[CL] Champions League 2014/15 (8 Viewers)
- Thread starter Dostoevsky
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The game plan against Barca is still the same IMO.
- Press the fuck out of their Center backs, so they can't start their attack like they want.
- No high line defence.
- Long balls from our defenders to our attackers in the space that will be left by either Alba/Alves, to avoid the insane pressure they apply in the MF.
- Must be clinical, we will only get a few chances against them and we must take them.
- Defend Messi as team, Evra, Chiellini and Vidal/Pogba should always be near him so they can double triple team him.
- Press the fuck out of their Center backs, so they can't start their attack like they want.
- No high line defence.
- Long balls from our defenders to our attackers in the space that will be left by either Alba/Alves, to avoid the insane pressure they apply in the MF.
- Must be clinical, we will only get a few chances against them and we must take them.
- Defend Messi as team, Evra, Chiellini and Vidal/Pogba should always be near him so they can double triple team him.
If you want to press the centre-backs properly, you need to bring the defence up quite high.
If you don't, the space in midfield will be too big and it will easy for Barca to play around/through/over the press.
That's not an argument for or against pressing Barca - just that if you want to do it, you need to commit to it and accept there are certain risks that go with it.
If you don't, the space in midfield will be too big and it will easy for Barca to play around/through/over the press.
That's not an argument for or against pressing Barca - just that if you want to do it, you need to commit to it and accept there are certain risks that go with it.
Step 1: Put Messi on the ground.
Step 2: Put him on the ground again.
and again and again. Take turns putting him on the ground preferably. Do it before he gets past you so you can avoid cautions.
Step 3: Instigate Suarez
Step 4: Dive when he retaliates and reap the benefits of his poor reputation against Chiellini and Evra.
Step 5: Put everything into the box on set pieces.
Step 2: Put him on the ground again.
and again and again. Take turns putting him on the ground preferably. Do it before he gets past you so you can avoid cautions.
Step 3: Instigate Suarez
Step 4: Dive when he retaliates and reap the benefits of his poor reputation against Chiellini and Evra.
Step 5: Put everything into the box on set pieces.
