Barcelona. Luis Enrique moved around in the tombola which is Barcelona’s starting eleven and it became dividends in several places in yesterday’s Champions League lottery.
But when it was all over had the Catalans demonstrated that it is not dependent on chance to win.
PSG is state the opposite – now they need luck to European adventure will continue this spring.
Luis Enrique has been practicing Barcelona in a little over half a year and moved around so much he dried in the starting line-up since. Yesterday he made his probably boldest moves so far and lined up a so unorthodox eleven that long was unclear if there was one eleven at all. But yes, there were three defenders, striker Pedro as a substitute in a four- or five-man midfield, depending on how you chose to read him, and fighters as Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitic and Xavi Hernandez on the bench.
Laurent Blanc reasoning was different and exhibited eleven just waited players on the field.
PSG’s coach had explained that the focus would be on to defend against Barcelona, a draw was enough after all to PSG would be on as the group one . But more than anything let Laurent Blanc’s tactics as light smoke screens. You can not go to Catalonia and just beat off the ball, it has only Jose Mourinho’s Inter succeeded in modern times and it’s too bad statistical evidence to support themselves against.
But yes. After five minutes, it became very clear. PSG could not move the ball if it came their way. And that’s not Barcelona a team that directly tend to oppose.
Gesture of discomfort
You shall always have more ball than the opponent, is notoriously one of the club’s ten commandments and you do not need to look far in the Catalan Catechism to understand the morality behind.
It was in those circumstances that Zlatan Ibrahimovic without warning drew 1-0 goal for the visitors, after some good work by Lucas and Matuidi. Ibrahimovic has been back a few times in the stadium where he spent accident 2009/10 season, but it was not until last night he got to score here on his old teammates. And a little while knobs throughout the Camp Nou on itself in a collective gesture of discomfort. A few minutes later, trustworthy Leo Messi leveled and Ibrahimovic disappeared into oblivion shadows of the mighty Camp Nou again.
Barcelona is a team you can be upset if you take the lead against them, but they are often very difficult to stop when they received little feeling forward.
Suarez struck after six months of anticipation
It was exactly what Neymar suffered shortly before the break and ran upon Salvatore Sirigu on their own. 2-1 on a hard well-placed shot from the Brazilian sensitive feet. Solo Sprig yes!
And maybe Paris had been able to invite countermeasures again, it was enough after all with a goal to win the group, but more than that the air had gone out of the guests had the plug exited the home team.
What happened next may seem to be of an academic nature for the playoff tree in the Champions League. But after six months of waiting, where he spent about half the time out of the squad for disciplinary reasons, got Luis Suárez, the man who “came to scoring goals” finally pushing it with a decisive bowl in a decisive battle for Barcelona.
He has worked and toiled and opened space for others and, and here I apologize in advance, bitten together when scoring failed to materialize.
Nothing to be ashamed of
Now PSG group runner-up before the fourth round and they should not really be depressed so much of it. Sure, you lose the advantage of playing the return match at home, but besides some real giants are also some decent lightweights in the first seeding group. While you can get Real Madrid in the next step, but also FC Porto or bundesliga weak Borussia Dortmund in the draw on Monday.
The PSG need to ask for more than ever is a bit of luck. There is nothing to be ashamed of.
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