Waching daily Feb 26 2018

In this video, we will consider whether Boniek was right and Piotr Zieliński is actually better than Kevin De Bruyne.

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The president of the Polish Football Association, Zbigniew Boniek recently gave a short interview to Corriere dello Sport, in which he compared Piotr Zieliński and Kevin De Bruyne.

It was a reference to the words of Maurizio Sarri, who assessed that a young Pole could one day reach the level of the Belgian star of Manchester City. Here's what Boniek said:

"When it comes to quality, I think that Zieliński is better than de Bruyne"

"Naturally, they are different players, but they have the same impact on their team. I'm still waiting for his talent to fully reveal himself, because he has a lot more to show"

"Zieliński will be an authentic football star"

Napoli midfielder and Polish national team are interested in Liverpool and probably Manchester City. The current club priced the guide at around 60 million euros.

I think that no one doubts that the words of Boniek, at least for the moment, are compliments, which, although nice, are not based on facts.

Naturally Zielinski gradually improves his skills and may soon join an even larger club. But putting it next to or even before the footballer, who is now the leader of one of the strongest teams in the world - looks very wishful thinking.

Let's check, however, at what stage the Pole is chased after the Belgian

Zieliński played this season in 23 Serie A meetings, which gave only 959 minutes of play. This is due to the fact that in most games, Sarri introduces him only in the second half to the place of Mark Hamsik.

De Bruyne has 27 Premiere Ligue matches and 2311 minutes in his legs.

Goals 4 - 7, the Pole has a much better average goals to minutes. Shots 23 - 73 Assists 1 - 14, a huge advantage of Manchester City player Situations created 16 - 83

Accuracy of passes - 89% - 83 in favor of the Pole Passing forward 358 - 1141 Number of passes 712 - 1949 Foul 15 - 25

A quick look at the Champions League Goals 2 - 1 Assists 0 - 4 Accuracy of passes 84 - 82 Minutes - 353 - 487

As you can see, Zieliński is far from Belgium, although statistics are in his favor. First of all, in the current games it is more effective than Manchester City player.

o start a fight with de Bruyne, the Pole must significantly improve the numbers when it comes to creating opportunities for partners.

Perhaps if in Napoli or a new club, the Pole will play regularly in the first line-up, will enter the rhythm, which will allow him to take another step towards the football top.

At this moment, there are still a few such steps, but we wish everyone to go as far as possible. In your opinion, the Pole still has talent reserves to reach the level of stars like De Bruyne?

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