Defensive 4-2-3-1? Come on man, he didn't even play away to Barca, which was our most defensive performance of CL. He didn't start at home v Chelsea either, another defensive performance. At home v Barca he came off after 55 fucking minutes. So what did we do when Pandev wasn't playing? Lay down and stop playing defensive football? Jeez...talk about overrating.
Pandev played in 5 CL games (started 4), was subbed out in all 4 matches he started, and as a forward, scored 0 goals and had 0 assists, yet was "vital" or "one of the reasons we won CL".
Yet players like Deki (as a mid, scored 2 goals) and even Balotelli (scored 1 goal and 1 assist) aren't considered "vital" to our CL victory.
Pajo logic indeed...
Pandev was never great at Inter. He played a good Milan derby when we were down men against them and then Macedonian fans over-hyped his stay. He did decently well in CL, but as you go through our squad, you realize he had near zero impact. He was a fucking placeholder on our squad and his contribution is practically ZERO compared to Eto'o, Milito, Wes, Cuchu, Motta, Maicon, Wall, Lucio, JZ, and JC.
ZERO. FFS, even Lucio had an assist and Wall/Cuchu had a goal!!
To say he was "vital" is actually quite funny. He was simply a squad member.