer though and he'll do well to ever reach his previous level let alone his potential.
The opposite knee which is apparently quite common.

It'll be a tough ask for him as he's quite an explosive player, but with modern surgery nowadays he can come back just as strong if he does the proper rehab.

Ligament injuries don't usually slow you down or take away any explosive power as long as you can get over the mental side of it.
 

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Roma are criminals, they had about 20 ACLs occurrences in recent years, yet always force their players back much sooner than advisable.
 

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Barella, Tonali, Zanilio, Chisea some talent coming up.
I still feel we should have done 30M deal for Barella in 2018..Heard we wanted him only for 25M but i think he can become 60M player soon.
 

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It seemed like such an innocuous challenge from VdB. Normally, I've seen ACL injuries after an awkward landing, but this was quite strange. Very unfortunate for Zaniolo though. Wish him well.
 

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The opposite knee which is apparently quite common.

It'll be a tough ask for him as he's quite an explosive player, but with modern surgery nowadays he can come back just as strong if he does the proper rehab.

Ligament injuries don't usually slow you down or take away any explosive power as long as you can get over the mental side of it.
Yeah the compensation factor, super common sadly.
 

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The opposite knee which is apparently quite common.

It'll be a tough ask for him as he's quite an explosive player, but with modern surgery nowadays he can come back just as strong if he does the proper rehab.

Ligament injuries don't usually slow you down or take away any explosive power as long as you can get over the mental side of it.
Yeah I tore my other knee ACL 3 years after my first surgery. It depends though, it definitely impacts explosiveness and agility but you can come back from 1. The 2nd I feel like is really rare to come back from properly, mentally and physically. Not sure if there's anything medically accurate about it but I feel like it's much worse to re-tear the same ACL that underwent reconstruction once than tearing both knees, but could be wrong.
 

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How was it compensation if it was a clash of knees?
I'm not saying this particular one was, I was talking more generally. That being said, because the previously injured knee is weaker, you put more strain on the stronger knee throughout exercise and leave it more susceptible to injury.
 

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Except he did it with the Azzurri?
Come on, you can do better than that... it was Roma that got him up in half the time needed. Discussion also here on reddit from a Sky source:
 

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Come on, you can do better than that... it was Roma that got him up in half the time needed. Discussion also here on reddit from a Sky source:
Yeah, if I wanted to have the discussion with 5-yr olds I would head to R/Soccer myself.
 

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Zaniolo looks like recovered. He has similar to Havertz's physique and a little bit of his playstyle. They are both 22. I think after his injury his price dropped a lot. And MU have only one decent CAM - Bruno. So maybe he is a good next transfer choice for MU? For me Zaniolo is a brilliant player, comparable to Chiesa, Havertz and etc.
 

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He has a future as a striker



 
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Can’t see the video in my location but I don’t think he should be a striker. This dude is unstoppable when running with the ball. He should be facing the goal as much as possible.