AC Milan vs. Barcelona – Comparing the two sides: Goalkeepers
Milan and Barcelona will be locking horns at San Siro. The first leg between the two European Giants ended up in a 2-2 draw where Milan got the last laugh as they, not only managed to score the fastest goal in this season’s Champions League; in fact, they
were also able to score a very late equalizer away from home.
Barcelona are going through a dip in form and they have to up there game in order to give a tough competition to a high-flying Milan who are definitely going to be tough to beat in their home ground, the San Siro.
Both the teams have brilliant players in their teams and bettor.com is going to analyze and compare both the teams in terms of players they have.
The goalkeepers of both the teams are not considered to be the best out there. Victor Valdes will be guarding the goal for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 while Christian Abbiati will be standing between the two sticks for Milan.
Milan have never seriously considered to buy a new goalkeeper. Their current goalkeeper is not the best in the world – not even the best in the Italian League. Abbiati is famous for making foolish mistakes between the sticks and the only reason he doesn’t
concede goals at times is because of the brilliant defensive wall created by the presence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-Nesta-c4735.
Both these centre backs really aid the goalkeeper in defending the post and with the defensive strategy applied by the Italian Champions, it is difficult for the opposition to score a goal against Milan. However, Barcelona are a team who rely too much on
possession and they keep attacking their opposition until the end of the game. Therefore, Abbiati might face a tough task as he plays against not only the Spanish but the European Champions.
On the other hand, Barcelona will be relying on Victor Valdes. While speaking of a goalkeeper in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815, is considered to be the
best goalkeeper in Spain and also Europe. However, even a goalkeeper like Casillas concedes goals when he faces Barcelona.
Victor Valdes is agile and he has a brilliant reach but there is no doubt that he also relies too much on the amount of possession and the defensive set up created by Josep Guardiola.
The Catalan mastermind has arranged his team in such a way that the goalkeeper rarely receives any pressure throughout the game.
Barcelona keep the possession of the ball for most of the game and that is the reason why Victo Valdes rarely gets to see the ball.
Valdes is also made part of the game when the ball is passed back towards him. This way the Catalans are able to switch play as even the goalkeeper is able to pass the ball perfectly. Valdes’ ability to give inch perfect passes really helps Barcelona during
the game. The Spaniard, rather than kicking the ball away from the penalty area, gives short passes and allows the team to keep the possession to themselves.
Both these goalkeepers are simply amazing when it is “their night.” However, if compared, then Victor Valdes is a far better goal stopper than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Abbiati-c9046.
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