Twente player, Mees Hilgers has good statistics when helping his team draw 1-1 against Manchester United in the Europa League match at Old Trafford, Wednesday (25/9/2024).
Hilgers appeared as a starter and played the full 90 minutes in the match. He duetted with Max Bruns to guard Twente’s defense from the home team’s attacks.
Irreplaceable during this match because he displayed a classy performance from the prospective naturalized Indonesian National Team player. He made it difficult for the Red Devils players to open up opportunities.
Based on Sofascore data, Hilgers made eight clearances. Not only that, the 23-year-old young defender was also recorded as having made two blocks and two interceptions throughout the match.
He was only passed by the opposing player once. Hilgers also won three low duels and one aerial duel.
This suggests that Hilgers has high quality even at the European competition level. Because not only in defense, Hilgers also plays an important role in the build-up process from behind. This can be seen from the accuracy of the pass reaching 92 percent. He made 49 passes and 45 of them were successful.
No wonder the Whoscored site also gave Hilgers a high score. He got a rating of 7.0 in the MU vs Twente match.
Hilgers’ rating was only lower than his two teammates, Sam Lammers (rating 7.3) and Bart van Rooij (rating 7.7).
Lammers is the player who scored Twente’s equalizer against MU. While Van Rooij played in the right-back position and in the majority of this match focused on guarding the movement of Man United’s left winger, Marcus Rashford.
No wonder, FC Twente coach Joseph Oosting also gave praise to Mees Hilgers and his friends. He considered Twente’s success in bringing home one point from Old Trafford inseparable from the discipline of the players to play according to the strategy that had been prepared.
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