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Sir Alupp Heynrguson
Do you think we'll lose points by pressing?
So the pressing is a bad idea in your opinion? We'll lose points because of it? Great logic. It may work against lesser teams but how you can compete with the likes of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, etc?! They are raping us with counters!!That's not necessarily a good thing. Tito got 55 points out of 57 by cutting back on the pressing...
Conceding less goals is pointless if you end up conceding more points.
2) Pressing could lead to burn out and thus reduced performance for entire games and thus lost points.
That's a very real possibility. I see three pitfalls with pressing:
1) If not pressing means the team is operating at a low intensity then the team can increase and maintain intensity to win those tough games when needed. You could see the first half of the season, the team was fighting for every point, right to the very end. For example away to Sevilla and home to Granada.
2) Pressing could lead to burn out and thus reduced performance for entire games and thus lost points.
3) High pressing often gave Barca complete control, it also meant teams would go into their shell and park the bus. Most of the time Barca would break through eventually but sometimes they couldn't and the opposition then got a goal on the counter, maybe even with a player clean through. With less pressing it means the other team gets drawn out which creates more space for the Barca attack. Barca often have more chance of winning if they are trading goals than if they are just hitting a parked bus and hoping for a break through.
Personally I would advocate a mixture of the two. I'd also through in double pivot. In other words more flexibility in tactics.
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