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calculator123:
Answer na.

I will, when we play Arthur, Rakitic and Busquets, we play a high pressing possession game, where the full backs attack very high, Messi and Rakitic play chipped passes to Alba and Rakitic respectively or Messi, Suarez and Coutinho try to exchange swift one two passes to create space between defensive lines. Alba and Roberto don't cross high balls rather lay on cut backs or ground crosses for a late running midfielder usually Rakitic. We rarely shoot from range cos most defenses are packed and as such shots are blocked. Arthur and Busi are composed in possession so we usually use possession to stifle opponents while Messi and Rakitic look for runs behind defense lines by Coutinho, Alba or Suarez.
Suarez often drops into midfield and with his passing can create space for Messi behind him to run into the space left by a CB trying to mark Suarez.
By 2nd half, we switch to counters, possessing involves high and fast pressing and requires a lot of strength and intelligent marking, but its energy sapping, so 2nd half Vidal and Dembele are brought on, Vidal to win the ball and pass to either Messi, Busquets or Rakitic who are very good at hold up play and can allow runners in. Dembele's pace will stretch any defense since he and Coutinho have very different styles so what works in marking Coutinho won't work in marking Dembele, Dembele is also very unpredictable and is very good with both feet offering a very different option in attack. Also Pique plays more long balls forward to initiate such counters allowing us to still protect leads while trying to score more goals.
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This is a brief summary of Valverde's game plan

GloryIsaac:
Just imagine the nonsense. Giving us tough teams in both UCL and FA Cup since the first round.

oh so we are tough? So Barca is tough? Hehehehe, devil punished una, you will all end up supporting Juventus. Its una way

MobileGees:
I don't know why you guys are afraid of Barca

Barca is out of form, there ls a very good chance we will beat this Barca apart from Messi there's nothing special about this Barca team

I was silently hoping for this draw

GGMU

hehehehe, we are out of form yet we are 1st in La Liga and have the highest goal scorer in La Liga, Europe and in UCL this season. Man utd in form but 5th in EPL, with no player in top 5 highest goal scorers in EPL... I love how out of form Barca is

ucsquare:
bad luck when it comes to draws..but we keep on believing..

oh so you know its badluck? Devil don punish you and your club. The bad luck is just starting, you ain't seen nothing yet

We already know who Man utd's best player will be, De Gea...

Lukaku vs Pique, Rashford vs Lenglet, Pogba vs Rakitic, Matic vs Busquets, Coutinho vs Young... Messi vs nobodies

calculator123:
They played counter attacks with pact wingers like Bale and Marcelo with Ronaldo being the point man for a cross. Can you now tell us EV playing pattern?

do you watch Barcelona matches and seriously ask this question? Dude!!

mcdreeezy:
I don't know if it's Valverde that tells them to play conservative after scoring two goals or winning with a two-goal margin. If this is how it's going to be, then we should forget about the UCL.

For a whole 15mins, Lyon were dominating proceedings. If it were to be a superior team, they'd have scored two or three.

Now we're in the quarterfinals. The same quarterfinals we've failed to qualify from for the past 3yrs. TBH I'm still not convinced about anything until we break that quarterfinal jinx and get to the semifinals.

you want us to play like Man city, but we are not Man city, didn't you see that Busquets and Arthur were obviously struggling with Lyon's midfield in the 2nd half? don't you know that our defense always struggles with counters? the way Lyon scored rarely happens, scoring from an aerial ball, but you won't know. This was a DOMINATING display, even under Enrique we played like this, score early, get an advantage and then sit back and hit on counters, why do you think that since the turn of the year we have conceded few goals? You think that Lyon came to play golf so we should have 92% ball possession? Even Man city after some time sit back and start hitting the opposition with well executed counters. Are the players complaining? Why are some of you so pessimistic?

anonymous1759:
Don't cry when he throws away 4 goal lead like he did against Roma all in the name of defending. Just like athletico did yesterday..

you really have an unfortunate way of viewing matches, well have a nice life

calculator123:
Glad we won even though I was among the doubters. I really wonder why we get destabilized the moment we concede a goal. We just begin to make avoidable mistakes.
I am more happy for NEPA Striker who turned on today. I just want him to be consistent as that's what matters most. Roberto wasn't solid, his wing was the threat vector for Lyon glad they weren't able to convert their chances else the story would have been different

Suarez did very well in the 1st half, he and Coutinho. In fact this is Coutinho's best match in two months. I wish Suarez scored sha, but if he keeps turning performances like this, no wahala

FergieRaww:
Hahahaha c’mon grow up kid or you start taking lessons in chelsea’s thread on how to troll

But come to think of it, you’re definitely a daft student

ahh he is a student, eiya don't worry, this year is your year... Just put the same effort you use in trolling, you may finally get admission. MAY...

Eruditor:
People don't realize that tap-ins signify tactics worked. Every coach wants to maximize their chance(s) of scoring by creating as many chances that can be tap-ins.

exactly, his problem is that Coutinho scored tap in, if Coutinho had missed it, the story would have been very different

anonymous1759:
I'm a real Barca fan, what happened in Roma almost happened today. Didn't you see the juve and mancity attached yesterday That's how barca used to play. This coach is killing Barca... A better team like Liverpool, Mancity or juve with a better attack would have equalized.

ok, the same Juventus that Athletico beat last week? The same Liverpool that are winning their 1st away match in 6 or 7 attempts, the Man city that couldn't beat Lyon?? Abeg leave Valverde for me like that, I like him like that, go and pick 5 goals on the road and give any team

FergieRaww:
See him using words like a kid learning how to troll a classmate chai!

oga go and prepare for your 6th JAMB, nobody on this thread is your mate

Eruditor:
LOOOL. You obviously don't know who you are talking to. 5 year old will score tap in yet Aguero missed one yesterday.

tap ins that are trademarks of Guardiola's teams, tap ins that Madrid sorely need, tap ins that Lukaku, Kane, Ibra, Yakubu, Messi, Suarez, Torres, Ronaldo have all missed

FergieRaww:
Stray Dog at it again

worthless toad hahahahahaha

Isomerizm:
I want Spurs or United, Abeg. Man can't be stressing himself.

or Porto, Porto will be very good

OPTIMUSPRIME08:
best team you say and same ronaldo has eliminated them alone consecutively

in a match of 22 players, Ronaldo alone eliminated Juventus, oga shut down jor, so Marcelo, Modric, Ramos and Zidane were in the stands abi

anonymous1759:
Barca is not going anywhere with Valverde.. Just imagine barca defending against lyon after two goals and waiting for counter attack. A better team would have equalized the two goals.
Mancity played Barca football yesterday keep on scoring until your opponent get demoralized. That's the typical Barca. Valverde is killing us. No UCL for Barca. Unless we're extremely lucky

please go back to supporting Chelsea, we dont need your kind of confused short sighted Barca fans. Go and support your Chelsea

homesteady:
You are just trying to taunt people right? You did not really mean it right?

ahn ahn not yet na, Pique and Valverde will be legends at the end of the season but for now Busquets and Messi are our legends

tesppidd:
This is the first time I am criticizing these players in over 3 years.

Apart from the late barrage of goals(last 20 minutes) our play was shiit.

Lyon was very very close to making it 2-2.

It would have been a very different situation all night.

ahh match we were dominating we had been creating so many chances and then we switched off, Lyon scored all the haters were I was watching ball started making noise, encouraging Lyon, then Messi scored, then Pique scored and Dembele scored... And there was only celebration, the haters started shouting there is Juventus, I told them bring Juventus mixed with Man city, wahala no dey

by the end of this season, Pique will be known as a legend... A legendary defender in a legendary team captained by a god and a legendary coach...

see all of them viewing our thread, you are all welcome, both haters and lovers, you are all welcome to excellence...

Ozkar:
To think some people were doubting even before the game. That's how you'd keep doubting and writing off the team until we lift the UCL and then you'd go about saying "I'm a Barca fan!"

if I see them I'll slap their mouth

obainojazz:
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GloryIsaac:
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HATERS DDIIEE!!! Muahahahahahahah!!!
Bring on anybody dia fada

GloryIsaac:
When next you think of football, think of Cristiano Ronaldo. He is 34 years old. He is the Greatest Of All Time.


Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

go and tell that to your De Gea that Xhaka confuses on a daily

obainojazz:
la midget was already secretly celebrating another balon d'or... The race is on

behold a confused Madrid fan, his brain is as dead we can guess. GO AND SUPPORT YOUR MADRID

please all these half-brained, no ambition trolls, how is Juventus defeating Athletico Madrid Barcelona's business?

Iykopee:
Abeg make una no vex say I dey ask this question.

If I buy note 7 Chinese version, e get any means wey I fit use install play store and other google related apps?

I no say Chinese version no carry google apps.
So any workaround?

there are work arounds to installing gapps on RN7, you can check androidexplained.com

10Dove:
Just for the records, Ronaldinho did not score a hattrick vs madrid.

thanks, you for just quote me at once. Thanks for the correction

10Dove:
Hollup, He was the worst in the last decade!

for the price of Coutinho, Coutinho has overtaken him