Champions League

[Cule4life]

Hah, but they always burn us in CL.. We beat them in Copa and LaLiga.

We can't even beat Roma dude. We dig our own graves with a complacent seniors and a doormat "manager".

 

[Hamzah]

Height and power winning the day. BBZ is vindicated.

 

[raskolnikov]

Atletico are a bunch of fucking cucks, the whole lot of them.

Like, your entire fucking identity is built on being tough men who win every 50/50 ball and dominate in the air and you give up two fucking goals off of crosses? I understand its Cristiano but still...

Small club mentality, it amazes me too how comfortable Griezmann is being second best to Cristiano time and time again.

Griezmann isnt as good as he thinks. He can play fortnite while Ronaldo adds another cl/ballon d’or.

 

[KingLeo10]

Height and power winning the day. BBZ is vindicated.

both teams have height and power. nice trolling.

 

[Ritchie]

Atl look like shit, but you guys really think Juve/Ronaldo are that convincing? The Barca forum pessimism is pretty bad. Ok, so Juve go through. I don't see them winning CL, neither would most betting sorts.

Fear the worst as a Barca fan and it usually happens. The Wolfsburg season with Madrid. The Atleti finals. Euro 2016.

Ronaldo is voodoo

 

[Cule4life]

Height and power winning the day. BBZ is vindicated.

If anything it shows bus parking doesn't work but ofc u won't mention that

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Correa so much better than Lemar. He should have started this game. Only guy with some balls.

 

[Hardy]

and he's overdue for an hattrick, never scored this season so prepare yourself

 

[Cule4life]

Lemar- Once a farmer always a farmer. Atleti shud be smart and sell him to China.

 

[serghei]

Of course, but city is doing it as well, l'pool also, bayern..after all we could have fast pumped balls on the ground. My point is attacking the box and then passing to the box from best possible position. Against teams like am that's from wings while we are doing what? 90 minutes of trying through the middle without any idea and in the meantime passing arround without purpose. Attack the box!

Yep. Basically when a team like AM allows you to attack them and defend that deep, just pour balls in. Crowded defenses like AM are known to leak 2nd balls for the attacking teams, and often the bounce is in favour for the attacking side. Again, as long as you bring men forward quickly.

 

[KingLeo10]

when was the last time we scored from a cross?

 

[Hamzah]

Barca can’t use cross tactic against bus as they have no height

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Yep. Basically when a team like AM allows you to attack them and defend that deep, just pour balls in. Crowded defenses like AM are known to leak 2nd balls for the attacking teams, and often the bounce is in favour for the attacking side. Again, as long as you bring men forward quickly.

Exactly, but that's why it's too easy to defend vs Barca. We could use couple guys with heading ability, at least to bring from the bench, IF needed.

 

[KingLeo10]

Barca can’t use cross tactic against bus as they have no height

suarez was scoring plenty of headers at liverpool. it's our gameplan that's turgid.

 

[BBZ8800]

I did post one theory 1000s of times:
1. people here are usually commenting ONLY on how a midfield plays (moving off the ball, static, possession, direct, technical, less technical etc)
2. but not too many are commenting about attacking options like scoring in different ways

No offense to anyone, but I don't think that Barca would be able to break this Atletico's bus tonight.
We would pass the ball through the ground all the time and pass to Messi.
Which is very easy to neutralize.

On the other hand, how many "lucky" headers has CR7 scored in CL knockout rounds in the last 6 years?

Crosses and headers are ugly.
I am not saying that we should cross ALL THE TIME.
But it is a very strong option.
Ideally, our team would need classical Barca's attack on the ground and some crossing+header options in the box.

When the opponent like Juve/Atletico parks the bus, too often headers are the only way to create havoc in the box.
This is how RM has break their bus EVERY time, unlike us who tried only through the ground over and over again.

Simeone is doing the best Valverde shitshow Copy. This is how you lose in Italy. Go and play defense for 90 mins and create nothing. Valverde shitshow by Simeone.

They are losing because the opponent has SEVERAL different attacking options to break their bus.
Barca would struggle to break their bus.
Their tactic would probably work against us.
We would just pass around the box and try to break them through the middle and Messi would have been surround by 4 defenders at the edge of a box.

On the other hand, 4 players can't man mark when you throw a cross...