Sentences with phrase «barca midfield play»

I haven't seen a Barca midfield play as many loose balls as this one does.

Not exact matches

I think Cesc in the wing is also much better than ozil in the wings, can also play box to box or CAM can tackle put his body in the game, score goals from many angles and above all Cesc is an arsenal graduate we all remember how Cesc made our midfield so dominant in many games, we remember how he was during our barca game till he got injured lets not forget le capitan.
That Barca side is a special one, it's the perfect team with the perfect personnel to play his style, and I don't see any side ever having that kind of midfield with someone like Messi again.
The three Barca boys in question, according to a Metro report, are the Turkey international Arda Turan, the Spanish midfielder Denis Suarez and Rafinha, the brother of the Bayern Munich star Thiago who plays for Spain now while Rafinha chose the country of their birth, Brazil.
bsides it wasn't only strikers we lacked... wat of defensive midfielders????? wat rili pisses me off is dat sim1 like kondongbia went for $ 35m (less than # 25m and we refused to bid???? must he b playing for Madrid ir barca b4 we r in d running or r Madrid / barca players specially designed by God.....
The Barca youth player, who plays as a defensive midfielder, has established himself as a key figure in a Barca side featuring world class players such as Xavi, Iniesta and Lionel Messi.
My faith in the Coq relies on his willingness to play like a defensive midfielder and not like Song before he went to Barca.
While Barca may be blessed with three outstanding attackers and fairly good midfielders there defensive line constantly make errors, which are not capitalised on by their opponents in spain, it will be a rather different situation playing against arsenal.
Seeing how barca play a classic 4 -3-3, I can only assume he will play as a winger and not in the midfield 3 but I'm just speculating
Rotate him and the Coq and play them together if you want to boss / nullify the midfield against the big boys who have a potent strike force (I.e Barca).
let me state this clear.we will beat real Madrid hands down if we played d way we played Bayern on d first leg and how we played manure in d league.if we have especially carzola, coq & ozil on their a game nobody in reals midfield can stop and hold d ball d way we'll do.intact our main team comprising bells, monreal, kos even per, and den Sanchez walcot and of course our handsome giroud.common dis guys will beat any team except DAT surreal barca
At the moment, the youngster is playing as a defensive midfielder in the Barca B team, so I'm sure that Wenger will be keeping a close eye on him and whether he gets a chance in the first team.
Arsenal are seriously looking at Grzegorz Krychowiak but Arsene Wenger doesn't want to pay the price he fees coq can do the job & what if coq gets injured wenger must sign krycohwaik The Poland midfielder played the entire 120 minutes against barca, despite rib injury
Secondly, Walcott has made it clear over the last few years that he only wants to play as central striker, so surely he wouldn't want to move to be put back into midfield even if Barca came calling.
OK since we are back to being positive minded cules, I must say I for one am in complete support of valverde, The man has players like paulinho, denis, rakitic, etc in fact almost all the players bar lamasia players and few signings are suited to the direct style of play where midfielders are by Stander's, paulinho is useless in possession he is perfect for wreaking havoc but not good to play in a Barca midfield.
We may have been raped in the SF, You all forget what was, said since last season, everyone agreed the midfield was poor, and the summer didn't help and we braced our selves for the worst, now we have made history perhaps with poor football but the problems never left, some people say «we lost to fucking Roma» I doubt you all understand what it means to have the players you need and want, eusebio di Francesco has what is needed to play HIS football, lucho signed poor midfielders BUT they were required for his FOOTBALL not in any way the Barca way (he played attacking and entertaining but it's sad to see no one wanted to acknowledge that those signings weren't right, He got figured out and left like a man with BALLS Valverde restored positional play and brought emphasis to the midfield but he lacks the MF to do it.
Lucho was great he entertained us and I greatly miss him but he played how he knew, albeit without Barca style midfielders, But ev returned emphasis to the midfield he also needs his players, am I insinuating The midfield is poor, No way!!
A 4 -3-3 system is favoured by Barca, Real Madrid and Man City and Bayern, the top four teams in Europe.It suits the attacking philosophy of Arsene Wenger which is to his credit.Unfortunately we do not have the top quality defenders these teams have nor a dominant DM.Nevertheless it is the best system for our current team which is top heavy in attacking midfielders hence the need to play Ozil and Mik in wide positions.In my opinion the most balanced central midfield would consist of Elneny, Ramsay and Wilshere.Elneny was first class against Watford yet was left out against an average Milan side to accommodate the ever present Xhaka who will no doubt feature against CSK.
Yea Barcelona are beatable and they will get beat and yes they have a world class attack but so dose others its all about the game plan you block the midfield and man mark you minimize the lose Arsenal were sloppy for a goal and the first goal was offside the attack started buy playing the ball out wide that very insistent he was offside but play was moved back in the middle and then the goal came i remember their manager was laughing and pointed it out to his assistance I was looking for replays to double check but cant find any I am looking forward for barca loosing just so i get back onto their supporters
top midfield a work collectively need 3 in tandem... Barca with 10 men were unbelievably good tonight with iniesta rakatic ans some kid id never heard of playing off each other and feeding messi....
An all - time midfield great, Barcelona star Xavi is no surprise in this best XI, having shown himself to be a key player in Guardiola's style of play at Barca.
Meets should not play against Barca and i mean it and please Arsene please Flamini is not a defensive midfielder.
Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield
Moreover, bayern has a better midfield than Barca and a better goal keeper, so if we play with speed / counter attacks we can hurt them badly.
Also i know Messi wasnt played as main striker for a fair few seasons as he looked more a midfielder until barca came up with that false nine role.
A draw would be a perfectly good result for Madrid and I think we can see that with the starting line up Zidane has picked for today, with Kovacevic alongside Modric in the centre of midfield to add plenty of strength and make it difficult for Barca to play their usual fluent style of football.
The midfielder could yet add to his trophy cabinet in Barca's three remaining fixtures — with a Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao and a Champions League final versus Juventus still to be played.
The midfielder, son of former Barca goalkeeper Carles, has played a pivotal part in his side's success since 2008, yet much of his work goes unnoticed in the centre of the park for the Blaugrana.
This Barca side always play a 3 man attacking midfield.
But a tactical change could see him dominate Barca's midfield for long and his natural understanding with Messi (they have been playing together for ages) would make Barca's attack really dangerous once again.
The Cameroonian midfielder has played 10 games for Barca in La Liga, but the feeling is that he has not fitted into the system as well as hoped.
The 33 - year - old Argentina international, who played both in midfield and defence for Barca after arriving from Liverpool in 2010, will officially move to the Chinese Super League club on Friday.
Barca's first statement on Tuesday read: «Although he was originally signed as a defensive midfielder, he was used at centre - back to cover for the many injuries in that area of the pitch and did such a good job that he would go on to play just as often in that position as he did in the middle of the park.
We all knew from when Pique was playing full games with a hurt knee, from the lack of resting our key players, the poor decision to start Roberto at midfield (him and Semedo do not look as good as Semedo and Dembele), we knew as the game progressed how tired and low energy Barca appeared.
Barca heartache Roma Defeat Could Be My Last UCL Game for veteran midfielder Andres Iniesta revealing he might have played his last Champions League match after Barcelona sensationally crashed out in the quarter - finals at the hands of Roma.
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