Historical Analogue
The player
Brighton · WF
right-footed LW · isolation dribbling · stop-start acceleration
Open profile: Kaoru MitomaThe connection with Overmars’s Arsenal 1997–2000 phase is direct acceleration from a wide starting point. Mitoma can turn an encounter with a defender into a run towards goal; Overmars is a historical reference for using speed to open that route rather than holding the ball in place.
Unknown — a main difference has not been established yet.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Kaoru Mitoma’s ceiling.