IN LALIGA AGAINST THE CELTIC
Valverde Went back to trust the 4-4-2 of the last parties
Published:2/12/2017 - 12:33h
Updated:2/12/2017 - 12:59h
The drop of Neymar and the injury of Ousmane Dembélé forced to Ernesto Valverde to explore new ways to the hour to make his alignments. In the last parties, is opting for populating the half of the field renouncing to a forward
Ernesto Valverde is a technician that is used to to find always the way to take out the maximum performance to his resources. All the teams directed by the 'Txingurri', have attained to play well, inside his possibilities and taking into account the style of his footballers. The adaptation to his players is one of the strong points of the Barcelona technician.
In the FC Barcelona, overnight, found without Neymar, that decided to go to Paris Saint-Germain, and without Ousmane Dembélé, flamante signing culé that lesionó in the start of LaLiga against the Getafe. It was then when Valverde began to look for solutions to give with the suitable key.
First it tried it with players like Gerard Deulofeu or André Gomes in the band to treat of not breaking the diagram 4-3-3 usual of the team. After several parties, tested it centring the position of Messi and playing with two forwards, giving prominence to Paco Alcácer. However, in the last parties, and also in the last against the Celtic of Vigo, opted by a 4-4-2 pure, betting by men like Rakitic, Paulinho, Busquets and Iniesta in the medullary.
Sergi Roberto, fifth midfield player
Against the Celtic of Vigo, the 'Txingurri' left went to Nelson Semedo, that came being the usual in the right band of the defence in the last parties, to bet by Sergi Roberto, already recovered of his injury. The polyvalent player of Reus is used to to split like right side, but his nature keeps on being the one of midfield player.
By this reason, and as it could see against the Celtic, Valverde accumulated to five men in the medullary of the Barcelona team. A tactics that is giving him solidity to the team, in spite of that renounce to part of mobility in the forward to give step to the incorporations of second line.
