The last Champions League and with
two goals scored from a standing position, highlighted an old problem for
Barcelona, the back line.
Defense has been always a big problem
for Barcelona and the arrival of Luis Enrique does not seem to have changed
anything, not been able to score from corners of free-kicks but allowing a lot
from them in the other side.
Even after not scoring any goal
during this season, they looked vulnerable from dead balls and PSG scored twice
from these situations, with a free-kick conceded by Dani Alves which allowed
David Luiz, marked by Mascherano, to control de ball and send it to the right
corner of the net.
The second came from a corner, with Ivan Rakitic having to
mark several PSG men and with an error from ted Stegen, left an easy task for
marco Verratti to just head to ball to the empty net.
Mascherano and Mathieu are in good
form, but with Mascherano build making them more vulnerable to this type of
situations against much more robust players that he faces.
And if Barcelona
cannot block this situations, at least the should try to conceive as few as
possible near their area.
The absence of Gerard Pique after
scoring a goal against APOEL in the last Champions League game was noted, and
his physical presence was much needed during all the match.
Barcelona can learn a lot from the
last La Liga champion,
Atletico Madrid, which are known for their tactics in
this kind of situations when attacking, with Messi and Rakitic been very good
delivering from a dead-ball, Mathieu and his mates need to watch what the
Atletico back line is doing well.
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