Yes maybe in a 3-4-3 that's a possibility. But absolutely not in a classic 4-3-3
I stressed on the profile and i stressed on how much Alves can be useful to Juventus.
Maschrano is a CB, but had Mascherano been a fullback then i would have said the same thing about him. Fullbacks in Barcelona do not defend as they do in teams like Juventus ( how many times have you seen Alves in our final third today ? ) , Alves would look like shit if he was playing for us now.
Had Alves played for us in last night game, Lucho would have gone for 4-3-3 n it d have been something like:I stressed on the profile and i stressed on how much Alves can be useful to Juventus.
Maschrano is a CB, but had Mascherano been a fullback then i would have said the same thing about him. Fullbacks in Barcelona do not defend as they do in teams like Juventus ( how many times have you seen Alves in our final third today ? ) , Alves would look like shit if he was playing for us now.
Had Alves played for us in last night game, Lucho would have gone for 4-3-3 n it d have been something like:
Stegen
Alves-Pique-Umtiti-Alba
Masche
Messi-Rakitic
Roberto-Suarez-Neymar
And no, Alves wouldn't have looked like shit like u said, our squad d ve had more stability (sticking with 4-3-3), no switching back n forth between 3-4-3 n 4-3-3, no outrageous experimental formation from Lucho! I miss him so bad!
If Alves was still here, Messi would probably still be playing RW. Masch cannot play DM for Barça either, that should be clear.
That was hardly a brainfart. Just a moment when he was beaten by Messi - Iniesta duo. Happened only once in 90 mins.
He did a great job of completely nullifying neymar. Full marks to him for that.
But he did have some brainfarts. Had iniesta scored that the whole goal was all on him.
That was hardly a brainfart. Just a moment when he was beaten by Messi - Iniesta duo. Happened only once in 90 mins.
I was referring to last night match in which Busquet was suspended, so...just no choice! About Messi, maybe, but there d be chances that he d drop deep into the middle area anyway, to compensate for our incompetent midfield!
There were other choices. Rakitic plays better than Masch there, and so does Roberto. Even Gomes did better last night.