THIS IS WHY ATLETICO MADRID BOUGHT HORATIU MOLDOVAN - 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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HORATIU MOLDOVAN 🇷🇴 ➞ ATLETICO MADRID 🇪🇸✅

Another Romanian player in top 5 leagues, another one in a world-class club. Moldovan is all about hard work and humility, but also about the great qualities that got him here, and Romania to EURO 2024.

🔍 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵
▫ Presentation

Moldovan is a bit of a late bloomer, he's never played in the youth national teams. He has never been promoted as a huge prospect. His rise began in 2nd division with Rapid, which he led to the top flight, where he established himself brilliantly.

▫ Qualities
Let's go straight to the point with his main qualities:
- Reflexes +++
- Positioning +++
- Reactivity +++
- 1v1 ++
- Mental ++
- Personality ++
- Jumping +
- High claims +

▫ Impovement areas/weaknesses
- Height & aerial reach
- Decisions (on high claims)
- Passing under presure
- Strenght
- Penalties

These were more visible with Rapid where he tended to want to resolve as many situations as possible himself because he was very exposed. In my opinion, playing with a very weak defence forced him to try things that were too risky, especially aerial exits, sometimes passing.

With Romania and a better defence, these shortcomings were almost invisible. Hence the importance of 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 analysis!


0:00 intro
0:04 "Super" saves
7:03 Blocking shots
9:46 Aerial exits