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Thread about Lucien Agoumé Compared with Pogba and scoring two goals in four matches for the French under-16 team, here we shall analyse him using statistics to determine what makes Agoume a player to keep an eye on.
Overview
Agoume plays as a defensive midfielder most of the time but can be deployed as a central midfielder and on some rare occasions even as an attacking midfielder. At 180cm, Agoume is very tall for his age. Born in Cameroon.
Agoume plays as a defensive midfielder most of the time but can be deployed as a central midfielder and on some rare occasions even as an attacking midfielder. At 180cm, Agoume is very tall for his age. Born in Cameroon.
Playing for the U19 team at 15 years of age, Agoume was always very much ahead of his age group.When it was mentioned that Barcelona wanted Agoume, it was quite apparent that the young Frenchman had great technique and tactical awareness .
Awareness
In the first example, we see Agoume in the centre of midfield. He is aware of the many players around him and knows that turning around and driving forward won’t be possible.
In the first example, we see Agoume in the centre of midfield. He is aware of the many players around him and knows that turning around and driving forward won’t be possible.
He also notices the limited passing options available to his teammate and offers himself as an option. This is because he has seen his teammate to the left and knows a one-touch pass to him is possible.
This is very important for his team as they won’t lose possession and the team will have space to drive into. Such linking up of play is seen in Sergio Busquets‘ arsenal and if Agoume develops to become half as good as Busquets, he will be an incredible player.
Taking a look at another example of Agoume’s link-up play, we also see his quick-thinking which will also be explored in detail later. Agoume is surrounded by five opposition players and receives a short pass which he controls.
Now we see his quick-thinking where he drives a bit forward, the opposition is forced to close down and he swiftly passes the ball to his teammate.
Off-the-ball movement
In a player as young as 16 years of age, tactical awareness and footballing intelligence can only be expected to a certain extent. Unless of course, the player is from an Academy equivalent to the likes of La Masia, Ajax or Olympique Lyonnais.
In a player as young as 16 years of age, tactical awareness and footballing intelligence can only be expected to a certain extent. Unless of course, the player is from an Academy equivalent to the likes of La Masia, Ajax or Olympique Lyonnais.
It is impossible to see Agoume and think that he lacks that intelligence.
He has great off-the-ball movement, good awareness and his ability to find space for himself to offer as a passing option is incredible.
He has great off-the-ball movement, good awareness and his ability to find space for himself to offer as a passing option is incredible.
Here, we have an example of his off-the-ball movement. Sochaux have a throw-in. From the image below, we can see that because of the opposition’s player is aware of Agoume, he is not available as a passing option. But here the numerical superiority comes into play.
But what made this movement by Agoume worth noting is noticing it soon and doing what was necessary which is impressive for such a young, raw talent.Going back to the image, Agoume positions himself sideways and approximately perpendicular to the touch-line. goal.
Thus, when the ball is passed to him, he is able to quickly turn and drive forward. He follows this with a well-weighted through-ball and provides a great chance on
We have another example of off-the-ball movement where Agoume shows his awareness to avoid being dispossessed. Here, Agoume is receiving the pass from the left wing to the left-interior, where he is. Had he taken a touch right there, the chances of him being dispossessed would
have been higher. But he lets the ball run which is not expected by the opposition player marking him which catches the opposition off-balance and allows Agoume to have a few good chances for a through-ball, but unfortunately, none of the Sochaux players expected the possibility.
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