Anatomy of a goal
But what’s so special about this left paw? Dreyer has a talent for transforming a harmless situation into a dangerous action. A quality summed up by the ball that he sent to scratch the cobweb of Genk.
He has his eyes fixed on the goal and his ankle flexibility does the rest
You have to rewind to Thomas Delaney's dry cleaning to understand. As soon as Anders Dreyer receives the ball on recovery, his gaze is focused on the goal. All his movements have only one objective: to put himself in the best possible position to strike. As soon as he controls it, he already gets on his left foot. He only glances to the right to see Delaney taking up space, but doesn't let his gaze go for the rest.
In a fraction of a second, he achieves what he is best at: moving the ball away very slightly and launching his shot. Its ankle flexibility does the rest. It allows him to put enough power into the leather without neglecting precision.
“It poses a dilemma for adversariesRiemer said about his player after a long-range goal at RWDM. Either they have to press him very aggressively and create space on the other side of the pitch, or they give him space and expose themselves to a strike and therefore a goal. This is a rare quality that we must take advantage of. ”
The harder the better
Its range is complete. If he loves the opposite corner, which he regularly dusted off with a curled ball, he is also capable of dry and even floating strikes.
The Dane is a sort of paradox that his coach summed up with the following sentence: “Modern coaching pushes to isolate players into specific areas from which they can shoot. But there is one exception in my group: Anders Dreyer. He shows that his long-distance goals are not the result of luck, but of quality. ”,
The distribution of his goals scored on the field shows a propensity to score more easily from afar than up close. He has only scored three times from a position further than the penalty spot this season.
Another explanation for its effectiveness in positions far from the goal, the distance does not affect its viewfinder. He has the same percentage of shots on target (39%) inside and outside the 16 meters. However, with a conversion rate twice as high (20 versus 11%) when he takes his chance in the box.
Efficiency as a priority
No other player with more than ten goals is as effective in front of goal as the Danish international. His expected goals/scored ratio is the best in the Pro League. According to statistics, he should never have reached 17 goals but rather a little more than 10.
His goal against Genk had, according to Wyscout, a 4% chance of turning into a goal. It was his only chance of the match. He reached a climax against OHL with three goals for 0.24 expected goals. Three strikes outside the rectangle.
Too absent in the rest of the game
Dreyer, on the other hand, is experiencing a dip in the other aspects of his game. Author of several assists (8), he has difficulty finding his fuel when passing. Before the match against Genk, he did not have the slightest assist expected in the playoffs. His number of passes into the opponent's box has also decreased in recent weeks, although it was one of his strengths.
Like Dolberg, he is not the player who can carry his teammates and make a bad team an okay team. The clubs that follow him will have noted him for next season. Dreyer is still good in front of goal but will be better on a team that has the game in control. His entourage also affirms that no advanced contact has been made with possible potential buyers. He is on the shortlist of departing players.
Anderlecht: to recruit Dreyer in the transfer window, you will have to spend a good amount of money
