Barcelona’s La Liga debate – Forget about improving the defence (Part 1)
Barcelona were heavily criticized about the fact that their defence line is not the best in the world and they still did not cash in on a new centre back. However, Josep Guardiola seemed to be confident about the whole situation and wrote off the signing
of a centre back or a left back.
In fact, the Catalan coach decided to add more fire power up front as he decided to buy the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 who did wonders for the Italian side Udinese last season.
Barcelona’s attacking trio of Pedro Rodriguez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and David Villa scored a total of 98 goals for the Spanish side and Josep Guardiola still decided to add Alexis Sanchez in the equation.
The Catalan coach is famous for making decisions in terms of strikers. He believes that there should be competition in the attack and that is exactly why http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 was bought in place of Samuel Eto’o and Barcelona still managed to win the Spanish
La Liga that season.
Later, David Villa also joined the Spanish side even though Ibrahimovic was already a part of Josep Guardiola’s plans. However, a fight between the player’s agent and Guardiola saw Ibrahimovic leave the club and Barcelona managed to win the UEFA Champions
League and the Spanish La Liga with an attacking trio of Lionel Messi, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez.
Barcelona signed Alexis Sanchez to add more fire power to the team in the final third and further added Cesc Fabregas into the equation. This means that currently Barcelona have one of the best attacks and the best midfield in Europe and that is why they
are considered to be one of the best teams in the world.
Barcelona faced Real Madrid in the Super Copa and we simply learn from the two legged final that Barcelona do not require a better defence. With a team that rarely gives the ball away to its normal opponents, does not require having an outstanding defence.
Even though Barcelona currently have a good defence even without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331, specialists thought that they should still cash in on a centre back.
With an attack and midfield like Barcelona, Josep Guardiola’s side would simply not stop scoring goals. The Spanish Champions are famous for keeping possession of the ball but they failed to do so as they played against Real Madrid. Despite the reason that
Real Madrid dominated the game and troubled the Barcelona defensive walls time and time again, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 still drew 2-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu and won 3-2 at the Nou Camp.
How exactly does this work? The Barcelona attack is simply so extraordinary, that it compensates even the poorest of defences. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071 seems to be the only loop hole in the Barcelona defence line at the moment and even he is working hard to play
in the first team.
On the other hand, Carles Puyol is recovering from a knee injury and once he makes his return on the field; a back line of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique and Eric Abidal is definitely not bad.
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