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  1. yo watch both legs of the champions league semi final last year of barcelona vs inter, one of the best champions league semi finals in the last few years. And watch extended highlights not just the 3 min ones, since u want to understand football more

  2. The fact that this guy with way more basketball defensive knowledge can appreciate the art of Van dijk's defending goes to show that the football fans who downplay van dijk's greatness are just haters. Plain simple

  3. Trust me VVD makes being a CB look easy but it's not!! Virgil is a Rolls Royce of a footballer 👌 absolute class. He's almost unbeatable in the air and wins nearly 90% of his duels on the ground. His career stats are frightening, not just defensively either, he is great going forward and can make a 60 yard diagonal pass to Salah look effortless. It is NOT a easy job bro!! His football IQ is so high he's in position early so he barely has to sprint because he knows where you're going before you do lol

  4. 13:45 He only hits those long balls because he can. VVD has very good long range passing and overall is really good with the ball, which makes sense considering his free form role at Celtic early on. But professionals, especially ones as good as VVD, make these long passes look very easy when they are really not. You have to weigh it right, make sure it’s not too low otherwise it can get intercepted, and it can’t be too high otherwise it will take too long and the opponents can close your teammate down. He’s hitting what are known as “pinged” passes and they require good, consistent technique. Just like in basketball, these professionals make very difficult techniques look very simple to the average viewer.