The use of the ball

Football can look in many ways. When Mourinho He confronted Barça, leaving a phrase that helps us understand: “They lead the ball, our space.” For example, there are teams that do not need to pass the ball a lot to express themselves together -they prefer to wait on their farm and conquer open ground with transfers. This sport allows different views that are then measured between them.

However, there is no discussion in Barcelona. There may be a variety of nuances that identify the proposals, but they are always based on the ball. The team of Capital It is characterized by its use of attack. When he has it, he usually stands as fast as possible and when he loses it, he tries to recover it at the same speed. However, it would cost him to choose different rhythms according to convenience, as he did well on returning against Benfica.

Teams who know how to provide different uses to the ball are what they sent. They may not win, but the game they wish to play. The ball is the center of the game. Not just for obvious, purpose of marking. It also helps attack, defend yourself with cross -ffective logic “If we have it, they are not” well, attract rival to the areas you have decided, lower or accelerate the rhythm according to the speed of circulation, dip the opposite forces going to pull. Tuesday ang Barça He introduced the first -part attacks to be selective with the benefits of accelerating. He knows how to find the balance between being sharp and that the party is out of control, which can be grateful to the rival.

And secondly, he decided to rest with the ball. With more passes, it is placed in the freezer to cool the rivalry. He knows how to calm the encounter while convincing the Benfica with no cut. This is a pending topic: know how to change the march by providing a sacred element. This is the first step to have more authority, so that Atlético will not be punished in the last minutes, to be richer in resources. This is just the first step, but the hardest thing will always open the way. She is Barça of Capital It does not stop growing.

The penalty giant

He has not finished regularly and pays some invoices in some important matches, but no one can deny his competitive capacity and skill in a special soccer scene. Donnarumma This is almost irrevocable to penalty shootout, confirmed to Anfield Tuesday. As he showed in Wembley to the final Eurocup of 2021 and before in the semifinal against Spain. And others up to five of the six batches of his career. Just lost in the twilight of the French Cup 16 in 2022 against the Nice. Its size helps you cover spaces without having to expect a lot, but in addition to intuition, it has a special talent for challenges and conflicts. Of the 21 penalties in the batches, he stopped 9, about half. As if it had never been a coincidence.