FAST AND FURIOUS! FLAMENGO LATERALS ENTER STUDY ON THE FASTEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD IN THE POSITION

Matías Viña and Wesley, full-backs of Flamengo, received surprising prominence in research carried out by the Football Observatory (CIES). The duo appears in the ranking of the “super fast” full-back categories and occupy positions on the list alongside athletes in the main leagues of world football, which also results in Mengão and Brazilian football being highlighted.

Recognized by the analyzing world football athletes, CIES put together a list of players with the highest acceleration rates per game. Given that it consists of reaching a speed equal to or greater than 10.8 km/h for at least 0.7 seconds. To enter the list, the athlete must have played at least 1,000 minutes in a national league and three quarters of these games in the same position as the analysis.

Newly signed, Matías Viña is the Flamengo player best placed in the lateral ranking. The Uruguayan left-back has an average of 12.31 accelerations per match, performing 1.63 times above the rates expected for athletes of his position and characteristics. Described as an infiltrating playmaker, that is, who is part of the creation playing in the central lane, he surprises with the number of times he reaches high speeds and has one of the highest increase rates for the position.

The Wesley, known precisely for his speed, performs 1.53 above expectations due to his characteristics. The young man reaches, on average, 11.12 times per game speeds above 10.8 mk/h. Due to his good defensive numbers, better than those in attack, Garoto do Ninho is described as a “Ground-to-air blocker”, which means an athlete with the ability to defend on the ground and in the air.

Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen-ALE)- 17.85 accelerations per game

Marlon Fossey (Standard Liège-BEL)- 13.77 accelerations per game

Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich-ALE)- 12.74 accelerations per game

Pastor Custódio (SC Farense- POR)- 12.72 accelerations per game

Dexter Lembikisa (Heart of Midlothian-SCO)- 12.69 accelerations per game

p>Raoul Bellanova (Torino FC-ITA)- 12.56 accelerations per game

Dimitrios Giannoulis (Norwich City-ING)- 12.39 accelerations per game

Matías Viña (Flamengo)- 12.31 accelerations per game

Thierry Correia (Valencia CF-ESP)- 11.65 accelerations per game

Antonino Gallo (US Lecce- ITA)- 11.68 accelerations per game

Yahya Kalley (IFK Norrköping-SUE)- 11.79 accelerations per game

Leonardo Godoy (Athletico-PR- BRA)- 11.61 accelerations per game

Giannis Masouras (Kifisia-GRE)- 11.50 accelerations per game

Gonçalo Costa (Portimonense SC-POR)- 11.42 accelerations per game

Joe Gomez (Liverpool – ING)- 11.13 accelerations per game

Wesley França (Flamengo)- 11.12 accelerations per game

Marvin Senaya (Strasbourg-FRA)- 11.08 accelerations per game

Cohen Bramall (Roterham United-ING)- 10.98 accelerations per game

Bruno Langa (Almería-ESP) 10.25 accelerations per game

Konrad Matuszewski Warta Poznań- POL- 10.05 accelerations per game