Hans-Dieter Flick

Hansi Flick - how do we rate him?

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serghei

serghei

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What is the point of Araujo even now? The moment you sense you lost the midfield, Araujo on and defend like you did vs Madrid in 10 men. You don't have to get a red card to block an opponent.

Flick is his own worst enemy. :lol:

Some tactical adjustments at the right time in the match last night, and the match ends up 4-2 or even 5-2 if Atletico leave too many spaces on the break and goes all in. They probably take the 4-2 themselves due to the risk of conceding more. So stupid.
 
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Porque

Senior Member
In the end, it was 4 goals in 85 minutes, 2 conceding in the opening 5 and 2 conceded in the last 5.

Players and Flick need to have a hard look at themselves on how to open a game and close the game. The latter much more since we did have closing game options on the bench. Like Casado, Araujo.
 
draconifire

draconifire

NTC with a Positive attitude
serghei said:
What is the point of Araujo even now? The moment you sense you lost the midfield, Araujo on and defend like you did vs Madrid in 10 men. You don't have to get a red card to block an opponent.

Flick is his own worst enemy. :lol:

Some tactical adjustments at the right time in the match last night, and the match ends up 4-2 or even 5-2 if Atletico leave too many spaces on the break and goes all in. They probably take the 4-2 themselves due to the risk of conceding more. So stupid.
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Ya True. Rather than putting in Garcia, would have rather fielded Araujo and instructed the team to sit back.
Cuz this game sure did show us that having Gavi-Fermin and Lewa doesnt work if you are trying to keep position or regain position.
Flick should have known this.
The same midfield would have closed the game if we sat back and were cautious.
 
Horatio

Horatio

You're welcome
He’s expressed concerns with defense. That’s good. Can further work on it.

Also pretty sure not going to bring gavi in next time in these situations.
 
serghei

serghei

Senior Member
draconifire said:
Ya True. Rather than putting in Garcia, would have rather fielded Araujo and instructed the team to sit back.
Cuz this game sure did show us that having Gavi-Fermin and Lewa doesnt work if you are trying to keep position or regain position.
Flick should have known this.
The same midfield would have closed the game if we sat back and were cautious.
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First you have to do want to do that, then we can see which players are not up to par. I believe Gavi played previously vs Atletico in games we kept clean sheets. More than once.

It depends on the tactics. If you want control through possession, you can pass it on lower tempo and move Atletico around. Could have kept much of the same players. If you want to sit back, absorb their pressure and maybe nick another on the break... we could have done that. But Araujo is the one you want in that setup to come in, not Eric Garcia.

He did neither in reality. He made the subs and expected us to play exactly as with Olmo, De Jong and Pedri, three technically superior players to Gavi and Fermin.

In the end, I am aware no manager is perfect, and almost all have their own weaknesses. The disappointment comes from the fact that Flick has shown before that he can close down a game and protect the result, even at Barcelona. So why in the hell he didn't think this was a good moment to pull that card out again is some type of mistery.

Simeone won the duel with Flick two times in two games. Both away.
 
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serghei

serghei

Senior Member
In the end, he said it himself, what matters most are the titles you win or fail to win. Let's not lose sight on what the end goal is. Regularly conceding 2-4 goals due to stupidity ain't a good path to titles, despite us looking great attacking-wise.
 
Raketa10

Raketa10

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He fucked up big time yesterday. I hope he finally learns from that and doesn't do the same mistake in UCL. Playing with such a high line when you are two goals up and 15 minutes left is stupid as it gets.
 
serghei

serghei

Senior Member
With Atletico, to be surprised about them outperforming their xG while playing from their comfort zone is foolish. That's what they do best. It is a team trait, it's not luck. If they didn't do that they'd be an average team.

They are at their worst when they have to open up and attack positionally. Then they will probably underperform their xG because they are not good at that style of football. They only do it when they are forced to.
 
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