FinBarcelonafan
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Umtitti was fantastic today. He can read the play well and put pressure.
Lliga | Round 20: FC Barcelona - Granada 1-0
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Blaugrana al vent
Bbz can’t even see the clear improvement in chance creation and passing movement, lol.
Richard.H
Senior Member
What the hell happened to make umtiti fall out with EV? I understand he was injured but he was miles better than Lenglet under pressure
Nazario1985
Senior Member
Vs Granada !
gregorrin10
Senior Member
Slavia Praha (by all accounts a worse team than Granada) says hi.
At least tonight we scored the one in the end, Setien 'magic' of actually taking a risk and bringing on Puig, I guess. 
Valverde would've kept Raki on for 90 minutes and subbed off Griezmann for Semedo. Gnidrologist
Senior Member
Usual suspects, who deny that team showed improvement already in this first match and with trash midfield to boot, should really fuck off. Even with lethargic Rakitic and chaotic Vidal, there was were more midfield penetration than in the whole season till now. Busquets looked better, because the system is better, even though he still is obviously a geezer, who will have to be phased out. For once midfield was actually saturated more centrally and made triangles that helped Messi to play closer to goal. With Arthur, Dejong and hopefully Puig (who had great cameo), this will looke even better. I'm more concerned about how our defense will cope with this more risky style, but they will have less work to do, if we can be so much better in possession.
- they thought Greizmann was a stone cold scorer he is not -the team needs a STONE COLD GOAL SCORER Messi cannot do it all - Greizmann is industrious but he wastes chances - Riqui Vidal should be starting every game they proved their worth today Fati is excellent for his age - THEY HAD TO FIRE VALVERDE because guys like Alena Todibo Riqui were starting to get frustrated and thinking about leaving - at least it was pretty to watch they just need a finisher Suarez at least could finish HE WILL BE MISSED - but the Le Maisa needs to be protected and promoted - Riqui lead to the first goal as did Vidal FFS
Setien actually left us less exposed at the back - there were 3 ATB at all times Valverde would leave 2 ATB
the other difference between Setien and Valverde is they would do a couple passes forward then ATTACK the goal - Valverede would just pass back pass back pass back dozens of times before any sort of attack would be made - it looked similar but it was NOT - the passing was forward for the most part and the goal was attacked quickly
Setien actually left us less exposed at the back - there were 3 ATB at all times Valverde would leave 2 ATB
the other difference between Setien and Valverde is they would do a couple passes forward then ATTACK the goal - Valverede would just pass back pass back pass back dozens of times before any sort of attack would be made - it looked similar but it was NOT - the passing was forward for the most part and the goal was attacked quickly
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BBZ8800
Senior Member
Slavia Praha (by all accounts a worse team than Granada) says hi.
I was talking about La Liga.
5:2 Betis
5:2 Valencia
2:1 Villareal
4:0 Sevilla
5:1 Valladollid
4:1 Celta
5:2 Mallorca
4:1 Alaves
0:0 Real
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1:0 Granada, against a 10 men
EV's team at Camp Nou against average La liga teams:
scored 5=4 times
scored 4=3 times
scored 2=1 time
scored 0 or 1 goal=never
So, even EV managed to win against these type of teams with 4-5 goals per match at Camp Nou.
Today, we couldn't break an 11men Granada for 70 minutes.
We moved more and we were chaotic in attack.
For some reason, we played without a RB.
And we played without anyone in the box.
Also, about pressing, let's see whether Messi and amigos will be dead tired after one Month or not.
You guys are laughing at Ev for subs, yet Setien made a first sub after 70 minutes, in "Ernie's" time without any changes to attack, where we had the biggest problems.
RevoTeller
New member
We cannot play without a proper CF.
This is not 2011 anymore.
That's my only, true complaint, because the team will getter better but we are going to terribly miss a striker, especially in CL.
This is not 2011 anymore.
That's my only, true complaint, because the team will getter better but we are going to terribly miss a striker, especially in CL.
Felipetonelo
New member
Man, you never happy with anything are you? I'm seeing your last posts here and you always have a problem with something. It's seems that if you win the lottery you will have a problem with that.. "oh man I won the lottery but it's only 50$ million? this lottery is shit etc..."
Try to do things in life that gets you happier. Life can be sad sometimes but we can always try to make it better
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