Nobody seems to be able to put their finger on the reasons
for the recent slump in form suffered by FC Barcelona, but everyone
concerned with the club knows that it needs to be put right quickly.
Three poor games have seen Barca crash out of the Spanish cup and leave
themselves with a 2-0 deficit to overcome in the Champions League.
The players and coach have arranged an informal meeting in a restaurant outside Barcelona to discuss things in the hope to rekindle the scintillating form that has deserted them at the worst possible time. They will forgo the double training session for this meeting, which I think is a good idea and hopefully it will work.
Football writers are claiming that, all of a sudden, teams have worked out how to play against the Barcelona system, but that is ridiculous. Teams have tried the exact same tactics before and got nowhere, or simply got lucky, like Chelsea. Barca have not been at their normal level, whether it is through tiredness, complacency or something else.
We know that Barca are perfectly capable of beating AC Milan by more than two goals, as long as they are playing well. I don’t think the tactics need changing, but somehow the approach is wrong. There is a theory that the players are lacking the direction previously given to them by Tito Vilanova or Pep Guardiola, and that seems the most likely explanation. If so, there is nothing that can be done until the coach returns from his cancer treatment in America, and Barca may have to wait until next year to win the fifth European cup.
The players and coach have arranged an informal meeting in a restaurant outside Barcelona to discuss things in the hope to rekindle the scintillating form that has deserted them at the worst possible time. They will forgo the double training session for this meeting, which I think is a good idea and hopefully it will work.
Football writers are claiming that, all of a sudden, teams have worked out how to play against the Barcelona system, but that is ridiculous. Teams have tried the exact same tactics before and got nowhere, or simply got lucky, like Chelsea. Barca have not been at their normal level, whether it is through tiredness, complacency or something else.
We know that Barca are perfectly capable of beating AC Milan by more than two goals, as long as they are playing well. I don’t think the tactics need changing, but somehow the approach is wrong. There is a theory that the players are lacking the direction previously given to them by Tito Vilanova or Pep Guardiola, and that seems the most likely explanation. If so, there is nothing that can be done until the coach returns from his cancer treatment in America, and Barca may have to wait until next year to win the fifth European cup.
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