Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick has earned loads of plaudits for his daring fashion of play, however not everybody on the membership has been completely satisfied by the German head coach’s techniques since his arrival final summer time.
Barcelona’s uber attacking strategy has seen them turn into Europe’s high scorers throughout all competitions, and whereas they’ve struggled defensively at instances, they’ve been in a position to counteract this by outscoring their opposition.
However they have been unable to take action in a single match earlier this 12 months, that being the 4-4 draw within the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final towards Atletico Madrid – though it mattered little ultimately as Barcelona progressed to the ultimate after successful the return leg on the Metropolitano earlier this week.
There was some criticism of Barcelona’s efficiency within the first leg on the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, and as revealed by Barca Reservat, a few of that got here from sporting director Deco.
Deco was mentioned to be very annoyed after Barcelona’s 4-4 draw towards Atleti, and he questioned the choice of Flick to play in such a daring method in that match. Whereas he’s a fan of the best way that the primary staff performs, he believes that the German supervisor should be capable to adapt in several recreation eventualities towards completely different opposition.
Deco believes that the techniques could be efficient towards 90% of opponents, however Flick ought to think about a distinct setup in these different 10% of fixtures. And maybe he took Deco’s phrases underneath advisement, as Barcelona produced a battling efficiency in Wednesday’s return leg to safe a 1-0 victory courtesy of a primary half purpose from Ferran Torres. The Catalans confirmed a distinct aspect to their recreation on the Metropolitano, proving as soon as once more that Flick is a high supervisor.
The truth that Barcelona can play each methods is sure to set them up properly for the remaining matches of the season.