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Why are strikers always seen as the stars when their overall influence seems to be rather minimal?
It seems like 95% of the game is controlled by defenders/midfield and yet the strikers get all the attention. In the game against Paraguay, Mbappe had 2 successful dribbles, 4 shots on target (two of which were in the final few minutes of added time), and 1 goal that came from a penalty, and yet he is still awarded the player of the match?
Even Messi/ Ronaldo/ Haaland seem to spend most of the game slowly walking around and waiting to get the ball. Is the difficulty of being in the right spot and making the last touch really that extreme that it is more impressive than all the work the rest of the team does to set up a goal?
u/10AMinUzbekistan — 1 day ago