mobster_1930
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Pique is a rock solid. If anyone needs to be in startin 11, it's Pique.
Hi guys! I like reading your messages. They show that you really do care about this team. So i just wanted to add a piece of information about your new center-defender Chygrynsky. The way he plays now in Barca is exactly the way he played in Shakhtar. You must take into account the fact that he has the following prorerties: quite moderate speed (far from Ben Johnson), good positioning during the corners but not in the process of the game itself, good but not perfect tackling, quite reliable and precise passing (not like in this game), almost perfect heading skills. At the same time never seen him doing any special tricks with the ball, dribbling, penalty kick, wall pass etc. Do not get get me wrong - he really is a good player but yet has to get accustomed to spanish soccer, much faster thinking, passing, even running.
IMHO. If your want Barca to score more goals then be ready to involve more players in offensive actions and that means greater chances for any good opponent to score in counter-attack. I liked all recent Barca's games and who cares how much dо they let in if they'll always score twice as much (just like Brazilians like to say: You score us as much as you can but we always score you as much as we want).
Again, IMHO, any of these two goals wasn't Chygrynsky's fault but unless he learns to make yet impossible for him things (just like protect the gate at any cost) then he'd much better do in Atletiko .... or bring him back to Shaktar (in first serious european match despite the fact Shakhtar won against FC Brugge 4-1 its defense was a complete disaster) with good discount
I wouldn't classify the two goals as counters actually. Faults by the players (Busquets and Valdes giving the ball away) were the cause.
So far we haven't caught a goal on a counter imo.
Piqué was also a bit of a twat in defense before the winter.