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oliverano:
Martineli is going to the world cup...Lool

Martineli/Vinivius, Richarlidon/G.Jesus, Anthony/Raphinha

Neymar plays as 10 for Brazil recently.

Firminho, Gabriel Barbosa and Rodrigo may all miss out.

jpmoriarti:
But most of our good plays and goalscoring chances came in transition. It was a bit of a worry that we couldn't generate much chances when we were dominating possession.

BlaqFaze:
This is the versatility of our game. It's not easy to generate chances from long spell of possession against Bayern. We hit them on the counter, created 4 clear-cut chances and our players couldn't make anyone count.

GoddyOra:
Luckily for most Brazilians, you ain't Tite. Imagine dropping Rodrygo (a far superior talent) for Martinelli, who is having his first decent run of form since he became a professional player.

The only way Martinelli makes the plane to Qatar ahead of Rodrygo or even Firmino is if either of them gets killed before then cos an injured Rodrygo with one leg is far better (and more useful) than an in-form Martinelli

jpmoriarti:
And we couldn't sustain that verticality and transition nor did we know when to apply it and when to calm down. Pedri was literally shouting on the players to keep calm. That's the big worry for Xavi.

Kilishihunter:
Good to have had a sneak peak into the potential Araujo-Kounde CB duo for the last few minutes even though it was against an already trailing 10 men Elche, As long as we don't have a RB it might not be a common feature but was good to witness all the same

Kilishihunter:
Almost exactly my thoughts man, This game should have been a landslide from the first half, Showing teams you can put mammoth figures past them increases your fear level and reputation, Reason why Bayern is always used to scare people even if they will later be bossed and still sneak out a win
I think we'll face inter and Celta Vigo after the int. break, hopefully there won't be several injuries to our key players

andrewbaba44:
Alejandro balde now among joint top assister in Laliga so far with Joao Felix and Kang lee

FirstbornWds:
Day calm down. Man must have lost some match fitness and all.

BlaqFaze:
Kounde is the definition of a proper CB... he's calm, aggressive when need be and pushes up front to join the attack, acting as an extra man to receive passes in attack and also plays nice over the top balls.

abduleez1:
We have Mallorca first.
Our October matches looks pretty tough.
I think we also have Bilbao and Valencia as well as Real Madrid.
That's a pretty good month to test how far we've grown.

oliverano:
The problem is that most of you won't admit it. The issue here is that Gavi is ahead of Frenkie as far as Xavi is the coach. He presses better on the right and not afraid to tackle and hassle opponents. Gavi is a real workhorse and fits the Xavi's system like glove.

From my observations FDJ is actually competing with Pedri on the left and unfortunately Pedri is clear. Gavi on the other hand is competing with Kessie on the right and he's clear too.

FDJ will either play as a single pivot when Busi is rested like today or when one of Pedri or Gavi is rested.

Xavis first choice midfiled in big games is.....
Pedri Busi Gavi. FDJ is the fourth man.

We were very good against Bayern and should have won if we had our finishing boots on. Alonso did well against Bayern but like I said last time he(Alonso) remains a needless signing because Balde & Alba are clearly better.

Kilishihunter:
Omo that October tough gan, We also have Villarreal, the two inter games and Bayern, Well we have a deep squad now so hopefully we'll come through it almost unscathed just like earlier this year when we had that good run when we faced atletico, Valencia, Napoli, Bilbao, Sevilla and Vardrid,

jpmoriarti:
But most of our good plays and goalscoring chances came in transition. It was a bit of a worry that we couldn't generate much chances when we were dominating possession.

jpmoriarti:
Elche took only 1 shot in 90 minutes against Barcelona. Day off for Ter Stegen.

abduleez1:
I dey doubt that shit sef. Cos I can't remember it. Maybe it was that header that they had towards Stegen.

abduleez1:
You have a good eye for noticing playing styles.

Some people didn't notice it but almost all our plays — our key chances were from fast transitions from defence to attack. The middle wasn't really the brainchild of those tactical works.

If you closely look at it sef, our middle had the lowest contribution to attacks. We always used the wings which was becoming predictable — although that is a style Xavi is known to employ.

That's why I keep complaining about the midfield. Quick transition was the same way Bayern used to hurt us by quickly bypassing our middle.

FirstbornWds:
You forget that the transition today was orchestrated by Pedri than our defenders. I think whilst we can both agree that the Xavi system is dependent on wingers, we also should appreciate that full back or center back that comes in to serve as the fourth man during attacks is helping us recycle possession easily after losing it.

The balance in midfield will come and I think it'll happen with Gavi after Pedri. The young man is already practicing through balls to the final man and in the long run, it'll become effective.

Raphina too might assume the no. 10 position since he has some fine passing amd crosses but first, I think he'll have to master beating his marker effectively first because oppositions will descend on him. As it stands now, only dembele might remain our out-and-out winger because of his sneaky feet and all. Maybe Memphis too, if he stays.

GoddyOra:
Luckily for most Brazilians, you ain't Tite. Imagine dropping Rodrygo (a far superior talent) for Martinelli, who is having his first decent run of form since he became a professional player

The only way Martinelli makes the plane to Qatar ahead of Rodrygo or even Firmino is if either of them gets killed before then cos an injured Rodrygo with one leg is far better (and more useful) than an in-form Martinelli

FirstbornWds:
You forget that the transition today was orchestrated by Pedri than our defenders. I think whilst we can both agree that the Xavi system is dependent on wingers, we also should appreciate that full back or center back that comes in to serve as the fourth man during attacks is helping us recycle possession easily after losing it.

The balance in midfield will come and I think it'll happen with Gavi after Pedri. The young man is already practicing through balls to the final man and in the long run, it'll become effective.

Raphina too might assume the no. 10 position since he has some fine passing amd crosses but first, I think he'll have to master beating his marker effectively first because oppositions will descend on him. As it stands now, only dembele might remain our out-and-out winger because of his sneaky feet and all. Maybe Memphis too, if he stays.

mostob:
I'm not saying Martinelli will go to world cup...infact I'll be surprised but the bolded shows you're not following the guy at all. He had 14 goal contributions in 26 appearances in his first season(2019/2020) at Arsenal... Had 13 G/A in 36 appearances last season. This season is never his breakout season.

abduleez1:
You have a good eye for noticing playing styles.

Some people didn't notice it but almost all our plays — our key chances were from fast transitions from defence to attack. The middle wasn't really the brainchild of those tactical works.

If you closely look at it sef, our middle had the lowest contribution to attacks. We always used the wings which was becoming predictable — although that is a style Xavi is known to employ.

That's why I keep complaining about the midfield. Quick transition was the same way Bayern used to hurt us by quickly bypassing our middle.

Geld:
Make dem use Super Glue hold thier nyash Thier

Kilishihunter:
Bayern dey lose but they must still find a way to beat us
This life

Say it them be our husband they can nack us anytime.

Tellwhat:
Xavi stupid experiment
Moment I saw that lineup I knew there was trouble
Today's defence was better

I don't know how he'll just throw Alonso inside starting lineup when dude is yet to get accustomed to Barca play. Balde should have started

Also lewandowski missed chances and as much as I liked gavi and he performed in that match he shouldn't have started either

All in all I blame xavi even before the match

If Bayern somehow wins at camp nou then serious problem dey na JuJu be that