Barça arrived in Riyadh with goal to win the Super Cup and mark a new turning point in the season, remembering what happened last year, but he had a great roll and returned to Barcelona with a very slow morale. after receiving the four objectives of Real Madrid and lost the title. Below we detail some of the keys to the Barça debacle at the Arabian Classic.
1
NO HIGH PRESSURE
No response from players
One of Xavi’s instructions for his team to win the Spanish Super Cup title is not only to possess the ball, but also to provide high pressure to make Madrid’s exit uncomfortable. The Barça players only responded after conceding the first two goals, but with Vinicius’ third penalty, they put down their weapons.
2
THE FORWARD DEFENSE IS LONG
Offside is not measured well
Barça not only failed to press close to Madrid’s area, but also close to their own area. Barça’s defence, particularly reflected in Koundé and Araujo, pushed forward on the line as much as possible, leaving plenty of space behind them, but they did not gauge the offside well and were involved in the first two goals. Vinicius and Rodrygo beat them to kill Barça.
3
UNEXPLAINABLE GIFTS
Defensive errors in four goals
In addition to leaving plenty of space behind him for the rival forward to take advantage of his pace and without Iñaki Peña moving forward to try to anticipate, Araujo committed an absurd penalty against Vinicius and was no longer Koundé clears the ball inside the area. in the fourth goal scored by Rodrygo.
4
LACK OF PRIDE
Players don’t know how to rebel
Only Gündogan, who tried to carry the team on his back, Lewandowski, who with his goal sometimes put the team in the game at 2-1 and Fermín, who despite the defeat tried to rebel against the dominance of Madrid, who showed pride. Riyadh Classic. Even though Xavi repeatedly repeated that the team should come out on top, the players kept stumbling over the same stone and the rival managed to get ahead, scoring two goals yesterday in just 10 minutes.
5
XAVI REACTED LATE
The last changes are left without effect
Even though the game was 3-1 at half-time, Joao Félix, Lamine and Fermín. The reaction did not go unnoticed, because two minutes after being on the field, Rodrygo signed the sentence with a score of 4-1.
Source: La Verdad
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