barcelona played valencia in the la liga on saturday .earlier barcelona had sacked their coach valverde and installed new coach . so it was worth watching as to what tactics he deploys . the criticism faced by valverde was that when things start to go against the team . he is not able to change things . the thing is that barcelona lost but all the focus in on the offense as to what barca does in the opposition half . the other half doesnt gets the proper attention which is very much required . even if barcelona had been failing to score but would had defended properly then they would had drawn games . the main problem for barcelona is not their offense but their defense . they dont have a natural leader at the back which is very much required by any great team who would organise things for them . just look at liverpool and the success they are having after signing van dyke . pique is world cup winning player and he is the one of the most senior most player at the club and has that experience but at times it seems that he is the problem who has lost reading of the game and makes all the wrong decisions . what barcelona are missing is a leader like pique at the back who can do all the organising . another thing is man utd are right of now looking for a new coach and the one name that i would throw in the ring is that of the new valencia coach celades who has steadied the ship . i would certainly like him to be considered . 
barcelona started the game with 4-3-3 formation while valencia started with 4-4-2 formation . the commentrators while commenting rightly pointed that there was no difference between valverde's style and stein's style . now the main thing that needs to be considered is can barcelona look past messi . who is making the tactical decisions because the amount of ball that he is seeing is good and bad for the team . good this way that he is the best ball player in the world and bad this way that he has slowed down and stopping him means that you are effectively stopping the team . another thing is that if you are playing other players you have to get them involved in the game . the trouble with valverde and even with stein is that they are not just able to devise a proper offense where on all the players see equal amount of the all and all the front players have equal chance and not just messi . barcelona were passing but the passing looked pedestrian and laborious . barca's offense looked predictable and valencia looked comfortable while defending and they knew when to press and when to sit back and absorb the pressure . if you looked at the offense then it is all messi . how of the ball was seen by griezman . the team will only function well when it plays as a team . in the first half griezman hardly saw the ball and even if saw it then his only work was to pass it back to messi . i think messi too will benefit if he can gel these players and create offense not ony exclusive messi .
the trouble is not messi but its pque . barcelona conceded the first penalty in the first half which was saved but before that counter attack barca faced another counter attack and pique's stupidity was seen evident in that one . valencia tried to release one of the front four behind the barca back four with ball over the top .now when you coach defense it is coached that he shouldnt even head the ball in the middle so that the opposition has a chance . he should either head it wide or try to clear it . pique headed the ball but instead of clearing he headed right in front of the back four . this kind of stupidity is what is costing barca . secondly valverde had a fallout with busquestus .particularly this season and he had dropped him in some matches . the reason i think valverde must be unhappy is that busquestus doesnt maintains his positional discipline and he should be one who should try to stop the counter but he seems to fail in those attempts . valencia's second goal is the prime example of busquestus incompetence and that doesnt gets highlighted which is the main reason why barcelona are struggling .
valecia played the game very nicely . they didnt went chasing and most importantly coquelin who much criticized at arsenal ( for no reason although he is good player ) and kongdobia who flopped at inter played a very good game . they protected their back four very nicely and they moved the ball very nicely . the most worrying thing about barca were not able to stop valencia in the tracks.
on the other note man utd is in the news and they are going to sign bruno fernandes but is he the answer then certainly not . most importantly they should be looking for napoli's allan and zalensky or even emre can or somebody better . last but not the least but if somebody is criticizing fred of man utd then he is stupid. he is only guy in the team who giving the best performance in that team and should be lauded than criticized .
barcelona started the game with 4-3-3 formation while valencia started with 4-4-2 formation . the commentrators while commenting rightly pointed that there was no difference between valverde's style and stein's style . now the main thing that needs to be considered is can barcelona look past messi . who is making the tactical decisions because the amount of ball that he is seeing is good and bad for the team . good this way that he is the best ball player in the world and bad this way that he has slowed down and stopping him means that you are effectively stopping the team . another thing is that if you are playing other players you have to get them involved in the game . the trouble with valverde and even with stein is that they are not just able to devise a proper offense where on all the players see equal amount of the all and all the front players have equal chance and not just messi . barcelona were passing but the passing looked pedestrian and laborious . barca's offense looked predictable and valencia looked comfortable while defending and they knew when to press and when to sit back and absorb the pressure . if you looked at the offense then it is all messi . how of the ball was seen by griezman . the team will only function well when it plays as a team . in the first half griezman hardly saw the ball and even if saw it then his only work was to pass it back to messi . i think messi too will benefit if he can gel these players and create offense not ony exclusive messi .
the trouble is not messi but its pque . barcelona conceded the first penalty in the first half which was saved but before that counter attack barca faced another counter attack and pique's stupidity was seen evident in that one . valencia tried to release one of the front four behind the barca back four with ball over the top .now when you coach defense it is coached that he shouldnt even head the ball in the middle so that the opposition has a chance . he should either head it wide or try to clear it . pique headed the ball but instead of clearing he headed right in front of the back four . this kind of stupidity is what is costing barca . secondly valverde had a fallout with busquestus .particularly this season and he had dropped him in some matches . the reason i think valverde must be unhappy is that busquestus doesnt maintains his positional discipline and he should be one who should try to stop the counter but he seems to fail in those attempts . valencia's second goal is the prime example of busquestus incompetence and that doesnt gets highlighted which is the main reason why barcelona are struggling .
valecia played the game very nicely . they didnt went chasing and most importantly coquelin who much criticized at arsenal ( for no reason although he is good player ) and kongdobia who flopped at inter played a very good game . they protected their back four very nicely and they moved the ball very nicely . the most worrying thing about barca were not able to stop valencia in the tracks.
on the other note man utd is in the news and they are going to sign bruno fernandes but is he the answer then certainly not . most importantly they should be looking for napoli's allan and zalensky or even emre can or somebody better . last but not the least but if somebody is criticizing fred of man utd then he is stupid. he is only guy in the team who giving the best performance in that team and should be lauded than criticized .
