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barcanuck

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They rebuild their team quick, that's why they are the factory of all factories of football.

Always ask yourselves what would Pep do with their lineup:

Ederson

Danilo - Marquinos - Marcelo

Coutinho - Arthur - Casemiro - Costa

Neymar - Firimino - Gabi Jesus
 

BBZ8800

Senior Member
Always ask yourselves what would Pep do with their lineup:

On a club level:
1. play beautiful football
2. win league championship
3. lose in a CL to a more physical/fast/direct team

Repeat 20 seasons in a row.

On an NT level:
1. lose in semis to a more direct team
 

BBZ8800

Senior Member
^Funny and annoying how his CL drought has hit 7 years!

I have wrote before, some people think it is about luck, good draw, hitting a form in the right moment etc.

But imo, in the last 7-8 years, we have a trend that 2 different kinds of football are suitable for different championships:
1. for league championship, it is better to play like Barca, City and you will have higher chance to win league title than direct or physical teams like Liverpool, Real, Atletico and similar
2. on the other hand, in CL knockout rounds and on World cups, Euros, Copa Americas and similar, all winners in the last few years played faster, direct and more physical (and somewhat defensive and counterattacking) football than classic Barca/City.

Again, in league championship, the goal is NOT to win against EQUAL teams but how to win as many points as possible against midtable and bottomtable teams who are way weaker than you.
La liga is rarely decided directly in El Classico.
La Liga is won in 20-25 matches against Getafe, Levante, Las Palmas and similar.
And imo, in this competition, you don't need run and gun tactics, but a smart tactics to dominate and score consistently against weaker teams.
This is why possession and technical football is usually the way to go in league competitions.

On the other hand, in a Champions league knockout rounds, you don't play against Getafe and Levante, but against Atletico, Juventus, Psg, Bayern, Roma, Chelsea and similar.
And a safe approach: keep the ball, pass around and eventually kill the weaker opponent who will make a mistake=is lately not the way to go.

France in 2018, Portugal in 2016, Germany in 2014, Chile in Copa America, Real in a CL.
Those are all teams who would probably end BEHIND Barca and City over 38 rounds.
But in 1 or 2 legged ties, they are lately way better than Barca, City and Spain who play a similar possession based technical football with mostly slower and less physical players.

All in all, maybe Pep's constant failures in a CL are not such a surprise...
 
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Hardy

Senior Member
squad for copa america

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DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
https://twitter.com/ZachLowy/status/1401613420512919552

The president of the Brazilian FA, Rog?rio Caboclo, has promised Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro that he will fire Tite and hire Renato Ga?cho as Brazil manager, per @andrizek

Unlike Tite, a vocal opponent of Bolsonaro, Ga?cho is a strong supporter of Bolsonaro.

Tite is against playing Copa America in Brazil where thousands of people are dying every day.

Imagine firing one of the best head coaches in International Football to hire a bum just because the guy is principled and doesn't stand for bs :lol:
 

Andresito

Senior Member
Staff member
Gabriel Jesus not called up? Damn. Thought he'd lead their attack with Vini, Neymar and Raphinha behind him.
 

soul24rage

Senior Member
Heavily rumoured that Diniz, the Fluminense coach, will be the interim coach for the Brazil NT while also being the Fluminense coach at the same time. His stay as interim coach depends on when Ancelotti becomes the Brazil NT coach.

I like Diniz and his way of football. It'll be interesting to see how he juggles both jobs at the same time. The technical qualities of the Brazilian players will suit how Diniz plays so it'll be an interesting battle vs La Scaloneta.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
We should discuss more how hyped up this generation of Brazilians got and how promising their team.

The next wave of their talent are highly rated tbh. Those born in 2000's
From Vini & Rodrygo, to the Andrey & Roque, with Messinho and Endrick too.
Too many talents tbh.
But I would be cautious, it kind of remind me with the 90's born Spanish generation too, who ended up being underwhelming despite the hype
 

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