Cruyff-Total Football
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It is not only about Roberto's solo runs.
He has our DNA, literally and knows how to play a build up and a possession game.
On the other hand, Paulinho, Dembele and Semedo are probably 3 players with the least "Barca's DNA" currently in our team.
The same as how Paulinho is unfit for our midfield standards, that way Dembele and Semedo are strange fits for our style of play.
They DO have some positive individual skills, though, way more than Paulinho (at least Dembele).
But, when you play Semedo and Dembele on the right, and if you put Paulinho or Roberto as a CM, you are losing Barca's possession style and we look like some counterattacking teams, like in Lucho's era.
Again, that doesn't mean that Dembele and guys can't provide some good stuff.
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