Taking Rafael off

[Fletcher's Jilted Lover]

..Despite the fact we scored two goals post substitution?

you're right, we'd not have scored with him on it?

Why?

Valencia was marked well. Moving him to right back game him the space to run and ultimately led to the 3rd goal. What was wrong with that?

The left midfielder attacked us a hell of a lot more after Rafael went off who Rafael had in his backpocket. Rafael loves to bomb forward, and chances are he'd have created chances for us in the game too.

ignore hindsight, during that match, would you have taken off Rafael off after that performance?

 

[K Stand Knut]

I was less certain of the substitution today purely as i thought it made us a little more one-dimensional, especially with Young having gone off already. It worked though and you can always question what might have happened if Rafael had of stayed on.

 

[Cold_Boy]

It did work but weird sub