Shakhtar-Barça 'undressed' several tactical weaknesses in Xavi's approach

The FC Barcelona was surpassed in every aspect of the game by a Shakhtar Donetsk that did of the pressure, the intensity and the tactical order his mandamientos to impose . The marker, although adjusted, could have been more been bulky of not being by the stellar performance of Marc André Ter Stegen, the one who made at least three cut across key.

Analysing the actions in cold, from the City Condal expressed worry by a punctual appearance related no only with the intensity of the team and the "mental blockade" mentioned by Xavi Hernández in his back press conference to the party, but also with the tactical unemployed person of the team culé.

The Barça had a clear problem of tactical positioning

This problem does not treat of the alignment or the names used in the field of game. The analysts of the technical body have detected a bad positioning of the Barcelona players so much in the offensive facet as in the defensive. One of the most evident problems was that the lines of pressure were not properly staggered, since all the players showed to the same height, what did more complicated the work of the defence.

Besides, the line of pressure of the Barça showed moments of disorder, with a basculación wrong. There was a tendency to presionar in a zone of the field, leaving areas entirely unprotected, as evidenció in the goal of the Shakhtar. The culés presionaron in the right side, but neglected completely the left band, that was taken advantage of by the side of the combined Ukrainian to send a centre to Danylo Sikan, the one who won easily the dispute to Andreas Christensen and converted the target that condemned to the Barça.

Finally, another of the falencias identified was related with the bad location of the sides, what caused that Araújo and Christensen had to confront more than a manually dangerous hand without the suitable backrest by band. The Shakhtar took advantage of this situation to generate superiority with the players that arrived from the second line. These are several appearances that have to improve in the short term of face to the next party against the Alavés and, in essence, on a long-term basis if they want to obtain good results at the end of the season.