Disgusting game. I am so sick and tired of only having 1 real goal scorer in the game. We saw the warning signs. Ever since we had our Magnum Opus against Real Madrid we have barely been getting by. A hard 1-0 against Sevilla, Frankfurt 1-1, another barely win against Levante 3-2 the alarm bells were ringing.
It's a lot of injuries again and fatigue sure from playing every 3 or 4 days. But damn. Having Traore and Dembele in the game basically means we have to rely on our CF to score every goal. We need wide players that can go past players AND can score.
Next on the list. Defense is still atrocious in transition. Garcia had Barca chasing the game from minute 1 almost. That ruined the game plan for the most part. Allowed Frankfurt to play counter all game which is our biggest weakness. (Always will be) Then they score a wonder goal and that's when you know Barca is in big trouble. 3-0 we are cooked. It all comes down to being willing to die by the counter which is fine if we are scoring. Except at the time of 3-0 we had 3 shots all game 80 mins in. What happened to the damn incisive direct team from earlier? Aubu is a shadow lately, pops in for a goal and goes missing 88 mins. Before he was omnipresent..
Dest what does he do and I need to temper this with I know he just came back from injury. But still we need better at RB. Araujo is great, Christensen may be good enough but this shows once again how good Pique really is.
I'm ranting but starting Gavi over Frenkie was dumb. Gavi right now is better as a sub. Even though he did some decent things and wasn't bad. He doesn't have the cutting edge that FDJ or Pedri have. Unrefined natural talent.
We need a real 9, a goalscorer winger and we can keep Dembele or get another supply type winger as well.
Dest out, Mingueza out, Umtiti out, Lenglet out, Memphis out, Traore out, Roberto out, Puig out, Luuk De Jong out, Braithwaite out, am I missing anyone else?