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#2 Why isn't Leroy Sane starting games?
Leroy Sane's omission from the World Cup squad has been discussed to death already. However, in broad terms, he may have struggled to make an impact with the majority of teams employing deep, defensive blocks at the World Cup to leave little space to be exploited by the quicker players.
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Against the Netherlands, Sane started the game on the bench and only came on as a second-half substitute with the Germans trailing 1-0. The impact was almost immediate.
Sane ran the left flank ragged, giving both defenders Denzel Dumfries and Matthijs de Ligt problems. His pace allowed him to get in behind the last man and it was only the Dutch defenders' ability to shepherd him away from goal that saw him take a couple of shots from tight angles.
The 22-year-old played only a third of the game but still had almost the same number of shots on goal as Timo Werner who started the game on the left. And the defenders were clearly more fearful of Sane than Werner on the left.
