SamBlue
Well-Known Member
Five at the back against us really became the problem Pep is struggling with. Whether it's 5-4-1 or 5-3-2 doesn't matter. We started so well, but as soon as they settled we ground to halt. This is almost a carbon copy of Porto game, we just need something to break the pattern, to unsettle them a bit, a free kick, a piece of extraordinary individual play, whatever.
Pelegrini had an excellent tactics for this playing triangles on either corner of the box where after overloading the defence the ball could go either to Edin in the box, or to the edge of the box for somebody to shoot. Pep's tactic is completely different and ineffectual for this reason. He needs another body at the edge of their box, we need to go through middle. And we need Mahrez, Bernardo, Raheeem, anybody, to do some dribbling and shooting, otherwise we are stuck. There is a very little chance you score from 4-5 shots per half. that is not a winning tactics. On the top of that, we are 1:0 down, so mental strength plays a big part now, let see what we are made of.
Pelegrini had an excellent tactics for this playing triangles on either corner of the box where after overloading the defence the ball could go either to Edin in the box, or to the edge of the box for somebody to shoot. Pep's tactic is completely different and ineffectual for this reason. He needs another body at the edge of their box, we need to go through middle. And we need Mahrez, Bernardo, Raheeem, anybody, to do some dribbling and shooting, otherwise we are stuck. There is a very little chance you score from 4-5 shots per half. that is not a winning tactics. On the top of that, we are 1:0 down, so mental strength plays a big part now, let see what we are made of.