Allan Rodrigues De Souza

He wont be the last

Aye we could do with 1 or 2.

That's a great move for Allan. He'll learn so much in the Bundesliga.

Hoping Allan will start tomorrow as Hertha Berlin are live on BT sports at 14:30 BST.

He's on the bench for Hertha.

Was left on the bench as Hertha manage to get a 95th minute winner.

Was left on the bench as Hertha manage to get a 95th minute winner.

Yeah, I switched over on the 89th thinking it had ended 1-0... rofl.

He's playing for Brazil against England at u20s live on btsport3 if anyone's interested.

He's playing for Brazil against England at u20s live on btsport3 if anyone's interested.

damn, missed first half. How was he?

damn, missed first half. How was he?

All over the place, as in covering every blade of grass.  Got booked late in the half for dissent.

https://youtu.be/lbvQUeWO8gE

Good to see he's making the grade at youth level for Brazil.

However that match reminded me of the hilarious sight of seeing Aidy Boothroyd tasked with developing the young, exciting and technically gifted youngsters of England. That's akin to appointing the head of ISIS to become chairman of Amnesty International!

https://youtu.be/lbvQUeWO8gE

Looks to be my kinda #6, would love to see him more! Hopefully, he can become a regular for Hertha

Good to see he's making the grade at youth level for Brazil.

However that match reminded me of the hilarious sight of seeing Aidy Boothroyd tasked with developing the young, exciting and technically gifted youngsters of England. That's akin to appointing the head of ISIS to become chairman of Amnesty International!

Problem for your young players is that the league have too much money to buy big names, and the kids have very few game time.
At the same age the better prospects in Brazil and Argentina have a lot of experience as starters in their local big teams, in games of the Libertadores(south americam CL), that are tough and violent and with huge pression, and with their nt.

Another european leagues use more their local players.
And the youngsters from Spain or Germany, are open to move to another leagues.

Apparently the young English do not like the idea of playing out of England..

A kid like that manc Rashford, for example, if he was Brazilian he would never accept to stay on the bench the entire season now..he should move to Spain, German, etc.

Makes his first start for Hertha tonight... against Bayern Munich. Good luck lad.

Makes his first start for Hertha tonight... against Bayern Munich. Good luck lad.

Thanks for this, doesn't seem to be on TV so I will probably watch the full match somewhere tomorrow online.

Thanks for this, doesn't seem to be on TV so I will probably watch the full match somewhere tomorrow online.

It's on BT Sport ESPN if you have access to that.

Thanks for this, doesn't seem to be on TV so I will probably watch the full match somewhere tomorrow online.

Here's a stream if you want to watch:

http://nl.strikeout.me/soccer/414085/1/bayern-munich-vs-hertha-berlin

Tough game for the lad to start in. They probably won't see much of the ball. Judging from the first few minutes, he is playing in a slightly more advanced role than I'm used to seeing him play, it's similar to Wijnaldum's and Lallana's. Lustenberger is the more defensive midfielder of the two.

EDIT: 1-0 for Bayern after 15 minutes, cracking goal by Ribery. Could have been 3-0 up already.

Tough game for the lad to start in. They probably won't see much of the ball. Judging from the first few minutes, he is playing in a slightly more advanced role than I'm used to seeing him play, it's similar to Wijnaldum's and Lallana's. Lustenberger is the more defensive midfielder of the two.

I agree with this.

Difficult to judge Allan in this game, but each time he's gotten to ball, he has done well with it.

Can't see much changing in the second half, might switch to Real match tbh.

Just had a shocker, sat on the ball in his own box and robbed of it by Thiago for an easy goal for Bayern. Hopefully something to learn from

Don't think I'll judge the lad too much on tonight, baptism of fire and from the very first minute Hertha were pinned back. A tough lesson for the lad but a lesson nonetheless.

Great to see one of our lads on loan playing a monster side like Bayern. For years we had lads playing at places like Exeter or Crew or Darlington.

Gone a bit quiet in here, so a little update:

He played the full 90 in a 1-0 loss against Hoffenheim, who are 4th in the league at the moment. Wasn't able to watch that game, but I might if I have some time tomorrow.

Today he came on early in the second half and played in a midfield two in a 4-2-3-1. It was an easy game though, 'that German team' (Borussia Mönchengladbach) were down to ten early in the first half after Kramer got his second yellow of the game. He often dropped deep between the two CB's or close to them to get on the ball and keep it going, pretty similar to what Henderson does for us and I think that's a great role for him. He has the passing range and defensive ability to do that. Hertha Berlin won 3-0 and are now 3rd in the league, so he's in good company and has played some top teams (Bayern, Hoffenheim and now Gladbach).

Allan starting against RB Leipzig in a minute! He always seems to start against the top teams. He is playing in midfield in what looks like a 4-4-2.

First half: 1-0. Leipzig by far the better team, have to admit, they play some good footie. Very high tempo, good pressing, well organised, I'm impressed. The stats say it all really: 67% vs 33% possession and 8 goal attempts vs 2 goal attempts. Can't say much about Allan as Hertha collectively didn't see much of the ball. The only thing I can say is his positioning has been good and put in some good challenges. His passing has been below his usual standard though.

Second half: Leipzig controlled the game. Hertha didn't even try, poor game by them. Allan tried to push his team higher up the field a few times, but to no avail. He was pretty much the only one showing some urgency. Nothing more to add, game ended 2-0.

Hertha Berlin qualified for Europa League, so it is likely Allan will stay for another season as they requested for another year

Hertha Berlin qualified for Europa League, so it is likely Allan will stay for another season as they requested for another year

Yeah he needs to anyway as he still doesn't qualify for a work permit yet.