Building calm by playing the ball back, an important interception or the start of a PSV attack. That was André Ramalho 's story during the match against Almere City FC. The Brazilian also sent a record number of successful passes.
Building calm by playing the ball back, an important interception or the start of a PSV attack. That was the story of André Ramalho during the match against Almere City FC. The Brazilian was not only important defensively against the promoter, but also sent a record number of successful passes.
Strong on the ball
Indeed, there were 126 in total and André sent 95% of his passes successfully. That is the highest number for a PSV player since August 10, 2013, taking Jeffrey Bruma's record out of the books. Besides the combinations between goalkeeper Walter Benítez, Olivier Boscagli, Sergiño Dest and Jordan Teze played 40% of his passes forward against the visitors from Flevoland. Olivier played the ball 109 times and with that number was the only one close to his colleague in defense.
Ball conqueror
Against Almere City FC, André proved not only strong on the ball, but also a stand in the way of the visitors' attacking intentions. During the 94 minutes played, he was there seven times. Five times he recovered the ball after a duel with the opponent and twice he managed to intercept a pass and prevent further danger in his own goal area.
Rock in the surf
In addition to his passes and interceptions, the Brazilian born was also involved in thirteen duels. Not only is André important defensively, but with his qualities he is also a danger in the opponent's sixteen meters. He lost only one duel in attack against coach Alex Pastoor's team and won 73% of his duels defensively. He committed only one foul in the entire match out of all the duels that the right-winger entered into.
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