Opponent Match Analysis : Madrid 1-2 Barcelona

Immediately after receiving Scout Report of Barcelona Analysis, ​​I decided to see the Barcelona formations during Knock-Out round. And, one of the match which stole my attention, was that the match against Madrid. At the match that took place at the Bernabeu, Barcelona beat Madrid 1-2 (aggregate 2-3) and qualified to the Final. Here is the match and my

notes.

Pressing Play

Barcelona offensive-pressing, which led to Pepe losing the ball. Intense pressing lead Pepe to make mistake. But, well, here it is. if you see the gap between the central midfield and back line, there’s gap created, between midfield and back line, as the consequence of Barcelona high up pressing play.

Another example of Barcelona pressing, which lead Madrid to loss possession. Look at the big orange circle. There is too big space left by Barcelona players.

Look at the picture above. Right after Illarramendi receives the ball, three players of Barcelona quickly close him down and cut off the space, forces Illarra to loss the possession. Barcelona will happily be doing this kind of play during the match. They’ll press for the whole match.

Madrid show me another Barcelona weakness

Barcelona Wing Backs aggressiveness. As I see it constantly happens, I’m pretty sure, that two Barcelona wing backs are given Attacking-Duty. Alves or Alba would love to get further forward when Barcelona on attack.

Luka Modric and Karim Benzema combination. On this occasion, Madrid play their False Ten and False Nine strategy. And it shows us, with someone drops deep from advanced area, holds up the ball, and releases through pass, coupled with second line forward run, can be a good weapon to dismantle Barcelona defensive line

Again, Barcelona back line gives too much room for Madrid midfield to create something, put them in difficult situation when it comes to deal with through ball combined with “arrives late” movement

After several attempts, Real Madrid finally get the goal they after. Interestingly, this goal was done by identical manner. From a long pass by the back line, CR7 picks up the ball. After one two passing with Angel di Maria, CR7 holds up the ball for a while, waiting for another players to come from behind. As he sees Sergio Ramos on the right side, CR7 releases an amazing through ball to Ramos.

Final Conclusion

Heat Map. Barcelona ask their two wide men to sit narrower. It’s similar to the way I had ever used in this article

After watching the Barcelona game, I came to a conclusion of Barcelona Team Instruction.

* I quite believe my team have good chance to win the Final (if Barcelona comes with a 4-2-3-1 formation). Why? Because, with my basic shape 1-2-1-4-2 against 4-2-3-1 and how Barcelon play in this match, I’ll have a lot situations, where I have advantages of 2 v 1 or 2 v 3 situation.

See you in the final game.

Ryantank100,