“We worked in a small space with eight-player teams with no goalkeepers, and had to press as soon as we lost possession. It helped decision-making and quick thinking, he said. In an interview to FourFourTwo (July 2023), Ederson spoke about the possession exercises he did on joining City. In 2017, Ederson came to City, who regularly play it to their keeper from kick-off and who had a Premier League assist last season.

Distribution was not Hart’s strongest suit and for Guardiola that was a must-have in a goalkeeper’s repertoire. Goalkeeping changed in the Premier League when Guardiola preferred Claudio Bravo over then England’s No. “When you have a goalkeeper like Onana who can read perfectly where everyone is to pass to, it is very difficult,” said Pep Guardiola after the final. In his analysis of the Champions League final, Roberto Martinez said Onana was less of a sweeper-keeper (here’s looking at you Manuel Neuer keeping Germany alive in the 2014 World Cup against Algeria on a cold night in Porto Alegre) than a holding midfielder. “He (Onana) was there in the moment the team needed him,” said the Manchester United manager on Onana’s debut. Houston, we have a problem? Not if you were Erik ten Hag. In Houston, it did lead to being lobbed by Jude Bellingham for the first goal and Joselu scoring, off a scissors-kick, at the near post. His is a high-risk, high reward kind of game, one that got him to be called ‘playmaker in goal’ at Inter MIlan. Onana had 45 touches of which 22 were outside the box, as per Opta. Manchester United lost the friendly 0-2 to Real Madrid but in his canary yellow shirt, Onana was chesting the ball, heading near the centre-circle, passing to his central defenders, receiving a return pass from Luke Shaw and finding a teammate under pressure, offering himself as a passing option at throw-ins and moving near the centre-circle during corner-kicks. Of the kind he showed in Houston on Thursday. Onana refusing to accept what the Cameroon coach wanted is another proof of the conflict of ideas club and international football can be. Instead of passing the ball wide, he tries to go through the middle, he is heard saying in a grainy video that emerged during the World Cup.

Song felt Onana was taking too many risks. The reason why Onana is at Manchester United is also why he left Cameroon’s World Cup base in Doha: ability with his feet. It is clear to me that there is no better place to keep dreaming than in the Theatre of Dreams,” he tweeted on Saturday. These values have helped me to get this far.

But less than six months later, Onana, now 27, was playing in the Champions League final.Īnd now he is with Manchester United, having signed a five-year deal worth €55m including add-ons. In a career that had seen him serve a drugs ban and survive a car crash, this seemed another low, another case of talent spurning opportunity. “There are times when strong action needs to be taken,” said Song.īefore the year was out, Onana announced his international retirement. 1 goalkeeper who had left the World Cup after a row with his coach over tactics.

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