Lliga | Round 33: FC Barcelona - Atletico Madrid 2-2

[Richard.H]

Almost certain Vidal will be more advanced playing in the front with Suarez

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Almost certain Vidal will be more advanced playing in the front with Suarez

True. Thats my guess too. I like the roster.

 

[FCBfan22]

Busi-Raki-Vidal

We getting fucked on the counter, boys. I doubt Busi-Raki backbone can hold.

Probably some kind of 4-4-2 diamond.

 

[clemente]

4 man midfield, overcrowding squad with midfielders against better teams, Valverde 2.0, watching this team is a chore ever since we hired Valverde

 

[Barcaman]

"Workhorse" midfield with no horse power.

Edit: Thought it was Griezmann playing but I see Puog is in there.

 

[wisconsincule]

Not confident about this match. Who knows.

 

[El Ilusionista]

Shit line up, 0 runs in behind will be very easy for Atleti to defend.

 

[DonAK]

We've spent 430m on a bench player(Griezmann), misfit(Coutinho) and a crock(Dembele).

Unbelievable.

 

[Barcilliant]

Maybe a draw.

 

[mc_lovin]

Shit line up, 0 runs in behind will be very easy for Atleti to defend.

Not that we have interesting alternatives (with the exception of Fati).

 

[fergus90]

This line up screams to me that Setien knows Puig deserves to start after his recent 2 performances but doesn't have the bravery to bench one of Busi,Rakitic or Vidal.

 

[kattanib]

Basically:

- Messi doesn?t move
- Suarez doesn?t move + doesn?t play the barca style
- Vidal doesn?t defend + doesn?t play the barca style
- Raki has limited mobility
- Busquets has limited mobility


That leaves us with Puig being the only one actually moving around with Semedo going up. This is a formation based on expectations that the game will require little movements, slow pace side passes with the occasional break throughs

What I would have played is:


Fati, Griez, Messi

Puig, Busquets, Raki

Alba, Lenglet, Pique, Roberto

 

[Porque]

Is that gonna be Iniesta-lite at AML in a 433?

To be fair he's versatile enough to get development minutes in that spot like Rijkaard did with a young Iniesta, but I think everything that makes Riqui great offensively will be lost on the wing. We will see.

On the other hand if we have switched to a 442, lets just sign Willian on a free and get Valverde back. Because that would mean Setien has gone back on everything he intended to create as a coach.

This line up screams to me that Setien knows Puig deserves to start after his recent 2 performances but doesn't have the bravery to bench one of Busi,Rakitic or Vidal.

Probably not confident enough to put him in a midfield 3 against Simeone and his bully boy tactics. They will target him like a kipper.

 

[Hardy]

Puig, Busi, Raki, Vidal is the new Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattuso, Ambrosini post Atene

 

[Sweden]

Meanwhile Mallorca is trashing Celta.