2 - Pau Cubarsí

[serghei]

A serious opponent will not only knock us out but also serve up a humiliation unless Tek is on steroids again.

Tek couldn't have done much if Benfica didn't play so poorly in attack.

 

[DonAK]

You cannot seriously blame the tactics/system and the offside trap there.

Sometimes your players need to use their brain and both Inigo and Cubarsi didn't there. Inigo was even complaining for a second.

 

[te amo barca]

You cannot seriously blame the tactics/system and the offside trap there.

Sometimes your players need to use their brain and both Inigo and Cubarsi didn't there. Inigo was even complaining for a second.

Yeah it's losing concentration and flailing arms for a foul instead of playing. Nothing to do with the trap

 

[serghei]

Red is fault of Flick but Xavi was all about bd luck....

Yes, when the red card is a result of his offside trap malfunctioning in amateurish ways.

 

[FC B]

No lessons learned after Araujo's fuckup vs. PSG?

If it was PSG tonigh Barca would've surely been out of CL since the first leg ffs.

 

[JamDav1982]

You cannot seriously blame the tactics/system and the offside trap there.

Sometimes your players need to use their brain and both Inigo and Cubarsi didn't there. Inigo was even complaining for a second.

You could say FDJ should be stronger and Pedri is very weak in the challenge also and looks like may even be the one that plays it back.

Breakdown happens and Flick knows the risks.

Then its his job to react to it if happens.

 

[Skalman]

So we only have two CB´s for the match next week and one of them is Araujo, don't like those odds at all

 

[JamDav1982]

Yes, when the red card is a result of his offside trap malfunctioning in amateurish ways.

Red v PSG was result of Lucho targetting Xavis set up tactically...but that was all about bad luck..

 

[serghei]

You cannot seriously blame the tactics/system and the offside trap there.

Sometimes your players need to use their brain and both Inigo and Cubarsi didn't there. Inigo was even complaining for a second.

Absolutely I can. You block the player on the ball first when he's in a dangerous position. It's the ABC of defending properly. You don't play offside trap and let him run directly on goal 1 vs 1.

 

[DonAK]

You could say FDJ should be stronger and Pedri is very weak in the challenge also and looks like may even be the one that plays it back.

Breakdown happens and Flick knows the risks.

Then its his job to react to it if happens.

Frenkie has moments where he is diving in making hard tackles and playing physically and then that happens......

 

[Porque]

The Benfica bloke somehow run through three Barcelona players. That's not the failure of the offside trap but the failure on contesting the ball.

Whoever lost the ball there, I think it was Frenkie, is at fault. He may have had a pansy shove though.

 

[te amo barca]

So we only have two CB´s for the match next week and one of them is Araujo, don't like those odds at all

we have Eric as well.

 

[BusiTheKing]

Yeah I'm inclined to agree with serghei here. We're taking this idea to an extent where we are giving away game deciding chances out of random non-threatening situations.

If this is still high risk/high reward, then what exactly is the big reward we're gambling for in situations like this? You can easily moderate the high line style in a manner where nothing of the payoff is lost.

 

[Porque]

No lessons learned after Araujo's fuckup vs. PSG?

If it was PSG tonigh Barca would've surely been out of CL since the first leg ffs.

Maybe. But Dembele would have been offside. So there's that too.

 

[serghei]

The Benfica bloke somehow run through three Barcelona players. That's not the failure of the offside trap but the failure on contesting the ball.

Whoever lost the ball there, I think it was Frenkie, is at fault. He may have had a pansy shove though.

He did that because the players around him played offside trap.