Arturo Vidal

[Arizona Scott]

you want control of the midfield at the oppositions home ground?

Minimal mistakes and precision, not vidals strengths. Liverpool is going to be weary of the attacking ability of barca and will be much more cautious than many on this forum realize. With these defenses goals will be a premium and mistakes massive.

 

[evilhita666]

We can still have Raki, Busquets and Arthur, if we play 4-4-2 at Anfield, which would be sound depending on the first leg result...

 

[Arizona Scott]

If you want to get an idea how Klopp will set up look at Man City/PSG/Bayern/Tottenham at Anfield. Liverpool will likely slightly yield possession. Klopp I think will try to win 1-0. Cede some possession, very organized in defense and apply some pressure in their own half, and hit the counter off mistakes, very little to at most a few opportunistic geigenpress (e.g., if we have a thrown in deep in our own corners). That will be the game plan because he will so respect Messi and Barca's attacking prowess.

 

[Barcilliant]

If you want to get an idea how Klopp will set up look at Man City/PSG/Bayern/Tottenham at Anfield. Liverpool will likely slightly yield possession. Klopp I think will try to win 1-0. Cede some possession, very organized in defense and apply some pressure in their own half, and hit the counter off mistakes, very little to at most a few opportunistic geigenpress (e.g., if we have a thrown in deep in our own corners). That will be the game plan because he will so respect Messi and Barca's attacking prowess.

Depends on the first leg. If they are 2 goals down going into the home leg Liverpool will surely attack more.

 

[Zidane82]

Play him at Anfield, please, unless we need one more proof that Busquets and Rakitic together is suicide against a team like Liverpool.

Vidal just ran past Rakitic there to get onto the through ball near their box and ran past him again to make a tackle after they broke away .. all in the space of about 15 seconds lol

 

[BBZ8800]

Vidal just ran past Rakitic there to get onto the through ball near their box and ran past him again to make a tackle after they broke away .. all in the space of about 15 seconds lol

Did he ran past some other teammates or only Rakitic, on both ends of a field?

Was somewhere else on a field also?

 

[Tekkers]

Did he ran past some other teammates or only Rakitic, on both ends of a field?

Was somewhere else on a field also?

they're both box-to-box midfielder so that's why the comparison was made. and vidal puts in way more effort than rakitic, thus he should ahead of him at anfield

 

[BarcaMessi]

good hustle defense as usual.

a few bad passes

 

[booge]

hard one to choose between arthur and vidal. arthur plays the percentage game. vidal takes big risks.

polor opposite. this decision could fry valverdes brain

 

[Total-Football]

hard one to choose between arthur and vidal. arthur plays the percentage game. vidal takes big risks.

polor opposite. this decision could fry valverdes brain

easier choice beteween him and buskets.
i would start rakitic arthur vidal vs liverpool both home and away

 

[booge]

easier choice beteween him and buskets.
i would start rakitic arthur vidal vs liverpool both home and away

a barca forum memeber of 3800+ posts suggesting starting rakitic vidal and arthur instead of busquets.

very surprising

 

[Arnaez]

lol start the midfield that couldn't even control the game at Home vs Sociedad? and drop your best midfielder?

 

[Barcilliant]

a barca forum memeber of 3800+ posts suggesting starting rakitic vidal and arthur instead of busquets.

very surprising

Yeah because you clearly haven't seen how easily Busquets is blown away in tough cl games in the past few years. Vidal over Rakitic AND Busquets in Cl.

 

[Zidane82]

Did he ran past some other teammates or only Rakitic, on both ends of a field?

Was somewhere else on a field also?

Just emphasising that is so much more committed and mobile than Rakitic and deserves to start ahead of him IMHO .

I'd use Raki as a late sub to slow things down when the game is nearly won ..

 

[booge]

Yeah because you clearly haven't seen how easily Busquets is blown away in tough cl games in the past few years. Vidal over Rakitic AND Busquets in Cl.

thankfully the manager isn't going to listen to your advice.