analysing all 90 minutes of Elche-Barcelona | how & why Barcelona broke a new La Liga record: (6.30 xG) in a match.

(in-depth thread with videos and images) This thread will analyse actions from first and second half and will perfectly explain to you how and why Barcelona broke the record.

Joan Garcia’s Technical-Tactical Profile - the Super-Man

First Part of his analysis.
Joan Garcia is a Super-Man type of goalkeeper that can act as a life-saver inside his own box, likes to dominate the balls aerially and loves to impose himself, letting the opponents know that the 16 yards box is his territory.

Hidden aspects in Lamine’s dribbling :

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1/ Let’s start from the beginning ——where did Lamine exactly grew up?

Lamine was raised in Mataró, Spain, {that’s also where his celebration came from (304) from the postal code (08304).}

How Barcelona can fix the build-up starting from the GK.

Mini-thread.
From goal-kicks Barcelona should occupy positions in order to give Peña as many passing options as possible due to his bad ball-playing abilities.

Frenkie De Jong - modernising the libero.

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First of all, I need you to understand how a modern libero acts in my eyes and how Frenkie added his own flavour to it.

A modern libero, to put it simple, acts like a #4 OOP and as a #6 IP.

Basically, he’s not a #6, but also not a CCB, he’s working and influencing the territory in between.