I bet the Portugese League does prioritize defense over attack than the EPL does, so I really don't English team's defense are any much better than what we've got in the Portugal, so the defense in Portugal being deemed as farmers league is completely wrong, take a look at the leagues goals conceded average to goals score, and compare into to what we've got in the EPL, you'll see the difference, and it doesn't even look close.
32 yrs old Van Djke and 39 yrs old Silva being the best defenders in the league is still something to think about but not on this topic.
When they have young strikers with Darwin abilities firing blanks in the (Portuguese) league, the average number of goals conceded will be low ofcos.
No amount of gaslighting will convince me that the Portuguese league is better defensively than the Premier League; look at their lineups and backgrounds; they're all kids with little experience, going to college during the week, playing football on Saturdays, and going to farms on Sundays. If we want to talk about an excellent defensive league, we can bring the Italian league into the discussion.
This is not any form gaslighting whatsoever, but whatever you say to help you ignore obvious fact is cool
In premier league only 3 teams have conceded less than 30 goals this season namely Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal. from Aston Villa in 4th position have all conceded no less than 42 goals, please tell me more about defense, while about 11 teams have conceded at least 50 goals. Premier league is an highly competitive league, Of course! But it is completely naive and ignorant to consider PL as the league with the best defense averagely, and that's in no way related to one player missing chances, is it ?
If you've by any means paid attention to these league, you'll get a glimpse of my perspective, why did you consider Serie A a good defensively oriented league, is it also because every striker there are all firing blank or they kids too ? It is an obvious fact and it's being the case for long time, Premier League is not a defensively oriented league and the fact that they have Thiago Silva and Van Dijk doesn't change the average defensive philosophy of the league entirely.
