THE PERFECT PAIR http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/ 12th February 2003 -- Mauro is the most effective ball winner in La Liga with 71 percent (wins 7 of 10 balls that he tries) and Sergio is the best assister, next to Victor, Stankovic and Figo with six goal passes. "I have always had a lot of intuition to anticipate the play. Mauro Silva, the most effective ball winner of La Liga with 71 percent knows that it was born as a gift. In addition to that, he has improved them by the best way: working and analysing his rivals. "When I see a match, I always pay attention to the man I might have to mark myself someday." That is also an important work. The Brazilian defensive midielder, World Champion, admits that he is an analytical man and that quality is used to ask him the question how to rob a ball from Zidane: "That is very difficult! He handles the ball with two legs very well and is very creative, that type of players can cause many problems. What can be done is to give them as little space as possible." "In addition I always pay attention to the passing lines." Mauro has been admiring Falcao for years for his "technique and elegance" and began playing in the more offensive zones (first he was a right winger) but "the central midfield is the poisition I'm more accustomed to", he said. Dunga, captain of the US 1994 World Cup winning Brazil team, is a reference to him, although he has also paid attention to "Mazinho, Redondo, Duscher a nd Makelele". "Sergio and I complement each other very well." Mauro does not forget that he has the best assister of La Liga at his side. "I pay attention at the back and he is a better passer and has very good speed." "Valeron is not present and we must all give more of ourselves", says Mauro. Sergio has successfully taken over the playmaker's role that until now had been assigned to the Canary. Both Depor's goals against Betis were born from Sergio's crosses, and he is overall the best support of the three forwards. He has been a goalscorer in important matches (Manchester, Madrid...) This season he has scored against Alicante and Celta, his versatility has allowed him to play quite well on the right wing. "For a midfielder it's necessary to be consistent and you are busy defending a lot. When you're open, you look for more passes and not so much for the goal. That limits me. I like to score goals but also to give assists. And if I'm on top of that classification, it means I'm doing my job well. Everyone has his mission, I am doing mine and I believe I have reasons to be content. In inner midfield I have felt better than I had hoped. Everyone has his own position but if the team needs me in another position, there's nothing I could do". Sergio has played as an offensive midfielder back in Espanyol where he played the "mediapunta". During his period in Depor he has had the best possible teacher in defensive work. "Playing next to Mauro gives you much security. You know that if you can't make it on time, he always appears. He is one of the best in these tasks and at his side I have improved my defending a lot". -- Some things lighten nightfall and make a Rembrandt of a grief. But mostly the swiftness of time is a joke; on us. The flame-moth is unable to laugh. What luck. The myths are dead. --

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