Gaudi
Senior Member
With players like Messi, Suarez, Pique, Busquest, Alba, Arthur, Lenglet, Dembele then it’s really difficult to play with intensity as these guys just don’t have the intensity to run up and down and press like crazy all the time. I’m sure no top team would want any of those bar Messi, not Arthur either though Cules love him.
De Jong, Semedo and Griezmann are suited for that kind of game. Fabian Ruiz, Konate are also suited for that kind of game.
You go nowhere without intensity in CL
I don't agree with that.
First, I'm not even talking about some gung ho type of football just professional tempo. This is borderline amateurish. So, we don't need to play like Handerson type of players but if our players can't play wit professional, modern tempo then they all suck!
Second, this is no longer La Masia team so we can put blame on mistakes in development etc. FDJ played in decent tempo, Arthur plays with Brasil, Lenglet played in Sevilla, Semedo, Greiz, Dembele, heck even Suarez (though here we can talk about age etc).
So Messi can slow the pace down, hug the ball more, because he can produce magic...but ONLY him. All our players currently are just standing and waiting for the ball in the feet, no running in open spaces, no moving at all!