Is Ivan Kalyuzhny's absence from the national team fair? Analysis from TaToTake
In the latest issue of TaToTake, Mykhailo Smolovyi thoroughly analyzed the game of the "Kharkiv" midfielder using percentiles statistics, explaining why the coaching staff could have overlooked him:
1. Playing under pressure: Kaliuzhnyi's indicator is at the 62nd percentile. This means that 40% of UPL midfielders handle opponent pressing better.
2. Reliability: on his own half of the field, Ivan has a 28th percentile - 70% of players act more reliably there.
3. Off-the-ball activity: the opening pass rate is only at the 17th percentile (in leading players - over the 90th), which is critical for the structure of the modern national team's game.
Despite Kaliuzhnyi's important role in the stable "Kharkiv" (which experts compare to "Oleksandriia" by Rotan), the numbers indicate a gap between the national team's demands for intensity and the player's current characteristics.
