We have long known that Dominik Szoboszlai’s kicking technique is exceptional even by international standards. Since becoming a Liverpool player, we have seen how versatile he is as a midfielder, as he can hold his own in several positions, even after receiving numerous defensive duties. But there is still relatively little talk about how fast Szoboszlai is, and how quickly he can compete with the best, although this is not a new quality for him, which is now really in the spotlight.
In the last round of the English Premier League, Liverpool overcame a deficit in the second half after a poor performance in the first half to beat its guest Wolverhampton 3-1. We’ve already written how the engine of the resurrection was Szoboszlai, who dropped back into midfield after the break and took control of the game with excellent passing from there. However, sports scientist Simon Brundish has now drawn attention to the fact that the 22-year-old Hungarian achieved the second-fastest sprint in Premier League history in the match – at least since data on the subject has been collected.
All this happened when Szoboszlai ran at lightning speed at Wolverhampton’s Portuguese winger Pedro Neto from behind several meters, who was attacking Liverpool’s goal, but then the captain of the Hungarian national team stopped him, and thanks to him his teammate was able to score. there he is:
Szoboszlai then reached a running speed of 36.76 km/h, and according to Brundish’s information, a speed faster than that has only been measured once in the Premier League, when Manchester City defender Kyle Walker ran at 37.31 km/h.
Szoboszlai’s current race is certainly the fastest in the current season of the tournament, because before the round, the official website of the Premier League placed Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke’s speed of 36.1 km/h from the match against Tottenham in first place.
As Brundich pointed out, what is very surprising about Szoboszlai’s performance is that he is not only the fastest this season, but also quantitatively one of the highest performers in the field. also Data before the last roundSzoboszlai had covered a total of 45.74 kilometers in matches up to that point, which placed him in the top ten in terms of the entire pitch, and first among Liverpool players.
Szoboszlai’s incredible speed is nothing new
Although his speed has not been highlighted most of the time, Szoboszlai has proven that he is capable of great sprints. In the Hungarian national team last summer, he made a sprint eerily similar to the one against Wolves in the 4-0 win away to England, when he swept practically the entire field and caught Jarrod Bowen, who had already entered the Hungarian penalty spot. area, and dropped it.
It is interesting that Szoboszlai performed the big race in the national team shirt last year and in the current Liverpool jersey in the same place, as both matches were hosted at Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium.
Szoboszlai’s sprint against England:
Szoboszlai, by the way, in the previous Champions League season, is still a Leipzig player He was the tenth fastest footballer With a distance of 35.9 km/h, while first place went to Canadian Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies (37.1 km/h). Hungarian player In the latest announcement of the German League He reached a peak of 35.21km/h, which was 31st on the field, so it appears he was able to accelerate more in England.
Cover image: Dominik Szoboszlai has quickly become Liverpool’s marquee player (Photo: EPA/Vince Mignott)
