Antonín Barák has more goals than Zlatan Ibrahimovic! Verona’s offensive appetites entertain

Hellas Verona with Czech international Antonín Barák is putting on an offensive show this season. Barak has more goals than the famous Zlatan Ibrahimovic or the Neapolitan duo Mertens, Insigne.

Hellas Verona’s offensive players obviously suit the game concept of Croatian coach Igor Tudor, who simply wants to outshoot the opponent.

Verona is in 9th place in Italian Serie A, but so far this season they have scored more goals (47) than giants of Italian football such as Juventus (37), Napoli (46), Atalanta Bergamo (46) or AS Roma (42).

The Scaligeri (the nickname of Verona’s footballers), unlike those big clubs, cannot boast a solid defence.

A trio of players are responsible for 30 of all goals scored. Argentine Giovanni Simeone (12), Gianluca Caprari (9) and Antonín Barák (9).

Several giants circled around the Czech offensive midfielder in the winter transfer window, but the native of Pribram stayed in Verona.

This season, Barák can still achieve significant personal and team success at club level. Verona can still theoretically challenge for the 6th place securing qualification to the ECL, the Czech international can overtake stars of the calibre of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paulo Dybala, Dries Mertens or Lorenzo Insigne in the scorers’ table.

At the national level, the possibility of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is still amazing for Barak, but the barrage road is a thorny one.

Stats against Udinese

In the last game of the Italian Serie A, Barak’s Verona declassed Udinese 4: 0. Antonín Barák scored one goal and the prestigious statistics server WhoScored gave him an above-standard rating of 7.74.

The Czech international had 47 touches of the ball in the match, his passing success rate was 79% and he won two header duels. In terms of defensive activity, he won one ball in a foot-to-foot duel for Verona. He cleared the ball twice from the danger area and blocked one shot attempt.

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