footyfan
Calma, calma
I dont think so. Most of the passes went down the right.
I would say we were more successful down the left, but I don't think the game was primarily played on that side.
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I dont think so. Most of the passes went down the right.
I would say we were more successful down the left, but I don't think the game was primarily played on that side.
BerkeleyBernie
Senior Member
That is just a subset of the stats. Go here for the longer list, and do the math:
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszone/23-2013/matches/707777/summary#tabs-wrapper-anchor
If you add up all the passes to/from Alba/Iniesta/Pedro and those to/from Alves/Xavi/Sanchez, you get the bigger picture:
Right side (total 93, if you include Pique's to Alves):
Hernández to Alves da ... 26
Alves da ... to Hernández 26
Alves da ... to Fábregas 16
Fábregas to Alves da ... 15
Piqué to Alves da ... 10
Left Side (total 125):
Alba to Busquets 20
Alba to Fábregas 18
Alba to Iniesta 14
Alba to Rodrígue... 14
Busquets to Alba 14
Iniesta to Alba 12
Fábregas to Alba 11
Rodrígue... to Alba 11
Alba to Hernández 11
N/A:
Busquets to Hernández 14
Hernández to Busquets 13
Hernández to Fábregas 12
Piqué to Hernández 10
Over half the passes (52) on the right side are simply lateral passes between Xavi and Alves. Also note that passes to/from Sanchez don't even make the list. The ball moved to the right, but rarely advanced on that side, and simply cycled back to Xavi.
More informative are the heat maps and pass maps at WhoScored or Squawka. While the right side was not ignored, it's clear there was more action and attempt to penetrate on the left. Here is the attacking side of the pitch in the 1st half (before Iniesta's exit):
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footyfan
Calma, calma
That is just a subset of the stats. Go here for the longer list, and do the math:
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszone/23-2013/matches/707777/summary#tabs-wrapper-anchor
If you add up all the passes to/from Alba/Iniesta/Pedro and those to/from Alves/Xavi/Sanchez, you get the bigger picture:
Right side (total 93, if you include Pique's to Alves):
Hernández to Alves da ... 26
Alves da ... to Hernández 26
Alves da ... to Fábregas 16
Fábregas to Alves da ... 15
Piqué to Alves da ... 10
Left Side (total 125):
Alba to Busquets 20
Alba to Fábregas 18
Alba to Iniesta 14
Alba to Rodrígue... 14
Busquets to Alba 14
Iniesta to Alba 12
Fábregas to Alba 11
Rodrígue... to Alba 11
Alba to Hernández 11
N/A:
Busquets to Hernández 14
Hernández to Busquets 13
Hernández to Fábregas 12
Piqué to Hernández 10
Over half the passes (52) on the right side are simply lateral passes between Xavi and Alves. Also note that passes to/from Sanchez don't even make the list. The ball moved to the right, but rarely advanced on that side, and simply cycled back to Xavi.
More informative are the heat maps and pass maps at WhoScored or Squawka. While the right side was not ignored, it's clear there was more action and attempt to penetrate on the left. Here is the attacking side of the pitch in the 1st half (before Iniesta's exit):
Thanks for the data.
But I still think we played down the left only because we were not getting any joy down the right for whatever reason, instead of intentionally targeting Juanfran. As in there didn't seem to be a game plan from Tata to focus on the left. We tried attacking both sides, didn't work on the right because of no space, leading to passes on the left being preferred.
CatalinR10
Senior Member
Barcelona are open to listen to offers for Alves and Alexis. Contract of Alves expires in 2015, PSG willing to pay 40M for Alexis. [sport]
40 M for Alexis....
If he keeps the form he is in now , they can go fuck themselves with their offer but the thing is , Alexis started being on boss mode only a couple of months ago and there's no guarantee he won't go back to the flop he was in his first 2 years at the club . If PSG is willing to pay 50 M , it sounds really tempting. What do you guys say ?
40 M for Alexis....
If he keeps the form he is in now , they can go fuck themselves with their offer but the thing is , Alexis started being on boss mode only a couple of months ago and there's no guarantee he won't go back to the flop he was in his first 2 years at the club . If PSG is willing to pay 50 M , it sounds really tempting. What do you guys say ?
evilhita666
Barçapocalypse NOW!
It really depends what we would do with that money... If we sell him for 50 million, then whoever we go after will cost twice that considering our ineptitude when it comes to business, and even then, we would have to go to same adaptation process we went with Alexis, so we must have a reaaaaaally good player in mind or a rare diamond canterano ready to perform...
With Messi, Neymar, Pedro and Alexis we have finally found some balance in our front line and messing with it could prove troublesome in my opinion, I mean, we finally have some real synergy between our attacking players, something we have missed since Eto'o left...
darthvader7888
Banned
Alexis is going nowhere, he's in the form of his life, feels loved. Alves leaving will be very painful, Remember all those alvessi combinations, he was a vital cog in guardiolas barca. I guess if alves leaves, neymar will take over his role in tapping up brazillians 
goodbye to the best right side in the world 2008-2012 :'(
goodbye to the best right side in the world 2008-2012 :'(
Jadentheman
Active member
Alexis is going nowhere, he's in the form of his life, feels loved. Alves leaving will be very painful, Remember all those alvessi combinations, he was a vital cog in guardiolas barca. I guess if alves leaves, neymar will take over his role in tapping up brazillians
lol he's declined
André
New member
Martin didn't let Pedro go, so you can be 100% that Alexis won't leave. It's pretty obvious for everyone that Alexis is Martino's favourite player, or at least in top 3.
Also, I dont think it's true. You forgot that 40M offer for Pedro from the same PSG? Also PSG directors said they are looking only for a midfielder.
CatalinR10
Senior Member
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