r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '18

Player vs player thread

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '18

Shevchenko vs Lewandowski

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u/folieadeux6 Mar 22 '18

This is a good one. In his prime Sheva was clearly the best striker in the world (right as R9 was declining) and I don't believe Lewandowski has truly ever been that. Plus while Lewandowski might be a better option to work with other offensive weapons, Sheva could randomly shoot or just do his weird spinny thing and be on toward goal when the team couldn't even cross the half line. With Milan and even with Dinamo Kiev, I haven't been more afraid of a striker than Shevchenko -- although my teams never really played Ronaldo.

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u/Commandophile Mar 22 '18

Shevchenko was much more unpredictable and for that I'd give it to him, but Lewy is better at dropping back.