Barcelona failed to match the strength of Real Madrid (Getty)
team exposure Barcelona His first loss in the Spanish League against Real Madrid In the Clasico (3-1), in a confrontation in which the Catalan club seemed shaky and weak on the field, 4 technical factors emerged that contributed to the fall of the Catalan club.
Ineffective midfield
The most important point that made Barcelona fall easily is the problems in its midfield, which appeared ineffective, and the trio of Pedri, De Jong and Busquets suffered in front of the trio of Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Federico Valverde. Barcelona’s midfield did not succeed in excelling and contributing to providing the danger in the last third, by making influential key passes into the Real Madrid penalty area, and he did not succeed in defensive duties either, because he simply lost a lot of duos, and did not recover the ball with high pressure.
Disastrous defense in coverage and speed
Barcelona’s defensive problems do not end, specifically the problem of coverage and speed. Eric Garcia does not have the great speed to catch up with Vinicius, for example, and the full-back, Sergi Roberto, does not have speed either, and the coverage is very bad as usual with the Catalan club. Even Conde, the new deal in defense, did not succeed in stopping the speed of the royal club’s rebounds, and thus Barcelona fell without resistance every time Real Madrid attacked.
Attacking wings without fangs
Rafinha and Dembele did not appear as required against Real Madrid, sometimes because of their rush to dribble and misbehave with the ball, and sometimes because of the good coverage of Real Madrid’s defense on the edges, because Ancelotti knew how to close the way to the fast Catalan wings, and therefore the duo Rafinia and Dembele appeared at a modest level and did not They contributed to creating danger throughout the 90 minutes, and even went out before the end of the second half and continued the confrontation on the bench.
Lack of offensive depth
One of the offensive problems that contributed to Barcelona’s failure to score goals against Real Madrid was the absence of offensive depth. Lewandowski did not enter the box very much and therefore his usual danger disappeared, and originally the Barcelona team did not improve the delivery of balls to Lewandowski as required, specifically in the areas he loves, and therefore the Catalan club suffered a lot to score Objectives.