Copa semi-final: Atletico - Barca (4-4)
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Haraldinho
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Better coaching for Cholo in terms of subs.
Agreed. Team deserved to win today.
Wouldn't sweep our mistakes under the carpet though. Some players do not show up concentrated and some have troubles defending.
Was a very entertaining match overall and props to Atletico and their team spirit to get back into the game too
Birdy
Senior Member
Big chances tonight:
Barca 7 - 3 Atletico
Big chances in the League game in December:
Barca 7 - 2 Atletico
Big chances in the two game combined:
Barca 14 - 5 Atletico
Score-line in the two games combined:
Barca 5 - 6 Atletico
But but, Flick's suicidal high line costed us the game blah blah blah....
Masetro10
Member
Atleti are due to get destroyed in the La Liga game coming
Gazzznigga
Active member
Tie is still open.....no favourites....but if Barca played like they did from minutes 5 to 45 in 1st half and minutes 1 to just before the substitutions in the 2nd half at Metropolitano,....there could only be 1 outcome.
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Messigician
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Lmao fr
soul24rage
Senior Member
I hate Sorloth
draconifire
NTC with a Positive attitude
It did. But thats his style.
His fault is not playing the high line, but taking out players who maintain and recover possesion in the midfield, so the high line doesnt become an issue.
The moment we lost any semblence of control of the game, our high line became as issue.
We create so many chances and goals because of the High line, and ultra aggressive nature of our game. And we mitigate threat that comes from the high line by having palyers who can control, retain and recover possesion easily.
I dont want him to change his style.
JohnN
Senior Member
that's all fine but when tou lose control if the game, you need to sit deeper and defend like a proper team, not use a tactic that works when you do have control and want to reclaim it fast everytime you lose it.
The high line serves our possession game but is catastrophic when it's time to defend. its a bad defensive tactic and will be badly exposed if not moderated.
The high line serves our possession game but is catastrophic when it's time to defend. its a bad defensive tactic and will be badly exposed if not moderated.
Temptation
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The philosophy is fine. But sometimes when you're 4-2 up with 10 minutes to go against a strong opponent, you have to be conservative and solidify the result.
Even Pep and Klopp(the most progressive managers) do that sort of thing. Pep tries to make his defense more compact and keep the ball, passing it around aimlessly as a defensive mechanism in these scenarios.
Flick is dogmatic with his system and in these situations, it's just plain dumb and naive. No one is asking him to park the bus. People are just asking him to be a bit more conservative in the last few minutes in these sort of games. Instead Flick makes it end to end and the other team still always have a shot. Slot just kills the game in these situations.
Even Pep and Klopp(the most progressive managers) do that sort of thing. Pep tries to make his defense more compact and keep the ball, passing it around aimlessly as a defensive mechanism in these scenarios.
Flick is dogmatic with his system and in these situations, it's just plain dumb and naive. No one is asking him to park the bus. People are just asking him to be a bit more conservative in the last few minutes in these sort of games. Instead Flick makes it end to end and the other team still always have a shot. Slot just kills the game in these situations.
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