34-year-old De Gea uses data to prove that the true top goal god has never lost his sharpness

In the early morning of Friday this week, Real Betis will visit Frankie Stadium to try to continue his 2-1 advantage in the first leg to advance to the UEFA League final. Florence hopes to complete a home reversal based on his experience in the past two finals (losing to West Ham United and Olympiacos one after another).

If you want to win the European League championship for the third time, Fiorentina needs to overcome recent fluctuations in its state: two wins, one draw and two losses in the past five games, and recently suffered two consecutive losses (lost to Betis in the first leg of the European game, losing to Roma in the league). In contrast, Betis has remained unbeaten in four wins and one draw in the last five games, and the momentum is in full swing.

It is worth noting that the showdown between two former Manchester United players: Anthony regained his life after loaning Betis, and his threat from the wings requires the focus on the Purple Lily defense line; while De Gea, who guards the goal on the other side, proves that he is still a top goalkeeper with his steady performance. After six months of unemployment, the 34-year-old Spanish national gate was reborn in Florence. Although the outside world has questioned his high salary requirement, Zi Lily decisively signed the experienced goalkeeper. De Gea played 36 games in full this season, and many of the data have improved significantly. On the offensive end, its pass success rate reached 69.8%, and its long pass accuracy was 39.7% (a career high, far surpassing the best 29.7% in Manchester United during the period), and 1,178 touches (nearly 1,371 in the 22/23 Premier League season).

On the defensive end, the one-on-one success rate is 100% (all 9 confrontations were successful), the ball rights recovery is 207 times (best in the past three years), the air battles are 6 wins (near the record of 8 wins in the 21/22 season), and the Serie A conceded 32 goals (better than Manchester United's 43 goals and 57 goals in the last two seasons).

These data strongly responded to doubts about their "unfiting modern football". What is particularly interesting is that when current Manchester United goalkeeper Onana makes repeated mistakes, De Gea returns to his peak state in Serie A. Tenhach gave up the Spanish goalkeeper's decision on tactical adaptation, which seemed particularly hasty in comparison of data. In the second leg of the European Union semi-finals, when De Gea faced the impact of his old teammate Anthony, he not only shouldered the mission of leading Purple Lily to the first championship after three consecutive Asian Cups, but also proved to his old club that the true top goal god has never faded. If Betis can be defeated at Frankie Stadium, this meritorious man who was abandoned by Manchester United may write the most perfect revenge script by himself.