FC BarcelonaTOMessi insists that the game and the performance do not give them to win the Champions
“I never doubted the template we haveand I have no doubt that you can win all that remains, but not by playing in this way that we have been doing. I was lucky to play theChampionsevery year and I know that it is not possible to win it by playing as we have been playing “, he commented on ThursdayMessiinSport. The notice is clear and forceful. The captain was blunt with the game and performance of the azulgranas, who are not yet at the expected level, also due to the stands, nor to that required to become champions ofEurope.
SetinHe promised the day of his presentation good football. “I only guarantee that my team will play well, that is the best path to victory,” he said. In fact, he even claimed a few days later that the game had recently lost the Barça DNA that he wanted to recover. “TheBarahe was distancing himself from his original idea, “he commented. But months later, the Centabro technician has not been able to print the game philosophy he sought.MessiIt has been the clearest has told him, although the stands have already shown their disagreement in some match with whistles.
SetinHe has tried to get his block to recover the ball on the opposite field, to press high, to avoid counterattacks, to have depth, mobility, touch and goal. That hisBara, in short, be recognizable and identified with the philosophy ofCruyffand his disciples. But it is costing him more than expected and is one of the challenges ahead when the competition resumes.
The Centabro has been changing the system depending on the available men and the rival. The most used have been 4-3-3, 3-5-2 and 4-4-2. But the drawing has not involved major changes in terms of game and results.SetinHe has led 12 games with a balance of eight wins, three losses and one draw. Of the wins, six have been at a minimum. Removed from theCup, they are leaders inThe league, but followed only two points from theReal Madrid. And in theChampions lIt is time to play the return match against himNaples, which empathized inItalyto one.Messihas warned and asks for more demand. He does not see it clearly, not because of the level of the squad but because of the game. And after the last setbacks, this year he wants to lift the continental title.Made a promise and keeps it.
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