If BorussiaADortmund's battle to defeat Malaga in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final told us such a thing, it's that Mats Hummels is a sorely missed reputation. Manuel Pellegrini's side setup roadblock after roadblock whilstAsimultaneouslyAexposing BVB's weaknesses, and the presence of the GermanAinternationalAwould have made things much simpler for the favourites. The two-legged occasion served as a reminder to us of why he is so important to Juergen Klopp's area, so let us repeat. In both legs against Malaga, Dortmund actually struggled with the large ball. The full-backs, Marcel Schmelzer and Lukasz Piszczek, aren't aerially confident and appear to locate a chief to actually take control of the situation. Felipe Santana can be an exceptional stand-in, but BVB's progress in the quarter-final was always under threat when Willy Caballero lofted a lengthy ball in to the course of Julio Baptista. Baptista could often get the header or cause disorder along the way, and it had been his great work that helped Joaquin the chance to open the scoring at Signal Iduna Park. From then, induced by anxiety, Dortmund's centre-backs naturally dropped five yards once the ball was lofted toward Julio, giving him time and space to take it down if he wanted to. Martin Rose/Getty Images Rugs has the reputation, the physicality and the ability to end this being a regular problem, and if Malaga had looked with their goal person more often, they are able to have had more happiness. However it isn't just in a aerial feeling that Hummels helps the side. His fixing, moment and marking are of the highest quality, and as B/R's Bundesliga expert Clark Whitney likes to say: "Mats scars other strikers in to absolute anonymity." Some of the best forwards on earth have come facing him and failed to obtain a kick. Be it Bayern's ferocious forward line, Real Madrid's deadly mixture or Ajax's free-flowing fiesta, Hummels pockets anything. Klopp has great copy in Santana and an excellent companion for the stunning Mats in Neven Subotic, but the Serbian is more of a hard-hitter, and there are, at best, two players on earth that may fill Hummels shoes. And possibly the basis for that is his attacking expertise. He doesn't just draw you off the message in a potential, when he gets the ball he pushes forward and starts attacks. He produces midfield prints and strikers to him, driving he to be closed by them down, and that opens things up in the middle of the message. Malaga seemed near impregnable for 130 minutes, and a huge element of that has been their organisation and discipline at the rear. Jeremy Toulalan and Ignacio Camacho established a great holding duo, and Martin Demichelis had the game of his life (again). Subotic passes compared to. Malagaa'where's the penetration? (via footballclub.cnn.com) Duda was fielded in a high level part to close down Ilkay Gundogan and give him as little room to work with as you possibly can, while Toulalan pocketed Mario Goetze. It was looking borderline impossible for die Borussen to separate los Boquerones down, and it came down to a pro flick from Marco Reus to obtain the ball rolling. With Gundogan power down and the midfield struggle dropped, Hummels was the man who could have really changed procedures. Racing forward, Duda and Baptista would have had no choice but to shut him down. When teams bottleneck against Dortmund and account for every approaching player, Mats is the system can be broken by the one who down, similar to Gerard Pique does for Barcelona (although they are not similar in any other sense). Going in to the semi-final, Hummels cannot be lacking else BVB stand a serious threat of falling at the final hurdle. Research, charts via CNN Soccer Club.
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