When Eibar played Sevilla at Ipurúa last weekend, all eyes were set on the small left-winger of the home side: Bryan Gil. When Sevilla loaned Bryan Gil to Eibar in the summer, they decided not to include any clause that prevented him to play against his parent team and Bryan Gil’s fantastic form this season was the main threat for Sevilla. In this tactical analysis, we will look at Bryan Gil’s development in the last months, his impact in La Liga and how he could fit Sevillas tactics next season when he returns from his loan.
Born in 2001, Bryan Gil is a product of Sevilla’s academy, where he progressed very quickly until reaching Sevilla Atlético, their B team, where he played 23 matches in the 2018/19 season in the Spanish third division (Segunda División B) scoring four goals and assisting another six aged just 17.
In the 2019/20 season, he got into Sevilla’s first team but after playing just seven games in the first half of the season, he joined Leganés on loan. His first loan experience wasn’t the best in terms of team performance as Leganés were relegated at the end of the season but Bryan Gil played 12 games and consistently showed his quality so it was great for his development.
Last summer, Eibar decided to take him on loan and he has become a key player for the Basque team. At the moment of writing, he has played 14 games in all competitions, scoring four goals and assisting another one. He was a regular player for Spain U19 and this season he has made his debut with the U21 team and is one of the players Luis Enrique is looking at to participate in the Euros next summer, according to the top 20 online casinos.
Next season, Gil is expected to return to Sevilla and is ready to make an impact there. In this scout report, we’ll see why he’s attracting so much interest and how he can continue his development soon.
Player overview
Bryan Gil is a left-footed classic left-winger who usually plays very wide and creates chances with his dribbling and crossing. He’s small (175 cm / 5’9’’) and not very strong but very brave and isn’t afraid to get into challenges. If he develops some strength he could use his low centre of gravity to his advantage and become a player whos difficult to push off the ball. He’s very quick and agile, accelerates and changes directions very easily and is also very fast in long distances.
His technique is excellent, especially when dribbling and he also has a great delivery from wide areas. He can play quickly under pressure and could be used as an attacking midfielder or right-winger if needed. His scoring figures are still quite low for an attacking player, partly because of his playing style and partly because of a certain lack of instinct as we’ll see in this analysis.
He works hard and has adapted very well to a very demanding coach like José Medilíbar, whose tactics need wingers who can run long distances both to defend and attack. If he continues his development and is used to his strengths, Bryan Gil could fit into almost any team in the world as he’s one of the last left-footed pure left-wingers left at the highest level.
Below, we can see a statistical profile of Bryan Gil and constitutes a great complement to this tactical analysis. Bars represent percentiles, so we see how he compares to the rest of wingers in La Liga in the selected metrics. We can see how active he is on the left flank, his high number of crosses and great accuracy, his good decision making to put passes and crosses into dangerous areas to assist his teammates and his constant threat from the wing with his dribbling ability.
Presence and movements from and in wide areas
As we have already mentioned, Bryan Gil is a typical winger who hugs the touchline to receive the ball, dribble and cross. Even if he’s not a limited player who can only do one thing and he also drifts inside some times, moving in the left half-space to create space for the full-back, he still tends to come wide and is the zone where he feels more comfortable and from where can create more for his team.
Well-educated and intelligent, Bryan Gil also adapts well to his teammates movements and doesn’t occupy zones in which there’s already a teammate in. He may lack some presence in the box as he rarely makes diagonal runs in behind from the wings to get into scoring positions but if there’s another player wide, he’s capable of making good runs in behind and shows he understands how to get into scoring positions when he needs to.
