MY TAKE ON TWO GAMES .

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three good matches were played last week . first was barca against psg while the other two were liverpool derby and the milan derby . the biggest of these matches was the match between barca against psg . psg beat barca by 1-4 and the pundits were calling as to how psg rolled over barca . i have a different take of that match . i think the rubber is still alive only thing that they need a good coach who has good understanding of the tactics and most importantly he needs to change the players that were playing . i think that koeman is under pressure  from barca board to play griezman and dembele . they are utterly hopeless . to be honest barca's decline started 2 or 3 season ago . from the day that they started to play around messi and messi only the team has gone on downward spiral . they just bought players just to show their financial might as well as on clubs past  glories . i really dont know as to why they bought dembele and griezman . both had come from teams of different backgrounds ones that are counter attacking team and then fit into a system that like to play somewhat slow possession football . most importantly if i am to be blunt then they are both technically  and tactically hopeless . kike setien was right and that is why he wasnt starting either of these two . the important factor of barcelona's demise had been messi . messi should had realized that he is not young anymore . although the class is still there he has lost a yard of speed but the accuracy is still there and will always be . for me barca still is in the tie and if they have the heart they can change things around . most importantly he needs to change many a personal from the first match to give his team a chance . i am tired of criticizing pique so wont do that here anymore although i may have since i will explaining the play . 

the most important game this was the milan derby . inter beat milan comfortably . they were just unstoppable on the counter attack and there were reasons for that . inter started the game with their pet 3-5-2 formation while milan started the game with 4-2-3-1 formation . to be honest i think peoli just didnt thought about inter's threat nor did he do anything to try to shore up his defense . he was clearly watching that both his centre backs were struggling against inter's forward . nor did he tried to change things neither he tried to pass suggesstions as to how his centre backs can deal or should deal with inter's forward . 

in this match lukaku was unstoppable . in the past lukaku had struggled whenever defenders had closed him down and denied him time and space on the ball . his first touch is not his most bankable quality . he struggle with close control when somebody just gets physical with and will show heart to compete with him . it is because of this struggle that he had to leave man utd and come to inter . even i had heard that conte too was very upset with lukaku . earlier he had been used very upfield and had been used as a target man and the team had tried to play off him . he struggle in those aerial duels . even he is a big man he still lacks that clean first touch making it easier for the defender to snatch the possession of him . the other thing was that he was playing way too upfield in his earlier matches and going for aerial duels . here i think conte changed the things and this may be due to his performance in the napoli game . lukaku reminds be somewhat of heskey who was too wasnt that good in the air but was very good on the floor but coaches never  ever created that kind of play for him or played him that way so that they can get the best out of him . here he was allowed to come deep and most importantly he took positions as such where on he was able to receive balls at his feet rather than on his chest or head . the other thing that helped  lukaku was ramaniogli's reluctance to involve in physical duel with lukaku . for the first goal lukaku just out paced the milan defender and that created a fear in his mind and he started to back off him . what kind of defender is he who is afraid of physical duel . no defender has always won the physical duel but for that he doesnt needs to back off . the ac milan defender just gave lukaku time and space on the ball and actually giving the opposition to continue with their counter attack and beat the hell out of them . the score line just doesnt do justice to inter's dominance because they could had scored on every counter had they had some sense in them . 

untill now serie a  was considered the most technical best league . but lately it has lowered its standards . the players are not upto the standards . about the game i dont understand milan's tactics as to what they were trying to play in the first half . they had ibramovic in the centre . what were they trying to do trying to play from one flank to another and in trying to do so loose the possession . most importantly what milan was trying to do was play slow trying to draw out inter out of position and then play the ball which is hazardous because in doing so the opposItion can read you play and can close you down . i really dont understand pieoli's  team selection and his tactics . at the very first play he should had made changes to his structure to give his defenders some support to deal with inter's rampaging forwards . most importantly i dont understand tonali's selection who just look a pedestrian in a high speed game .  i think the ac milan coach needs to have a clear view of his tactics or his job is on the line . 

barcelona started the game with 4-3-3 as too psg . psg was happy to sit back and absorb the pressure and then hit barca on the counter attack . as i had said that barca's all offense revolves around messi . if messi comes deep then i think nowadays the team just gets relaxed since they know that there in nobody upfront who can give them headache . the one thing that koeman can do is that he can ask messi not to drop deep . he just needs to play on the shoulder of the last defender or just off him but not bother to come deep and help in moving the ball upfield . the second thing is try playing griezman and dembele off messi or just close to messi . even in this match in the first half they combined very well on one or two occasions which is a good sign . for me this barcelona team is playing way too wide . they should just narrow down and play one touch football . if possible should play somebody in place of dembele and pique . the tie is still not dead but if he doesnt changes his personal then i think that koeman's job is on the line .