Malcom and Dembélé, to the fight by a place: pros and contras

During the Tuesday in the afternoon, the FC Barcelona did official the signing of Malcom, forward of the Girondins of Bordeaux, in return of 41 million euros more another in concept of variables. The Brazilian is 21 years old and will arrive to the Camp Nou to treat to adapt to the Barcelona game and to do with a place in the onces of Ernesto Valverde.

The natural position of Malcom is the one of right extreme. In this sense, will have a hard competition with Ousmane Dembélé for doing with a place in the right-handed lane of the attack of the FC Barcelona. In spite of treating of players habilidosos, polyvalent and ambidiestros, there are some appearances of the game that differentiate them.

In spite of having the same age, 21 years, Dembélé has the advantage to carry a year in the FC Barcelona and two in the elite of the football, knowing to perfection competitions so hard like the Champions League or being integrated in the changing room. Malcom carries three years in Tie it 1 French, by what knows what is to play in Europe, but will have to use the pre-season to adapt to the diagrams of Valverde.

In the technical section, are in front of two players very aseados. Both possess in the dribbling, the rapidity and the desborde the basic arms in his game. Dembélé Is a spectacular player when it plays with spaces, using his big stride and his dribbling in speed. Malcom, by his part, is tremendously effective in the fast dribbling in short distances, something useful against enclosed teams.

Smell of goal and association

Also it treats of two players with smell of goal, although with distinct virtues. Dembélé Is totally ambidiestro and shoots with the same effectiveness with the two legs. Malcom, by his part, dominates well the right, but his left-handed is the one who marks the differences, especially by his powerful shots of half distance.

The Brazilian marked 12 goals the past campaign (in 35 parties) and the alone French 4 (in 23 parties), although it is necessary to take into account that this last suffered a grave injury that kept him in the dry dam during a lot of meetings. Besides, Malcom is more accustomed to the played asociativas and to give assistances, whereas Dembélé stands out by his played individual.