Why Calafiori Was Italy's Only Standout Player

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    00:00 Intro
    00:46 Calafiori's Role at Bologna
    04:14 His Role for Italy
    07:42 Defending from the Front
    09:24 The Weaknesses
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  • @ACMR6297
    @ACMR6297 3 дні тому +143

    Feels like it's a reiteration of the Libero role with the twist that there's more emphasis in creating more threats from wide rather than purely from the middle.

    • @kazielbonn
      @kazielbonn 3 дні тому +1

      Yep my thoughts exactly. Sweepers of old immediately came to mind while watching this video.

  • @hungotuan4431
    @hungotuan4431 3 дні тому +211

    Calafiori is a midfielder with centerback camoflage for sure...

    • @GuruHomelander
      @GuruHomelander 3 дні тому +21

      he plays as fullback too, complete package
      I really want him at real madrid

    • @user-zc2sz1os3j
      @user-zc2sz1os3j 3 дні тому +6

      So a libero?

    • @mmsjejrinside385
      @mmsjejrinside385 3 дні тому

      @@user-zc2sz1os3jpretty much

    • @AE01HD
      @AE01HD 3 дні тому +5

      @@GuruHomelander Leny Yoro is better at a defender's main job. Defending.

    • @canonogic
      @canonogic 3 дні тому +7

      Dont you mean ... Calaflage

  • @turbaw
    @turbaw 3 дні тому +64

    A truly modern Libero

  • @Deehydrate
    @Deehydrate 3 дні тому +95

    Isnt he just a more supportive libero?

  • @Crouchy232323
    @Crouchy232323 3 дні тому +83

    Frank Rijkaard approves of this message

  • @cruxfleet6214
    @cruxfleet6214 3 дні тому +77

    Libero... People just forget

    • @fingersm
      @fingersm 3 дні тому +1

      Like Maradona.
      He was allowed to go wherever the fck he wanted

    • @Bakr_OUAKRIM
      @Bakr_OUAKRIM 3 дні тому +29

      @@fingersm that's not a libero

    • @soundsurg3on
      @soundsurg3on 3 дні тому +2

      @@fingersmwrong profile: more like prime Koeman

    • @Hentzau.
      @Hentzau. 2 дні тому +8

      ​@@fingersm Maradona was a Trequartista. The Libero role would go to someone like Beckenbauer.

    • @Neoyorchese
      @Neoyorchese День тому

      Beckenbauer, Matthäeus, Branco...

  • @Aldoseicaduto
    @Aldoseicaduto 3 дні тому +17

    yeah i believe this is something serie a already uses quite often, 2 years ago Kim was doing it every other game, but before Koulibaly was already doing it and it was 5 years ago. Inzaghi tactics even at lazio had centreback do that once in a while, same with Gasperini (i still remember a Djimsiti goal against Napoli of like 3/4 years ago, where he did something similar to then get the ball passed back to him). I believe it originates from the fact that you'll find more ofter very closed teams in Seria A, where there is almost no space and you need something "unexpected" to break the line and make defenders wonder how and when go up to the ball and basically have those seconds of inaction that make you have an advantage. But yes i'm pretty confident in saying this as been used in Serie A from a while

  • @user-xw3vi4nk2y
    @user-xw3vi4nk2y 3 дні тому +38

    Rudiger was doing this regularly while playing LCB under Tuchel.

    • @rich_mike7
      @rich_mike7 3 дні тому +7

      That one was different he was a wide back with three center back along side with him

    • @user-xw3vi4nk2y
      @user-xw3vi4nk2y 3 дні тому +4

      @@rich_mike7 Incorrect. He was LCB in a 3 at back just like Calafiori.

    • @Ananas-280
      @Ananas-280 3 дні тому +5

      ​@@rich_mike7no he absolutely was a CB in the 3 at the back that tuchel always plays, exactly like calafiori

    • @Ananas-280
      @Ananas-280 3 дні тому +2

      ​@@user-xw3vi4nk2yi pretty much said the same about rudiger in a comment above

    • @rich_mike7
      @rich_mike7 3 дні тому +1

      I meant 2 other center back he only stays out wide

  • @Flimzilla1879
    @Flimzilla1879 3 дні тому +41

    "Redefining" is a huge stretch.

    • @needfoolthings
      @needfoolthings 3 дні тому +5

      Lucio did it 15 yeard´s ago. What surprises me is that Calafiori gets the freedom in the national team because the players around him are not as accustomed to his style as Bologna are. It IS an achievement and it DOES strike me as one of the few positives of these Euros. He's certainly one of VERY few players who've had 3 good games and that in a role that is at the very least not a normal one.

    • @blackluke789
      @blackluke789 2 дні тому +2

      ​​@@needfoolthingsThey are all accustomed to the style of an attacking centerback, Bastoni has been doing it for years now for Inter Milan and Darmian and Di Lorenzo are no strange to overlapping, since they used to/ still play as fullbacks. The midfielders too play for clubs that rely frequently on this attacking strategy

    • @tacoflavouredkisses4336
      @tacoflavouredkisses4336 2 дні тому

      Joel Matip did it also for Liverpool. It's nothing new. Most people are just prisoners of the moment.

  • @ebubechukwudi8044
    @ebubechukwudi8044 3 дні тому +9

    I'm so happy whenever there's a new video on this channel. You've made my day.
    That being said, I would love to see his xA, xT, progressive passes and progressive carries stats.

  • @ProfessionalNonce
    @ProfessionalNonce 21 годину тому +4

    Calafiori and Donarrumma saving Italy from humiliation

  • @BLACKGIANT2
    @BLACKGIANT2 3 дні тому +10

    Bit over thought... He used to be a full back in Roma. No wonder he has such a propensity to naturally run forward with the ball

    • @RealZa999
      @RealZa999 День тому

      Lol fr tryin to explain some bs while yes they could play like that it's dumb and wasteful calafori simply has good attacking vision while being a defender

  • @bobbuilder4422
    @bobbuilder4422 16 годин тому +2

    He's slowly reminding me of the legendary Gaetano Scirea

  • @samdarshsoni4306
    @samdarshsoni4306 2 дні тому

    Great video. I play maldini in fc mobile and he is amazing there. It felt good to know how good he was in his footballing career.

  • @gbadamosicollins-dunsin8234
    @gbadamosicollins-dunsin8234 3 дні тому +4

    Watching this few hours after Italy got battered by Switzerland
    They missed calafiori at the back
    Overall Italy were terrible today

  • @aondonativhure
    @aondonativhure 3 дні тому +6

    Ahh the player, Calafiori, he is good!

  • @GuruHomelander
    @GuruHomelander 3 дні тому +5

    Libero role returning
    WOW

  • @EnormeEkoH
    @EnormeEkoH 2 дні тому +1

    you're gonna do a video about swiss? yesterday they dominated italy, and last week they played very well against germany, would be amazing to see a tactic breakdown, cause the positions and rotations seems very interesting!
    farai un video sulla svizzera? ieri ha dominato l'italia, e settimana scorsa ha giocato benissimo contro la germania, sarebbe bello vedere un'analisi tattica, anche perche le posizioni e le rotazioni sembrano interessantissime!

  • @aondonativhure
    @aondonativhure 3 дні тому +9

    Man I like your background, with the plant in the pot, the UA-cam stuff hanging there and your legendary Blue and Yellow pitch.
    Nice!
    Plain and simple, but effective.

  • @grandmedia7603
    @grandmedia7603 3 дні тому +2

    Which app do you use for your analysis on the channel?

  • @SimoNemo7
    @SimoNemo7 2 дні тому +1

    He’s a great player. Not a pure defender or man marker but that’s ok. The thing I loved so much about Chiellini, Bonucci and Barzagli was that Chiellini was a brick wall and man marker, Bonucci had vision and Barzagli was a good defender as well. I think going forward we need Calafiori in a back 3 with Scalvini (when he recovers from injury) and Bastoni with Buongiorno as a fuller should any of those players not be able to play.
    More importantly it’s clear Italy cannot play without a 3 man midfield. Tonali is needed back asap, Barella needs to be in great form once more and the third spot can be rotated between a few players like Frattesi, Fagioli or even Miretti.
    Jorginho and Cristante (as much as I like him) need to never play for the national team again.
    Gnonto needs to come back.
    We need clubs to play the youth consistently for playing time. Pafundi, Baldanzi and others have a lot of hype, let them play.

  • @Psyclique-uo9ei
    @Psyclique-uo9ei 3 дні тому +1

    Liverpool did this with Matip, Jarrell and Ibou too, all these guys have been doing this in their game

  • @blin0691
    @blin0691 3 дні тому +3

    Didn't we already have this conversation about john stones like seasons ago where cb pushing ahead?

    • @Coach-rq6jx
      @Coach-rq6jx 3 дні тому +1

      Yep. The difference is that Stones pushed forward to build up, overcome the press and start the attack. Calafiori here _is_ the attack.

  • @johnnahason4851
    @johnnahason4851 2 дні тому

    May I know the apps you are using to explain the tactical on the board? Thanks.

  • @Ananas-280
    @Ananas-280 3 дні тому +4

    Also one more thing, those "moments" and movement you see whem Italy were in trouble, we saw them from vvd, Vincent Kompany, ramos, ruben dias and rudiger is not really something new we witnessed

    • @SRS_Metabolic
      @SRS_Metabolic 3 дні тому +2

      Bastoni does this a lot with Inter

    • @Aldoseicaduto
      @Aldoseicaduto 3 дні тому

      i think the analysis is, those are singolar occasions, almost rare that occur cause a player reads a certain situation, while i can assure you in Seria A breaking the line in a sort of similar way happens more often and it's even actually prepared by coaches with specific movements and such. even tho it is still a situational play

    • @Ananas-280
      @Ananas-280 3 дні тому

      ​@@SRS_Metabolicyeah he absolutely do
      I'd love to have bastoni at my club this guy is well fitted for us

  • @paxundpeace9970
    @paxundpeace9970 2 дні тому

    Quite common for center backs to push up the pitch we have seen it with Tapsoba and Kossunou of Leverkusen. Still this is insane.

  • @juniormurwanashyaka8809
    @juniormurwanashyaka8809 2 дні тому

    he was usually a left-back and switched to CB !! Check out his history

  • @Daniboi971
    @Daniboi971 3 дні тому

    Glad he’s getting recognition. It shouldn’t be possible for a CB to do what he does

  • @Playmaker020
    @Playmaker020 3 дні тому +1

    Ajax did it first when Marcel Keizer was coach there. Used Frenkie de Jong in the exact same role.

  • @luks4155
    @luks4155 2 дні тому +1

    Calafiori is a badass name

  • @andreandeo6177
    @andreandeo6177 3 дні тому

    He is inverted wide center back..
    FM25 CB's new role unlocked

  • @EdwardAnonsi
    @EdwardAnonsi 3 дні тому

    Alas, it all depends on the instructions given him by the manager handling if not it may not be as it seems

  • @caryard3774
    @caryard3774 3 дні тому +6

    Pep would love this guy

  • @richardrmfc6551
    @richardrmfc6551 3 дні тому

    Which program is he here? The tactical view program. Does somebody knows?
    Top video🔥

  • @MishaTavkhelidze
    @MishaTavkhelidze 3 дні тому

    Will you do Georgia any time soon? Thanks.

  • @Brahim82939
    @Brahim82939 3 дні тому +2

    It seems that you watched a different match, this is not what Mr. Splitty did tactically..And what he did is taught in universities

  • @femi_danjuma
    @femi_danjuma 2 дні тому

    Similar style to Scalvini. Would have been the revelation of this Euros if not for that injury

  • @Brahim82939
    @Brahim82939 3 дні тому +3

    You may have talked about Calfiore well, but you didn't talk properly at all about what Spality's thoughts

  • @ethanprince356
    @ethanprince356 3 дні тому +11

    SI are taking notes for FM25…

    • @Wide_Trequartista
      @Wide_Trequartista 3 дні тому +11

      Based on Football Meta's video, Calafiori plays as the new, modernised "Libero - Support" that was updated on FM2024.

    • @MokaBeats664
      @MokaBeats664 3 дні тому +1

      ​@@Wide_Trequartista already?

    • @Abhirajshurwar
      @Abhirajshurwar 3 дні тому +2

      lmao tru

    • @luismao5153
      @luismao5153 3 дні тому +1

      didn't expect the fm community to show up here

    • @Kotyank_shashank
      @Kotyank_shashank 3 дні тому +2

      Yeah this and wide center back for rudiger type player are already there

  • @matsalvatore9074
    @matsalvatore9074 3 дні тому +2

    The Rigatoni Macaroni Assassin Calafiore

  • @mehmetvursavas5922
    @mehmetvursavas5922 3 дні тому +2

    Lmao nowadays a few good games and you're underrated

    • @morkujinirukandji4820
      @morkujinirukandji4820 День тому

      Over 30 solid games for bologna last season. The major reason why they made top 4 in Italy. I don’t think 30 good games is few

  • @user-ic8vs2si1n
    @user-ic8vs2si1n 3 дні тому +1

    Do a video on Enzo maresca new Chelsea coach

  • @encorefootball
    @encorefootball 3 дні тому +1

    Libero reborn

  • @andrej8377
    @andrej8377 3 дні тому +1

    this is what matip was doing

  • @teddypicker8799
    @teddypicker8799 3 дні тому +1

    Matip used to do this every game

  • @sevi7301
    @sevi7301 3 дні тому

    People seem to forget that he used to be a fullback before he moved to bologna

  • @user-hw5fn2bi6r
    @user-hw5fn2bi6r 3 дні тому +1

    Joel Matip already doing this

  • @fussballtrainerblog352
    @fussballtrainerblog352 3 дні тому +2

    My favourite Player at the EC24 🔥🔥

    • @andrekoerber7334
      @andrekoerber7334 3 дні тому

      ...............to me it has been so far Mikautadse...............

  • @imadabbas8694
    @imadabbas8694 День тому

    It's not because how the manager assigned roles, it's purely because of his talent and aggressive nature of playing...

  • @mrreese2342
    @mrreese2342 3 дні тому +1

    He has to go to a very big club

  • @user-ry9zo6cl6k
    @user-ry9zo6cl6k 3 дні тому

    Mate Joel Matip has been doing that for 5 plus years

  • @samuelschonenberger
    @samuelschonenberger 3 дні тому

    A Germa UA-camr said: "50% of his hype is that jawline"
    But I guess the other 50% is also pretty cool

  • @MrMurgen
    @MrMurgen 2 дні тому

    Well this standout player exited the tournament quickly

  • @DJoisar
    @DJoisar 2 дні тому

    joel matip has been doing this since years!!!

  • @kmahta
    @kmahta 3 дні тому +5

    Calafiori can easily become a CDM under the Arne Slot system.

  • @HolyPire
    @HolyPire 3 дні тому

    Sounds like he is playing like a Libero in old times?

  • @junyank1846
    @junyank1846 2 дні тому

    Wow! So is this how Beckenbauer played?

  • @avikumar2179
    @avikumar2179 2 дні тому

    All I saw from him was his own goal vs Spain 😂

  • @mikem9309
    @mikem9309 3 дні тому

    Would love him at newcastle

  • @thivianvarnacumaaran6746
    @thivianvarnacumaaran6746 2 дні тому +1

    Joel matip was him, but less of the pr

  • @spyksyde
    @spyksyde 3 години тому

    Now I see why Arteta wants him

  • @voidwalkingcat
    @voidwalkingcat 3 дні тому +2

    I guess that is the role Spalletti was trying with Kim in Napoli. Calafiori seems better at some skills because Kim was not capable enough to do some jobs Calafiori does. Doing this job properly requires his teammates to fill the possible space openings when he took off his position.

  • @vitalijsmatulkovs5220
    @vitalijsmatulkovs5220 День тому

    I think fm25 will have libero with att duty, because of him😅

  • @truberthefighter9256
    @truberthefighter9256 3 дні тому +1

    Wouldn't Bastoni be able to play this?

  • @cheifwhat
    @cheifwhat День тому +1

    This has aged well

    • @bzonzon2084
      @bzonzon2084 12 годин тому +1

      He didnt play vs swiss as he was suspended for the game

  • @bobbuilder4422
    @bobbuilder4422 3 дні тому +1

    This is not new, he's a libero. It was a popular position in the 70s & 80s, especially in Italy but as well as all over Europe and South America e.i Scirea, Baresi, Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Passarella

    • @SaltHuman
      @SaltHuman 3 дні тому

      Koeman was the GOAT libero tho

    • @andrekoerber7334
      @andrekoerber7334 3 дні тому

      You are right but true Liberos have died out.

  • @xandertv3000
    @xandertv3000 2 дні тому

    no one except for donnarumma standout, no clue of what spalletti told them, there isn't any kind of "aggressivity" from the leader to score at least one goal by anytime in thhe game against swiss. very disappointed to all the squad and the coach (i'm italian sorry for my rude english)

  • @gkfffkgh3689
    @gkfffkgh3689 2 дні тому

    Which one is more valuable at Liverpool Inacio or calafiori?

  • @mumindanmallam
    @mumindanmallam 3 дні тому +2

    The modern day Ronald Koeman

    • @dermoooojj255
      @dermoooojj255 3 дні тому +2

      Just needs to add 25 goals a season

    • @workshaw1195
      @workshaw1195 День тому +1

      @@dermoooojj255and occasionally play as a CM or CDM

  • @theboysammyjay
    @theboysammyjay 3 дні тому +1

    David Luiz was mocked for the same traits 😂

  • @adilbaloch8815
    @adilbaloch8815 2 дні тому +1

    In euro 2024 italy defence line is good 👍 and midfield and forward line is very very poor

  • @user-ne9jy9lm8p
    @user-ne9jy9lm8p 11 годин тому

    A Mikel Arteta type player for sure

  • @Elbubster
    @Elbubster 3 дні тому

    He’s also back in Italy know

  • @okonalbert
    @okonalbert 3 дні тому

    Calafiori has been my most admired players so far in the Euros, Madrid is going for him

    • @Coach-rq6jx
      @Coach-rq6jx 3 дні тому

      No, Real Madrid have made the choice clear; Leny Yoro is the target. Club wants him, player wants the club, it's almost done. If you meant Atletico Madrid, I see the vision there. Simeone would love this guy.

  • @JonnyTheRevelator
    @JonnyTheRevelator 3 дні тому

    Calafiori is highlight of this team. Would love to see Marco Verrati or Sandro Tonalli or even Manuel Locatelli in the squad.

    • @andrekoerber7334
      @andrekoerber7334 3 дні тому

      Tonali is banned but will be back soon. Veratti is in the desert and why Locatelli is not playing...nobody knows.

    • @JonnyTheRevelator
      @JonnyTheRevelator 3 дні тому

      @@andrekoerber7334 Sand doesn't stop Ronaldo to come and play, Italy needed that experience in the center. Jorginio is not vibing with Barella quite as well as he used to with Verratti

  • @lenickde
    @lenickde 3 дні тому

    Ever heard of Schlotterbeck?

  • @shaunc4786
    @shaunc4786 6 годин тому

    Spaletti had a system?

  • @okamilogy
    @okamilogy День тому

    Bro's handsome

  • @iamyatharthsingh2019
    @iamyatharthsingh2019 3 дні тому

    John Stones role?

  • @sinfulxsalty
    @sinfulxsalty 3 дні тому

    Does anyone know what application he uses?

  • @spoots1234
    @spoots1234 2 дні тому

    Isn't this what David Luiz has been doing but now it's being praised instead of criticized?

  • @cy_pher03
    @cy_pher03 3 дні тому

    Isnt Thiago Motta the one that made Calafiori this type of centerback

  • @marveladdicts5952
    @marveladdicts5952 3 дні тому

    He will be big miss for Italy for round 16 match because he is suspensed for 2 yellows

  • @heyitsmeagain6897
    @heyitsmeagain6897 3 дні тому +3

    Chris Kramer Approves this Video

  • @bashass
    @bashass 3 дні тому

    Isn't he what is called a sweeper

  • @losangelesnefastvs
    @losangelesnefastvs 3 дні тому

    Essentially, Calafiori is a "false 5" in build-up. You can have that one.

  • @stanleyjohanson6720
    @stanleyjohanson6720 2 дні тому +1

    Donnarumma?

  • @Ro-nu7vv
    @Ro-nu7vv 3 дні тому

    By scoring own goals ?

  • @Ananas-280
    @Ananas-280 3 дні тому +5

    All out redefining? That's a bit stretching it honestly
    Yes he's pretty good but come on let's not get carried away its group stage its early and a short timed tournament
    Now john stones did redefine his position over 2 seasons so that would be more like it

    • @cedric9292
      @cedric9292 3 дні тому +7

      But he already played like this for the whole season in the Serie A and well yes Stones was similar, he also was a little more conservative i.e staying more in the central lanes and also in deeper positions.

    • @blin0691
      @blin0691 3 дні тому

      ​@@cedric9292deep? Yeah most of the season he's in pivot role but during the most important match UCL final he played as 8 in diamond system

    • @Ananas-280
      @Ananas-280 3 дні тому

      ​@@cedric9292conservative and deep?
      You didn't watch that much man city games mate, stones passes and dribbles and playmaking is the key to man city treble, I'm sorry but a CB/CDM who did had the most amount of dribbles in a ucl final since MESSI in 2015 is not conservative
      Watch his matches against Bayern, arsenal, Madrid, inter milan and Liverpool and after that tell me if you still think he's conservative

    • @Ananas-280
      @Ananas-280 3 дні тому

      ​@@blin0691mind you he completed around 15 dribbles which i believe 12 of them was in the final third

  • @Infimet
    @Infimet 3 дні тому

    Modern day Lauren Blanc.
    He would be perfect as Arsenal's 3 honestly

  • @aashisha2316
    @aashisha2316 2 дні тому

    Donnarumma 1st and Calafiori 2nd were the best players

  • @balenidumisani296
    @balenidumisani296 3 дні тому

    Faes of Belgium and Leicester has the same qualities, just too erratic defensively

  • @LukeniV
    @LukeniV 3 дні тому

    John Stone , Rudiger, Kim, Murillo

    • @itsdungitv
      @itsdungitv 3 дні тому

      Sergio Ramos, De Jong at Ajax, there was many who did this before

    • @LukeniV
      @LukeniV 3 дні тому

      @@itsdungitv right?

  • @fishyfish6510
    @fishyfish6510 3 дні тому +1

    Calafiori is redefining football with his irresistible aura 🗿

    • @Coach-rq6jx
      @Coach-rq6jx 3 дні тому

      Someone on Twitter said Arsenal should buy him and whenever opponents are on the counter, Calafiori and Odegaard should start making out to distract the opponent.

  • @GoalDreamsLLC
    @GoalDreamsLLC 20 годин тому

    He would be perfect for Arsenal

  • @aondonativhure
    @aondonativhure 3 дні тому

    Like Chiesa maybe

  • @clarencegaultieri8293
    @clarencegaultieri8293 День тому

    Ya Italy best player becasue he is younger . Spalletti is clueless should have played yoinger guys

  • @A.BHISHE.K
    @A.BHISHE.K 2 дні тому

    Seen enough, bring him to madrid

  • @andrekoerber7334
    @andrekoerber7334 3 дні тому

    Italy will go to the semis...let us bet?

  • @claiar736
    @claiar736 10 годин тому

    It's so funny that you guys discovered him now and everyone randomly wants him. You just saw one or two games and you are like: "WOW HE IS SO GOOD I WANT HIM IN ARSENAL/TOTTENHAM/CHELSEA/RANDOM SHIT PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM". But I guess this is how english fans behave. When he was not even 20 he was considered one of the biggest prospect in Italy (before the injury) and did an amazing season in Bologna.
    Yes guys, there are a lot of good players in other leagues whch are not premier league, I know that's a big plot twist