Tavallaan.Hän on maailmanluokan pallonriistäjä ja näissä statseissa pärjää esimerkiksi prime Kantelle. Uskoisin, että jos ja kun aletaan puolustamaan korkealta niin hänen palkollisia heikkouksia saadaan pienennettyä ja toisaalta uskon tuon PSGn systeemin heikentäneen hänen statsejaan osaltaan.
Sitten toisaalta tässäkin on kääntöpuoli, jonka Carl Anka ja Peter Rutzler toivat hienosti esille analyysissään (linkki Athleticiin):
Saapa nähdä. Toivottavasti olen tosiaan turhaan huolissani, mutta kyllä tässä itselläni hälytyskellot soivat.Beyond the stylistic differences, it is also worth questioning if Ugarte simply struggled to adapt to a more intense top-five league in general.
His defensive numbers with respect to tackle and duel timing seemed to suffer, and he often seemed just a millisecond late to challenge for the ball, giving away fouls like the ones below. In most of these sequences, he either leaves too much space for the defence to cover or makes fouls when the attacker’s options are limited.
This could be seen in his statistics as well. Compared with his final season at Sporting, Ugarte suffered declines in success while tackling dribblers (54 per cent in 2022-23 vs 48 per cent in 2023-24), interceptions (2.2 vs 1.9 per 90), recoveries (9.4 vs 8.4 per 90) and aerial duel success (63 per cent vs 54 per cent).
He also looked less confident with the ball at his feet and while taking players on, moving sideways rather than forward, which resulted in losses of possession, with some of these also leading to shots that were saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.