Dusan Vlahovic once again failed to have an impact in the Lazio game. He has gone 636 minutes without scoring in Serie A. He had just one chance on a header. In addition, he bowed out with an ankle injury and is questionable for the first Sporting CP game, Sky informs. He closed his Instagram profile Sunday.
The numbers of the Serb have visibly regressed. In 2021/2022, he bagged 20 goals in 24 matches with Fiorentina and 9 in 21 with Juventus. He had started the season decently, finding the target six times in the first ten rounds before sports hernia started to plague him. Most of his production has come in Europa League and Coppa Italia in 2023. He had just a brace versus Salernitana on February 7th in the domestic championship.
According to the Opta data, Vlahovic isn’t squandering opportunities since his expected goals are 8.16, and he indeed has 8 to his name. The Bianconeri staff is looking for ways to increase the feeds and get him more involved, La Gazzetta dello Sport relays.
The marksman subbed off, partly due to injury, when they switched to 4-3-3 versus Lazio inserting Federico Chiesa. While they attacked more, his replacement Arkadiusz Milik didn’t do much either. They plot to turn to such solution more often when everybody is fit. Moreover, more crosses from the flanks should help him. Filip Kostic and Juan Cuadrado were subpar in the last game since they had to defend more than usual.
Our Take on Vlahovic
It’s a combination of issues. He’s way in his head, but he’s also a high-volume striker rather than a clutch one. He was great at Fiorentina because he always had a ton of chances, and he eventually capitalized on one or two.
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