Watching the 1st game between Orlando and Inter Miami. Players are rusty or just bad. The quality of the 1st touch is about the equivalent of avg. 15-16 year olds. I have never seen it at the pro level unless the GK has been hurt but the Inter Miami GK doesn’t take his own goal kicks. Miami is also playing a 5-2-3 and one of the “2” is Wil Trapp so Miami is having a ton of issues working the ball out of the middle 1/3 of the field. Seeing them play a lot of long balls to the front 3.
Orlando is trying to play possession but their 1st touch and even just basic receiving of passes is subpar for a professional team.
Orlando is trying to play possession but their 1st touch and even just basic receiving of passes is subpar for a professional team.