Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kashiwa: Tianjin Quanjian left it late to rescue a point in a 1-1 draw with Kashiwa Reysol at the Kashiwa Soccer Stadium on Tuesday.
The visitors rode their luck, but a late strike from substitute Alexandre Pato saw them leave Japan with a valuable point in their pocket.
Pato Impact
Paulo Sousa made a big call pre-match when he decided to leave Brazilian star Pato on the bench. If it was done to elicit a response from the former AC Milan star then it worked a treat.
Sousa pulled him on late in the first half, bringing Pato off the bench in the 37th minute, and he made an immediate impact, giving life to a Tianjin Quanjian side that had looked a little lifeless up until that point.
While he only registered 10 passes, it was the work he did off the ball and the little deft touches that made all the difference. As evidenced by his attacking graph (below), while he didn’t amass a large number of passes, those he did make were almost always moving forward.
www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/pato_pass_map.html
www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/kashiwa_mf_pass_map.html
www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/kashiwa_heat_map.html
