Random Post #2: Swansea City: Team of Ki Sung-Yueng

Since I was an elementary school student, I used to watch world football. At 2005, Park Ji-Sung became the first English Premier Leaguer when he moved to Manchester United, one of the best football clubs in the world. I acknowledged that United was a fascinating club by playing FIFA 06, a soccer game.

Park Ji-Sung in 2005

Now, Park has moved to Queens Park Rangers but his team is at the very last position of the League. My love for Manchester United has cooled down since a Japanese player, Kagawa Shinji, transferred to the United. At the same time, the "Korean Gerrard" Ki transferred to Swansea City. Swansea City is called as "Swancelona" because the team color is similar to FC Barcelona, a team which conquered the football world by basic passes with Lionel Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, and so on.

Emblem of Swansea City

 Swansea impressed people by its fast pass plays using fast wing forwards, Scott Sinclair and Nathan Dyer, in the last season. However, the pass master Joe Allen and Fast Wing Sinclair each moved to another team.

This is the best formation of this season. However, Neil Taylor and Michel Vorm, the left back and the keeper, is out due to injury. Also, the key striker, Danny Graham is out for injury too. Veteran Goalkeeper Tremmel is replacing Vorm and 19 years old Ben Davies is replacing Taylor. 

The key player of Swansea City is Michu. 

#9 Michu: 191cm, 76kg 

This Spanish Giant moved to Swansea this Season from Rayo Vallecano, a team in Spanish Primera Liga. He is scoring 8 goals with 1 assist in 14 games in the League. He is at the third top scorer in the League and is the top scorer in the team. His strong point is his height and his running distance. With the help by fast players such as Pablo and Routledge, he can receive crosses by the wings or drop second balls to the players running from the back. He is scoring 4 goals with his header, which made him the leading scorer with header. He can be both playmaker and striker. 

#11 Pablo Hernandez: 173cm, 64kg 

He was a ace at Valencia, one of the leading teams in the Spanish League. He has acrobatic dribbling skills and good kick accuracy. He is sometimes a member of the Spanish national soccer team. He is the new ace of the team. 

Manager: Michael Laudrup

He was a star player playing at Barcelona and Real Madrid. He is a legendary player of Denmark who is the progenitor of phantom dribble. He was playing at Spain and was a manager of a Spanish team. Due to this fact, he adopted Spanish style to the team. He bought many players from Spain League including Michu, Pablo, Chico, and De Guzman. 

The Spanish players, Angel Rangel, Pablo, Michu, and Chico are the key connection of the team. 

#24 Ki Sung-Yeung: 187cm 79kg

He is the reason why I like Swansea City. He is a defensive midfielder, but he also possesses a great attacking ability. He has a great kick accuracy and kick power. His long distance shoot is fantastic. His pass accuracy is 92.1%, which is the sixth accurate passer in the Premier League. He is a player with good physical, which increases his ball possessing ability. He is at the role of rear player with another great passer Leon Britton. 

The next match of the team is against Arsenal. Will Swansea take three points from them?