5 reasons why Marcus Rashford is more talented than Marco Asensio

#4 Lethal pace

Rashford has blazing pace

While it is true that pace alone can’t guarantee the quality of a player, it sure does give one an advantage over the other. I mean, the fact that Theo Walcott plays professionally for one of England’s upper-middle table clubs is a testament to how far one can get through pace – both figuratively and literally.

Not only does Rashford have good dribbling abilities, he also has the ability to run the extra mile in the same frame of time. In a recent interview, famous Indian cricketer, Virat Kohli, said something that stands true even in the case of football.

He said that the difference between a great attempt and an easy catch is the ability to reach the ball a second earlier. Similarly, in football, speed can turn a lost cause to a wonderful cut-back that leads to a goal.

It was Gareth Bale’s speed and explosiveness that became Maicon’s undoing and which led him to become the most expensive Real Madrid player of all time. So, Marcus Rashford’s pace certainly does give him an advantage over the young Spaniard.