Ernesto Valverde - V1

[MagIX]

I don't think this is tactical problem but a mental one, we play badly away from home in CL many years now, not just with EV. It's like we feel we must win and we become scared, many brainfarts follow, while opposition feels they have nothing to lose and play good.
If this was a game against Valencia for example we would be cruising, but this is mental block

I tend to agree

 

[messi2140]

Busquets who just played his worst first half this season , managed to play the full 90 mins while Arthur and Coutinho got subbed off. Let that sink in.

Edit : He got subbed off in 92nd minute

 

[Respekt_III]

Fucking useless cunt of a man.
No balls no tactics no fucking brain.

 

[Kohe321]

Busquets who just played his worst first half this season , managed to play the full 90 mins while Arthur and Coutinho got subbed off. Let that sink in.

Edit : He got subbed off in 92nd minute

See? Technically didn't play the whole game.

Valverde had this under control. Genius!

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[Joan]

GOAT.

 

[Sterlingfan2000]

Dude his tactics were Spot on. Attack away from home and u lose to counters.

Even might pep is going defensive this year away from home

 

[Sorin]

Wolves scored 2 against manu just a week ago and they dominated them something fierce. We can't do that though because we have worse players .

 

[Andresito]

If he's going to sit back and play on the result, why the fuck doesn't he sub on Malcom or Dembélé instead of Roberto?
All the space he got was wasted because he isn't a right winger.

 

[hamoon32]

I don't care if we win treble, i will never like this guy. In terms of attractive football, this is the worst Barca team since Rijkaard's era. By far the worst.

 

[Cule4life]

Can somebody check on Hamzah. All that cheerleading today must have taken its toll.

 

[Sterlingfan2000]

Wolves scored 2 against manu just a week ago and they dominated them something fierce. We can't do that though because we have worse players .

They had 10 men behind the Box. Their Team is made to counter attack. United had zero shots on target Today.

Tactics were right. We had to change the approach away from home

 

[Joan]

Should've subbed the winger on, though. Even Roberto, who's not a winger, had plenty of space and quite a few opportunities. Other than that, many of the players did poor tonight.

 

[El Gato]

If he's going to sit back and play on the result, why the fuck doesn't he sub on Malcom or Dembélé instead of Roberto?
All the space he got was wasted because he isn't a right winger.

Other priorities. Right ones really.

Perfectly managed in the 2nd half. He's learning his trade in the CL.

 

[messi2140]

Can somebody check on Hamzah. All that cheerleading today must have taken its toll.

Daddy Valverde will reward him tonight.

 

[fergus90]

The whole team was pretty bad tonight, simple passes being fucked up and we still won 1-0 thanks to United having no end product whatsover. No point dwelling on it really, all that matters is we've got a lead going into the Camp Nou and it's another game down, the history books won't remember the performance it's progressing that counts.

Valverde I think, is a good manager in some facets but if you're expecting him to be ruthless and go balls to the wall then i'm afraid you're gonna be disappointed. His respectful and tame demeanour is reflected through his approach to games, respect for the opposition, sometimes too much respect. Where the reality is if you have Messi, Suarez, Alba, Dembele etc attacking you're more likely to disrupt the opposition then just sit back and casually knock the ball around at the back.