BBZ8800
Senior Member
On a club level:
1. play beautiful football
2. win league championship
3. lose in a CL to a more physical/fast/direct team
Repeat 20 seasons in a row.
On an NT level:
1. lose in semis to a more direct team
BBZ8800
Senior Member
I have wrote before, some people think it is about luck, good draw, hitting a form in the right moment etc.
But imo, in the last 7-8 years, we have a trend that 2 different kinds of football are suitable for different championships:
1. for league championship, it is better to play like Barca, City and you will have higher chance to win league title than direct or physical teams like Liverpool, Real, Atletico and similar
2. on the other hand, in CL knockout rounds and on World cups, Euros, Copa Americas and similar, all winners in the last few years played faster, direct and more physical (and somewhat defensive and counterattacking) football than classic Barca/City.
Again, in league championship, the goal is NOT to win against EQUAL teams but how to win as many points as possible against midtable and bottomtable teams who are way weaker than you.
La liga is rarely decided directly in El Classico.
La Liga is won in 20-25 matches against Getafe, Levante, Las Palmas and similar.
And imo, in this competition, you don't need run and gun tactics, but a smart tactics to dominate and score consistently against weaker teams.
This is why possession and technical football is usually the way to go in league competitions.
On the other hand, in a Champions league knockout rounds, you don't play against Getafe and Levante, but against Atletico, Juventus, Psg, Bayern, Roma, Chelsea and similar.
And a safe approach: keep the ball, pass around and eventually kill the weaker opponent who will make a mistake=is lately not the way to go.
France in 2018, Portugal in 2016, Germany in 2014, Chile in Copa America, Real in a CL.
Those are all teams who would probably end BEHIND Barca and City over 38 rounds.
But in 1 or 2 legged ties, they are lately way better than Barca, City and Spain who play a similar possession based technical football with mostly slower and less physical players.
All in all, maybe Pep's constant failures in a CL are not such a surprise...
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Sterlingfan2000
Active member
No fabinho. Brazil coach out
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
https://twitter.com/ZachLowy/status/1401613420512919552
The president of the Brazilian FA, Rog?rio Caboclo, has promised Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro that he will fire Tite and hire Renato Ga?cho as Brazil manager, per @andrizek
Unlike Tite, a vocal opponent of Bolsonaro, Ga?cho is a strong supporter of Bolsonaro.
Tite is against playing Copa America in Brazil where thousands of people are dying every day.
Imagine firing one of the best head coaches in International Football to hire a bum just because the guy is principled and doesn't stand for bs
The president of the Brazilian FA, Rog?rio Caboclo, has promised Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro that he will fire Tite and hire Renato Ga?cho as Brazil manager, per @andrizek
Unlike Tite, a vocal opponent of Bolsonaro, Ga?cho is a strong supporter of Bolsonaro.
Tite is against playing Copa America in Brazil where thousands of people are dying every day.
Imagine firing one of the best head coaches in International Football to hire a bum just because the guy is principled and doesn't stand for bs
soul24rage
Senior Member
Vinicius Jr. has replaced Firmino for the upcoming fixtures.
No bueno for Argentina
No bueno for Argentina
Fati_Future_BallonDor
Well-known member
Poor Jesus, should be at least on the bench.
te amo barca
Blaugrana al vent
He is nailed on to be in the WC squad, Tite is just trying new strikers
soul24rage
Senior Member
Heavily rumoured that Diniz, the Fluminense coach, will be the interim coach for the Brazil NT while also being the Fluminense coach at the same time. His stay as interim coach depends on when Ancelotti becomes the Brazil NT coach.
I like Diniz and his way of football. It'll be interesting to see how he juggles both jobs at the same time. The technical qualities of the Brazilian players will suit how Diniz plays so it'll be an interesting battle vs La Scaloneta.
I like Diniz and his way of football. It'll be interesting to see how he juggles both jobs at the same time. The technical qualities of the Brazilian players will suit how Diniz plays so it'll be an interesting battle vs La Scaloneta.
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
The next wave of their talent are highly rated tbh. Those born in 2000's
From Vini & Rodrygo, to the Andrey & Roque, with Messinho and Endrick too.
Too many talents tbh.
But I would be cautious, it kind of remind me with the 90's born Spanish generation too, who ended up being underwhelming despite the hype
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