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Who would have expected Scott McTominay to be this good.
Napoli won 2-0 in the 34th round of Italy's Serie A in 2024-2025 season against Turin at Diego Armando Maradona Stadio in Naples, Italy, at 3:45 a.m. on the 28th (Korea time). With this victory, Napoli became the league's sole leader.
It was McTominay who put Napoli at the top of the league. In the 7th minute of the first half, when Jambo Anguisa momentarily advanced to the penalty box and received the ball, McTominay moved to a good position to receive the pass. Anguisa's pass was delivered to where McTominay moved, and McTominay finished with a good goal-scoring ability.
McTominay responded again, in a situation where an additional goal was needed to catch a certain victory. In the 41st minute of the first half, Matteo Politano crossed from the right. Two Turin defenders tried to check McTominay, but McTominay succeeded in scoring using his excellent physical conditions. Napoli, who defended McTominay's multi-goal, had a chance to win.
If Napoli win the championship like this, McTominay will be recognized as a key player who led the team to win. He has played in 30 league games and has 11 goals and 4 assists so far. He has scored the most points after Romelo Lukaku, who scored 12 league goals.
The fact that Conte created an environment to utilize McTominay's scoring ability is also playing a major role, but we cannot help but praise McTominay's offensive point productivity that rewards the coach's expectations. His personal career high record is well over. McTominay is recognized as one of Serie's best midfielders.
As a result, Manchester United handed over the best luck to Napoli. Manchester United handed over McTominay for 34 million euros (about 55.6 billion won) to reform the central midfielder ahead of this season. McTominay, who left for Napoli, is looking to win his first league title as he makes his best season of life.
It was the opinion of former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag to sell McTominay. This is because McTominay was judged to be a player with limitations in his tactics. The player Ten Hag brought in after selling McTominay was Manuel Ugarte of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
Manchester United spent 60 million euros (about 98.2 billion won) to bring in Ugarte. However, Ugarte is not performing better than McTominay. As a central midfielder, he is only continuing his really easy performance. There are advantages in defense and activity, but in passes and de-pressure, the disadvantages are clearly seen as in PSG.
In particular, McTominay's scoring ability is regrettable considering that Manchester United has suffered from severe scoring difficulties this season.
Reporter Kim Dae-sik rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
