久保建英の試合を見て思ったこと
ソシエダに移籍してからの久保の活躍が目覚しい。私はサッカーを観るようになって未だ間もないが、久保選手はイニエスタやペドリ、ダビド・シルバと同じ部類の選手ではないかと思う。
サッカーチームには様々なスタイルがあるのだろうが、優れた司令塔がいるチームは、勝つ確率が高くなる筈だ。優れた司令塔には、基本的な運動能力は当然だが、パスの正確性、全体の把握、状況判断、敵・味方の選手の特性把握等、多くの事が求められる。久保選手は技術に優れた一選手と言うよりも、どのようにすれば勝利に導けるかという現場の指揮官という稀な存在になりつつあるのではないか。
What I thought when I saw Takefusa Kubo's match
Kubo's success since moving to Sociedad is remarkable. I've only been watching football for a short time, but I think Kubo is in the same category as Iniesta, Pedri and David Silva.
There may be many different styles of football teams, but a team with a good playmaker should have a better chance of winning. A good playmaker is naturally required to have basic athletic ability, but many other things are required, such as accuracy of passing, understanding of the whole situation, judgment of the situation, and understanding of the characteristics of opponents and teammates. Rather than saying that Kubo is a player with excellent technique, it seems that he is becoming a rare presence as a playmaker in the field, who knows how to lead the team to victory.
