Well from my personal point of view, i see an anti-barca trend taking place. The fast counter attack football is coming up. A lot of teams tried to immitate the possesion game of Barca but not many (if at all) were successfull. This possesion game requires a very fine kind of player, not so much physically but mentally. Players who understand what they are doing and who know what could come when they play this or another pass. You can not play possesion football when you dont know how to react once you lost the ball and most teams who tried this tactics still dont know how to react when they lose the ball and how to organize when they have to play without the ball.
Chelsea and some other teams had some success against Barca by playing a strict and organized defense and swarming the open field after winning the ball. I am seeing more and more teams playing out this card against technically and offensively superior teams.
Chelsea and some other teams had some success against Barca by playing a strict and organized defense and swarming the open field after winning the ball. I am seeing more and more teams playing out this card against technically and offensively superior teams.
depends...you can win one-off games, but you won't win on a regular basis. Barca had in the 2 games against Chelsea more chances than in all previous games against Chelsea put together, but failed to score. Add to it that they were missing half of their defense.
The only way to play against teams who play on possession is obviously to counterattack but defensive/counterattacking teams won't have the long success in league competitions, but will only work in cupgames.
The only way to play against teams who play on possession is obviously to counterattack but defensive/counterattacking teams won't have the long success in league competitions, but will only work in cupgames.
The world is years behind the true end-of-all trends which is currently played at a very high level by teams of the Iranian Pro League and Iran's national team. This trend cannot be played by teams whose first and foremost priority is to win or to score. Such teams always come up short when it truly matters (ie. LG cup and the mighty Velayat Cup).
The idea behind this tactic is very simple; Bore the opponent to death.
Due to the US sanctions, top teams like Barcelona, Man United, Madrid and Juventus have had a tough time establishing business connections that would enable them to get familiarized with this genius tactic.
Carlos Quiroz is the only A-level manager who has had in-person exposure. It's predicted that he will be Fifa's key to bringing the next generation of tactical trends to Europe and South America where football is believed to be on the verge of becoming 'too predictable'.
The idea behind this tactic is very simple; Bore the opponent to death.
Due to the US sanctions, top teams like Barcelona, Man United, Madrid and Juventus have had a tough time establishing business connections that would enable them to get familiarized with this genius tactic.
Carlos Quiroz is the only A-level manager who has had in-person exposure. It's predicted that he will be Fifa's key to bringing the next generation of tactical trends to Europe and South America where football is believed to be on the verge of becoming 'too predictable'.
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I think the trend is more possession based football if you look around Europe but there are different flavours of it. But while such a trend is taking place, I think using Barca as a model for success is a bit troublesome. A lot of the best possession-concerned teams in the EPL are inconsistent scorers and you can say the same for Spain. Whilst it'll shore up the team defensively and give them the upper hand in the game; not every team has a Messi to score at that rate. I think if Barca replaced Messi with Falcao, even, that their record would suffer enough to make them come back to the pack with the other top echelon clubs. As it is, they're a step ahead.
I think the trend is more possession based football if you look around Europe but there are different flavours of it. But while such a trend is taking place, I think using Barca as a model for success is a bit troublesome. A lot of the best possession-concerned teams in the EPL are inconsistent scorers and you can say the same for Spain. Whilst it'll shore up the team defensively and give them the upper hand in the game; not every team has a Messi to score at that rate. I think if Barca replaced Messi with Falcao, even, that their record would suffer enough to make them come back to the pack with the other top echelon clubs. As it is, they're a step ahead.
Well Chelsea, Juventus and back then Inter used to win alot of cups with defensive football. Btw, i differ between defensive approach and counterattacking football. A counterattacking football can be very exciting and fast aslong as you are really willing to contribute to the game and make it an exciting event. Mönchengladbach in the 70s used to play a very strict and complete counterattacking football but hell they were fast and furious! You loved to watch them play and destroy so many good teams not ony on national but also on international stages. They were - unlike alot of successfull yet boring and unexciting italian teams- not a defensive team but a team that played a perfect and fast counterattacking football on purpose.
The thing is, this Barca style is not born over night to be immitated by others just like that. For over a decade they have taught even the youngest of their youth footballers more or less the same kind of football their pro teams play since Cruyff. They even select and recruit their youth players based on the skill sets they need later on their pro teams. They have developed a very unique and wonderfull kind of sportive hegemony inwhich their goals and even the way those goals should be achieved are very defined. This is why the basically dont need -and dont want- a coach to come and overhaul the whole system by implying his own will on the whole organization. They bring in coaches who are willing to go the Barca way and not the other way around. This is their terrain, this is their game and they are successfull because this system is an integral part of the whole organization. The other teams do rely on a single coach who comes and like to play this system so they try it a little bit and once the coach leaves the club, another one comes in and has a completely different view of football and how it should be played and they let them do. So most other teams bascially do have to rebuild again and again while Barca are just reloading as the fundaments seem to be untouchable.
The thing is, this Barca style is not born over night to be immitated by others just like that. For over a decade they have taught even the youngest of their youth footballers more or less the same kind of football their pro teams play since Cruyff. They even select and recruit their youth players based on the skill sets they need later on their pro teams. They have developed a very unique and wonderfull kind of sportive hegemony inwhich their goals and even the way those goals should be achieved are very defined. This is why the basically dont need -and dont want- a coach to come and overhaul the whole system by implying his own will on the whole organization. They bring in coaches who are willing to go the Barca way and not the other way around. This is their terrain, this is their game and they are successfull because this system is an integral part of the whole organization. The other teams do rely on a single coach who comes and like to play this system so they try it a little bit and once the coach leaves the club, another one comes in and has a completely different view of football and how it should be played and they let them do. So most other teams bascially do have to rebuild again and again while Barca are just reloading as the fundaments seem to be untouchable.
No argument there, and possession is used as a form of defense sometimes. The point is not necessarily about offensive or defensive football but rather that certain trends, possession and pressing high up, seem to be winning. Whether the football is offensive or defensive in the end depends on the players on the pitch and their roles.
Yes...but essentially one hit wonders.
Yes...but essentially one hit wonders.
Definitely one-hit wonders. Not many teams win major competitions.
But the point is that they did it and they continue to win the odd game in exactly the same fashion. The way they have qualified for the last few big tournaments is exactly using the same tactics. They even played like that against Latvia!
But the point is that they did it and they continue to win the odd game in exactly the same fashion. The way they have qualified for the last few big tournaments is exactly using the same tactics. They even played like that against Latvia!
That is the fundamental difference when it comes to Barca and almost any other club out there. Barca should be a model for world football and honestly I see it as a school of thought. There are certain fundamental aspects that are followed by all and you see a strict dedication and discipline when it comes to their whole approach. Their coached changed and as if nothing has happened and the great performance just goes on. I think if other teams put this much planning and preparation into their systems to fine tune a certain school of football it will make competition reach greater heights.