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Val, you can certainly raise valid arguments to back your point, but I am not basing this solely on what other people write, his statistics are strong and I have seen him play countless times for club and country. He is on his game more often than not, and he stands out for the pack with dominant presence in the back. I won't go as far as saying that Sokratis is better than Hummels, but they are on the same level. They're strengths are different so it is hard to compare like for like. All I will say is that between the two, if they are even pound for pound, Hummels was the sexier, more prestigious signing for Bayern.

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Ti 3-5-2 kai 4-3-3 kai 4-4-2 kai kai kai... When a cross comes in and everybody is ball watching (the 2nd goal) or your keeper hands them a goal on a platter (the 3rd goal) of what relevance is the system ? At some point, every man on the pitch just has to do their part, and when you play teams stronger than you, even more so. Everything has to go right to even have a chance. If anything, the 3-5-2 in terms of limiting the opposition chances worked! Trela e ? I must be crazy. And yet, how many clear cut chances did Schalke have ? Only 1 (the 2nd goal). The 1st goal and 3rd goal were nothing goals. Just presents from Glykos (who to be fair has been good overall this season). 3-5-2 just means you're giving up space on the flanks to pack players into the middle. I get it, not that I necessarily agree with it. It's hard to say really. If we played a normal 4-2-3-1 for all we knows Schalke would've sliced us down the middle half a dozen times and that's why Ivic packed the middle of the pitch. The problem though with the system we played was that we were always hoping for some sort of miracle up front. Your two up front have to be really good to apply pressure. Mystakidis did his job. Klaus what can I say. He tried but it's just not enough. Seriously, if you're Schalke are you going to be worried about a front two of these two players ? On a side note, Canas would've been invaluable this game.