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#1614 | Marco Palestra Special! Deep Dive and Tactical Analysis ft. CFC Central! #CFC
In this scouting special of the London is Blue podcast, Dan and Sam analyze Chelsea's new 21-year-old signing Marco Palestra, the "Serie A defender of the year" who primarily broke out on loan at Cagliari. Sam describes his assessment as "slightly leaning towards confused" because Palestra boasts elite, "stupendously well utilized" attacking off-ball movement and dribbling skills , but pairs them with glaring "massive red flag" defensive weaknesses in 1v1 situations. Though highly versatile across multiple wide positions , the hosts conclude he projects strictly as an attacking wing-back…
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