by FCB&Paulaner » Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:18 pm
The only thing that worries me is the defense, or the system we are using is exposing it badly. Against Barca for.ex we would be like 3 or 4 down for sure and that is enough to say bye bye to an entire season, in just a couple of errors. Yeah, you can play great for 80 mins, and then get hammered in 5 mins, it doesn't matter, the result does. I don't know what is wrong, or why this is isn't yet fixed. At the end play however you like, defense will win you trophies. And the other way round. Since 2010 this has been the case.
1. Final vs. Inter, two amateurish defensive errors and two goals. Easily, very easily avoidable. The entire 2010 run in CL was due to a crazy, passionate attacking football mixed with a horror defensive show. We just managed to score more than we gave away. Each game was like going from a heart attacking mode into ecstasy. Both games against ManU and the away game vs Fiorentina. I read a stat that 80% of the goals we conceded in 2010 were a merit of the duo Demichelis-DVB. In the final Ribery out, not scoring but conceding as usual and game over. No brains there, Mou knew that what he needed was to defend well, and counter, and the goals will just happen as usual. Proved an easy game plan. The second goal that Milito scored was such horrible, when he tried that simple trick to dribble, and even wanted to do a skilled finish ala Messi which still didn't work, but he scored. It was like looking a tuned up fiat with a f..d up handling overcoming a limousine past due its service. No offence to DVB, I liked him, but still...however. the Morale --DEFENSE--
2. Final vs. Chelsea. Although we missed a few key players, were clueless in front of the goal, and JH goes and replaces Muller, gets the team back and gives Chelsea the only chance in the game, still conceding from a corner in that way. Pity. so again, defense.
3. Semi 2014 vs Madrid. No comment here. Been said 1000 times. Now we enter Pep era. Which means better defenders, horrible system.
4. Against Barca 2015. Same as above.
5. Same against Wolfsburg.
I know that if you play perfect football, bla bla you win, someone will always make mistakes, etc. True, but errors do happen and should happen occasionally, not become a trend in defining games. And they will be exposed against quality opposition. In CL two or three teams will kill us like hopeless puppies, if we don't do smth this season. The only time from 2010 we had a balanced system was in 2013, and we know how the story ended. Pep should find that balance in his system if he wants the CL, it looks like he is not yet finding the medicine, and he is running a bit out of time. But that is FCB's Achilles heel and two years down the road now that is no longer a secret and more teams will prepare against it, and we might be risking to be very predictable, and easy to be dealt with. let's hope it won't happen...