La Liga | Round 14: FC Barcelona - Valencia CF 2-2

[serghei]

There's that at least..

He was poor imo. Many technical inaccuracies resulting in counters for Valencia. Messi, Pedri, Coutinho all made them regularly in this half. Combine that with Busi and you have a proper Molotov cocktail for poor Stegen, who was the best this half.

 

[BusiTheKing]

Yes Alba's crosses are terrible but we're never going to score if the players in the box just stand around like they know the cross is bad beforehand.

 

[BusiTheKing]

Valencia are defending well. Their 4-4-2 is very Atleti-like. Hard to break through.

Really don't think so. We have loads of space and time around the box.

 

[serghei]

Trash football.. Pass pass pass and hope Messi gets intersted.. Valverdian school of thinking

This will forever be the model of this team as long as Messi is here. The main offensive plan is pass the ball to Messi and hope he does some great things with it.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

He was poor imo. Many technical inaccuracies resulting in counters for Valencia. Messi, Pedri, Coutinho all made them regularly in this half. Combine that with Busi and you have a proper Molotov cocktail for poor Stegen, who was the best this half.

Exactly. Busi in midfield with this lineup is disaster waiting to happen. He doesn't have legs for this role. Why is Koeman not seeing it? Busi needs to be protected by DeJongs legs. Of course, the first option should be to sell Busi not play him.

 

[MagIX]

Coutinho lost his Bayern flow. Time to sell.

Terrible error to sell him, he will win us the CL as he did for Bayern

 

[Andresito]

Should try some shots from diistance, especially Pedri who I've actually never seen try to blast it.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Really don't think so. We have loads of space and time around the box.

It doesn't matter when they block every good player with good kick. We had basically no good chance the first half. They played near perfect half.time.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Terrible error to sell him, he will win us the CL as he did for Bayern

Haha. He will win it for whoever we sell him to.

 

[serghei]

Also, Messi went for that header and took a hit against the post and the net to score. A nice moment of implication and sacrifice there.

 

[Raketa10]

Koeman is an idiot. Playing with only one proper midfielder is stupid as it gets. Moreover, this is another proof that Messi, Coutinho and Griezmann can't play together. We all knew that but apparently Koeman needs more proof. Braithwaite is also limited as it gets. This guy can't even make a simple pass.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Lets hope Frenkie will rescue us.

 

[Vilarrubi]

This will forever be the model of this team as long as Messi is here. The main offensive plan is pass the ball to Messi and hope he does some great things with it.

Agree but it’s not all on him. No wingers, Coutinho and Griezmann barely offering anything, Braithwaite who’s well below par technically.... the list goes on.

 

[serghei]

Agree but it’s not all on him. No wingers, Coutinho and Griezmann barely offering anything, Braithwaite who’s well below par technically.... the list goes on.

Not all, but mostly it's on him. This is the role he wants to have in the team and nobody can deny him that. He said it himself he seems himself more like a creator than a scorer. The signal is he wants the game to run through him.

That brings good things, but also terrible problems to deal with. The better the opponent, the more the problems come forward.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Koeman is an idiot. Playing with only one proper midfielder is stupid as it gets. Moreover, this is another proof that Messi, Coutinho and Griezmann can't play at together. Braithwaite is also limited as it gets. This guy can't even make a simple pass.

Braithwaite is playing wrong position. Put him at nine and tell him to take runs every time possible. That's it. That's all he needs to do. Create some chaos in the box. He can't be involved in build up because he is not good at it.