Checkout Valverders masterclass coaching that lead to the 2018 title.
You might spot a couple of pretty decent players on the frontline, obviously capitalizing on the amazing tactics and interplay designed buy the maestro. Clearly comparable with Xavi's squad.
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Valencia could not create anything without crossing. Even so, they managed to score a goal due to a miscommunication in defense. This happens and it's ok.
But our attackers decided they can't score shit. Rafa, Ferran and Lewa all with golden chances. Add Gundo to that list.
Don't be fooled...
what I Don't like about him is the extremely casual attitude.
he finds himself in the right side of the box and has no urgency to do something. it's the opposite of messi who executed actions in milliseconds to avoid a tacle, pedri moves like a sloth.
will never be good at AM
why not sub him? he didn't miss one chance. he lost many vlear cut chances with missed controls and bad passing. he presses well. perhaps a way to keep him in is to replace pedri with him and slot yamal on the right uf we need a goal. yamal even if too raw and too young creates 2-3 really good...
we used to win games like this playing only the b team at a time no serious talent existed in our academy. you could see the same patterns of play, attitude and philosophy no matter what players we fielded, even though the level was lower.
Now there is nothing.
losing against this level of...
Some of his defending was shocking to be honest. Just watching the play without a care in the world. Must be coached at defending. His other attributes on the ball are greate.
He started in September and world cup was in December.
That is a really small amount of games, and if I remember correctly he cost us the away game vs Bayern, exactly like the last one vs Girona. Surely his level dropped after the WC but 2 months of mostly good games isn't good enough for a...
Can we get a glimpse of that kind of player? Because all we get is missed sitters, wrong passes, mistimed runs, heavy touches, turnovers, miscommunication and whiney attitude.
How did he end up at Barca? werent there any other moderately young wingers who are not fast, can't dribble, can't score, can't pass and can only cross, for free? Did we have to pay for all that?
He played in a position no one understood, not even him, not even Xavi. It would make more sense to use him as inverted rb and keep Chris in while subbing off Kounde.
With systems like this I will attribute no fault on him.
Argentina solved it nicely. Messi with little defensive duties (although he did fall back with the team when defending unlike lewa) and Alvarez pressed for 1.5 players.
40 yo retired Messi would score more than all these bums in our offense.
And its not like lewa is helping our defense either when, staying beyond the halfway line while we are under pressure. He even got screamed at for that this game.
Raphinia is the only one that actually defends like a mad...
What is worrying is that many new managers have appeared and smaller teams are performing better and better. Mid EPL sides are giving the bigger ones a run for their money every game. This means everyone's tactics are evolving but we don't seem to be caching up at all.
on the contrary, this...