MY TAKE ON THE BAYERN MUNICH VS ATH MAD GAME .

 bayern munich played ath mad in the ucl . this is the first game in the group so everybody wants to make an impression . bayern  started the game with their usual 4-2-3-1 formation while ath mad as always play a 4-4-2 or 4-6 combo . first off this was luis suareaz's first game for ath mad in the ucl . messi had made his disgust known public about the way suarez was hauled off at barca . this was the game where on suarez needed to show the kind of player he is . first off form is temporary and class is permanent . class is not limited to the age it will always be there . suarez failed to redeem himself . sometimes a striker can misfire in a game but his game knowledge and his ability on the ball is always there . first off suarez's positional knowledge is poor as a striker you should know as to where the ball can come or where the pass can be played . you should know as to how much time you have on the ball and whether you need to pass the ball or you can shoot . secondly his passing ability is absolutely hopeless . he should realize that he is top man on the pitch and any loose pass from his or loose play from his will result in his team loosing the possession or getting crammed and that may result in loss of possession or the move may have to reset . he was absolutely hopeless . offside countless time . he should remember that they play a counter attacking system and the ball comes very quickly to him that he may want to that he would anticipate . most importantly good strikers create chances for themselves . they know how to read a position and they try to position themselves that the ball can be crossed to them or that they can receive the ball . 

the game started the very much anticipated notes . ath mad would sit back and try to absorb the attack and then hit bayern on the counter . most of the ath mad attacks were from the left side because both carrasco  and lodi are good dribblers and have good pace . the game had the usual notion about it with bayern pressing and ath mad hitting on the counter attack . i think that when simeone looks at the game and analyses it he would say that at time they would play theball just because the move needed to be moved forward while at times it would had been better to hold off the ball and play it around and try something different . ath mad just tried to play forward football trying to take advantage of bayern munich players caught upfield . 

suarez's position in the box for carrasco's cross . he cannot expect the ball to ball to come to him when they are so deep and the back four and goalkeeper would just let it roll .

he needs to here in the box trying to be as close to pass as possible .

this post is mainly about what suarez should had done and what he lacked . he was poor in positional approach his link up play as well as his finishing . a player of suarez's experience should really have a great knowledge about the positional aspect of the game . the one moment that i particularly wanted to point is when carrasco had the ball and he was giving a hard time to pavard , muller and kimmich . he was very good . had suarez got his positional sense right then both of them could had made the difference for ath mad . for this i have made the diagrams . when the ball the comes in to box the back four tries to get to the ball and tries to get the possession back or just clear it . they cannot let the ball get rolled over in the box and expect the ball to go out of play . they have to be the first to the ball when it is in their zone . the thing is that when the ball is crossed in the box the striker needs to make himself available so that the ball reaches him . he needs to calculate as to where the ball can reach him . secondly at times he is the ones who needs to engage the back four so that the others can find the space in the box . he has to calculate at every moment of the game . he cannot think that the ball will evade defenders and reach him because the defenders too are thinking like him . they too are thinking as to where the danger is and from where the ball can be crossed and how they can reach there first or at least try stop  the cross . suarez for me was hopeless in his positioning and finishing and it would be better for siemeone if plays somebody other .