Michael Obafemi
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Michael Obafemi, The Forward Who Just Runs
Obafemi plays with a directness that stands out even among strikers who are supposed to be direct, sprinting into space behind a defence the moment the ball is available. One manager singled him out for a run that covered the length of the pitch with the ball at his feet, the kind of moment only a genuinely explosive forward produces. That pace has also translated into international appearances, where he has set up goals as often as he has looked for them himself.
The tension with a forward built purely around speed is whether decision making catches up with the legs. Outrunning a defence only matters if the final touch matches the run that created it in the first place. Obafemi has shown enough end product at various points to suggest finishing can arrive alongside the pace rather than instead of it.
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