Canceling out the Tiki Taka game and it's players are so easy now a days. Teams will either
1) Park the bus then come and score on a counter
or
2) Clog the midfield with a high tempo pressing game then lead counterattacks on the wings with fast skillful people. Then once they're ahead preform some possession play also to avoid Barca/Spain from getting the ball that much.
Xavi, Iniesta, and Biscuits got nullified and thus they could not do their passing game. And it's not helpful when those three aren't physical or able to withstand some strength. It's so easy to pick out and cancel what makes Spain and Barca great now. Time for Plan B
They did that before but Barca was destroying everyone because we played faster, of the ball movement was there, we had two eide ATTACKERS not wingers/nothing.
Our great idea behing false 9 was simple yet brilliant, Messi comes deep, one midfielder (Iniesta) starts deep run to join him upfront, two wide attackers wait for cut inside run behind defence, basically we had 4 on 4 in some areas of the field with opposition defence streched. Now we have no movement, midfielders are waiting for ball to the feet, no runs to the box, one "attacker" (Alexis for example) moves in the middle but just clogging the space ahaed of Messi as he can't play with his back to the goal, and Pedro stays wide...nobody even needs to cover him because he can have the best centershoot ever his targets are midgets. So entire defence cloogs in the middle and we just pass and pass without movement.
That's why we used to have 60-65% ball and now more then 70% is normal but without chances.
So, to conclude everyone played BUS and tried clogging midfield since like ever, but now our game has changed for the worse.
