Fabio Capello’s Opionion on Why Vlahovic is struggling

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1. Saw this video on Tik Tok, not sure after which game this is, but I totally agree. He’s a great finisher but he has a long way to improve as a striker.

2. Here is my rough translation of what is being said in the video, adjusted some words as the direct translation might not have made as much sense in English:

   Caressa “It seems like to me that he’s not able to find his natural habitat in the box Fabio, I don’t know what he’s missing”
   Capello “It’s because Juve does not play on the counterattack or the play in the spaces, and he has difficulty. In the penalty area, he’s not someone who knows how to move extremely well, he’s not someone who can buy some time from the defender. I observed him tonight every time there was a chance to deliver the ball in the box, I observed him, he always had a man on him, but he was never able to get space. That’s why if you can’t create space between a defender it’s also difficult to receive the ball” 
   Caressa “In fact, he is last in balls received, he received 18 and lost 4. So you’re saying it’s also an issue of making himself seen, getting open from a defender,(unmarking).
   Capello “Unmarking, because he doesn’t have the strength of an Ibrahimovic or a Dzeko, who receive the ball in the box, that can even bring it down/control the ball in the box, that have this physical presence to do so.”