Yeah..and if Cruyff wouldn't had coached Pep I wonder if we would be having this discussion now. Or if it would had been another coach instead of Pep. But then again, Yaya
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However much history you remind me of, it was a move born moreso out of desperation than tactical innovation... Masch moving to defense or Yaya moving to defense.
If Yaya as a CB didn't work in CDR final or CL final, I wonder how many here would be supporting such a move... Now don't tell me Pep foresaw all this and hence played Yaya in defense
Mascherano was signed a mid fielder, he was played in mid field for almost a whole season and when it was more or less evident he wouldn't suit our play as a mid fielder AND when we were in need of defenders he was played in central defense. It worked.
I don't understand how Pep should be given all the credit here