Gil Dias

[Mcforest]

a fiorentina article from april

"Lost in the celebrations about the win at AS Roma yesterday is the painfully bad display from winger Gil Dias. Brought on to provide a spark on the counter with his pace and dribbling, he instead torpedoed a pair of very promising breaks within moments of each other by getting the ball stuck under his feet while completely unmarked; to add to the indignity, Giallorossi goalkeeper Alisson beat him with a Cruyff turn a few minutes after that.

performances like this are, sadly, not exactly surprising for the Portuguese U21 international. He’s had a few bright moments in purple—goals in each match against Hellas Verona, a wonderful solo run culminating with a drive off the post that could have put the Viola into the lead against Juventus—but more often, he seems on a completely different page than the rest of the team. He tries to dribble through the heart of the defense when a simple pass would be smarter, and then passes backward when he should try beating his marker"

With playing time hard to come by, it wouldn’t be shocking if Fiorentina and Monaco agreed to end Dias’ loan early and shuffle the player off to what would be his 6th senior club. You have to feel for the youngster a bit: he’s never stayed with a team long enough to really get his feet under him, and he’s certainly got no shortage of talent. But that’s not really Fiorentina’s problem.

And you know what he is still young so of course he will be hot and cold. It's good that we have 7 players (all young) fighting for 3 spots behind a striker so we can take them out of the firing line when needed so it doesn't hamper their development.