Isco

[Trickykid]

What happened to this guy?

Sacrificed from the starting XI because Zidane was scared, and in the end discarded in favor of directness.

 

[Barca83]

He's off to City this summer.

to sit on the bench there?

 

[Catta]

I can see him going to QSG for fairly cheap, so real can strengthen their relationship to have a chance for neymar or mbappe in the future

 

[Messi983]

What happened to this guy?

She happened...

https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20171120102225/isco-alarcon-sara-salamo-primera-foto

 

[Barcaman]

Hola Sara.

 

[Horatio]

Is that Messi in the pic?

 

[Vilarrubi]

Surprised he didn’t start. Zidane trying to go with the more solid midfield... and failing miserably.

 

[Horatio]

Surprised he didn’t start. Zidane trying to go with the more solid midfield... and failing miserably.

The tactics were pretty solid. It's just that Messi outsmarted him by creating space on that first goal.

 

[Barcaman]

Iker's Sara still wins.

 

[Vilarrubi]

The tactics were pretty solid. It's just that Messi exploited the close man-marking of Kovacic on the first goal.

And Kovacic was who started instead of Isco... that was my whole point. The 2nd half Madrid were terrible in midfield even before the red.. we weren’t even trying that hard either, passing round at the back mostly. A more aggressive Barca of the past could have made that game 5-0.

 

[Horatio]

And Kovacic was who started instead of Isco... that was my whole point. The 2nd half Madrid were terrible in midfield even before the red.. we weren’t even trying that hard either, passing round at the back mostly. A more aggressive Barca of the past could have made that game 5-0.

And my point was that with Isco Messi might have had an easier time getting in the box.
Just because a tactic failed doesn't mean it wasn't sound to begin with. Sometimes your opponent just finds a good solution in time.

 

[Vilarrubi]

And my point was that with Isco Messi might have had an easier time getting in the box.
Just because a tactic failed doesn't mean it wasn't sound to begin with. Sometimes your opponent just finds a good solution in time.

I believe it was the wrong choice. Zidane played on the fact that we only scored one goal in two legs of the Supercup, put it down to Kovacic being in the midfield and tried it again.

Supercups are nothing to go by. It’s basically pre season just like when we lost 4-0 to Bilbao.. means nothing. Plus they were our first games without Neymar.

We never have a problem scoring against Madrid (bar the supercup) but we do have problems defending.. so for Zidane to field a more reserved team, when they were 11 points behind AND when Isco has been one of Madrid’s better players this season was just wrong. Clasicos are nearly always about outscoring each other rather than trying to contain the opponent.

 

[Horatio]

I believe it was the wrong choice. Zidane played on the fact that we only scored one goal in two legs of the Supercup, put it down to Kovacic being in the midfield and tried it again.

Supercups are nothing to go by. It’s basically pre season just like when we lost 4-0 to Bilbao.. means nothing. Plus they were our first games without Neymar.

We never have a problem scoring against Madrid (bar the supercup) but we do have problems defending.. so for Zidane to field a more reserved team, when they were 11 points behind AND when Isco has been one of Madrid’s better players this season was just wrong. Clasicos are nearly always about outscoring each other rather than trying to contain the opponent.

Still think it's reckless to give Messi too much space. It's a tactic that worked for other teams in the past.

But you have a fair point, Zidane might have indeed underestimated Barca's defense.

 

[Messi983]

Hola Sara.

 

[evilhita666]

Serves him well for believing Flo's and Zizu's lies... He brought this on himself with that 700 million release clause...