How to play against Barcelona?

[schfc6]

Attack them with pace & power as has been said.

Give Ya Ya freedom to run at them they will have no answer to that.

Set pieces will present very good opportunities.

Stop the ball between full back and centre half that Alves & Alba thrive on.

Hit them hard and fast. I can see one team destroying the other, just depends who plays best.

5-3 City. 7-7 after the return leg. Through on away goals..,

Easy.

 

[domination]

I don't want to see no pragmatic or defensive approach, I want to see this:

Aguero

Nasri - Silva- Navas

-----Toure--Ferna

kola-lescot--komps--zaba


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PS: Barcelona are losing against Real Vallodid as I write this post.

 

[Brendan110_0]

I don't want to see no pragmatic or defensive approach, I want to see this:

Aguero

Nasri - Silva- Navas

-----Toure--Ferna

kola-lescot--komps--zaba


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PS: Barcelona are losing against Real Vallodid as I write this post.

I'd have Clichy on and Garcia (allows Yaya freedom), sacrifice Navas for this one until he may be needed.

 

[domination]

I don't want to see no pragmatic or defensive approach, I want to see this:

Aguero

Nasri - Silva- Navas

-----Toure--Ferna

kola-lescot--komps--zaba


---

PS: Barcelona are losing against Real Vallodid as I write this post.

I'd have Clichy on and Garcia (allows Yaya freedom), sacrifice Navas for this one until he may be needed.

Don't you remember what Clichy did in the last game ?

Toure in midfield is a gamble, but we are allowed to gamble, we're 2 goals down.

If we are going to throw everything at them, they will do the same, if it's going to be an end to end game, Navas will be imporant.

 

[JacksonJones]

Just ask Valladolid

 

[charliebigspuds]

I don't want to see no pragmatic or defensive approach, I want to see this:

Aguero

Nasri - Silva- Navas

-----Toure--Ferna

kola-lescot--komps--zaba


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PS: Barcelona are losing against Real Vallodid as I write this post.

I think Barca will run rings around Lescott tbh, I've been toying with the idea on whether we could play Zabba next to Komps and Milly or Micah at RB, one from the leftfield I know and I'm NOT saying it should be done, if my wild idea isn't used then I'd go with your starting line-up but maybe put Milly next to Ferna and push Yaya further upfield along Silva & Nasri. I don't think Yaya is sharp enough playing in CM vrs Barca's midfield as they move the ball too quickly.

 

[JustAnotherCityFan]

Full time, they've lost. That will definitely give us a psychological boost, especially if we can beat Wigan tomorrow.

 

[ForzaMancini]

Full time, they've lost. That will definitely give us a psychological boost, especially if we can beat Wigan tomorrow.

Indeed, definitely made me a little more confident

 

[domination]

I don't want to see no pragmatic or defensive approach, I want to see this:

Aguero

Nasri - Silva- Navas

-----Toure--Ferna

kola-lescot--komps--zaba


---

PS: Barcelona are losing against Real Vallodid as I write this post.

I think Barca will run rings around Lescott tbh, I've been toying with the idea on whether we could play Zabba next to Komps and Milly or Micah at RB, one from the leftfield I know and I'm NOT saying it should be done, if my wild idea isn't used then I'd go with your starting line-up but maybe put Milly next to Ferna and push Yaya further upfield along Silva & Nasri. I don't think Yaya is sharp enough playing in CM vrs Barca's midfield as they move the ball too quickly.

Micah or Zaba next to Kompany ? I don't think it's been tried before and I don't think we should in such an important game.

Demichelis would have been ideal, but he's banned.

The way I see it is that we are 2-0 down ... we ought to play as many attack minded players as possible. If we lose, we can say that we gave it a good go.

 

[sam-caddick]

Did anyone read Carraghers interview with Xavi in the MailOnline today, outstanding read I thought and what a man Xavi is, even he can find positives about the English national team, haha.

This is what he said about the City game:

CARRAGHER: You will be defending a 2-0 lead when you face Manchester City in the Champions League this week, but did the way they approached the first leg surprise you?

XAVI: We were expecting they would want to have more of the ball. The way they set up surprised us a little too. They weren’t defensive but they were sitting back.

Pellegrini’s teams normally want the ball and to take the game to the opposition. He normally likes to play football, open up the game down the wings and press high up the pitch. In a way, this time they did neither. They have players for a style more like Barcelona so it was a bit of a surprise.

CARRAGHER: City have clearly been heavily influenced by Barcelona’s success as a club. They have Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain in key positions and the team now play in a certain way that is replicated by its Academy sides. Do you think it is possible for clubs to replicate Barca’s style?

XAVI: Yes, they have players like Yaya Toure, Nasri and now Navas and Negredo who are top-quality footballers who play the game the right way. And Pellegrini is a fantastic coach, with the way in which he wants to play football right from the back.

For example, he has brought in Demichelis. He has been criticised but he can bring the ball out well from the back in order to get the team playing football. He has plenty of good footballers to play a passing game. But it’s another thing when they come up against Barca as we have seven or eight players of our own who hardly ever give the ball away.

We were far too conservative in the home leg and showed them far too much respect, I mean Kolarov over Nasri on the wing just to stop lves bombing on, come on...

We need to get them thinking about how dangerous we can be.

Let's go for it, all blood and thunder with the heart of lions, Sergio and Beast up front with Silva and Nasri dishing the service, Fernandinho holding with Yaya doing box to box (I would ban him from staying deep) and Kolarov at left back.

COME ON CITY, BELIEVE.


Here is the interview:
<a class="postlink" href="http://w...ilymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... usive.html</a>