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And while Xavi was named with the hopes that he would be able to exert some control over the match, Luis Enrique also wanted play going straight to the forwards to expose Madrid’s defensive frailties, meaning the Catalan maestro spent very little time on the ball.

[i but arguably the decisions to start Jérémy Mathieu at left-back and Xavi Hernandez in midfield were the ones that were more problematic. Like Ramos in midfield, these were not merely questions of personnel selection and individual performances, but fundamental changes in system that did not mesh well with the way the team had performed week-in, week-out, up until that point.

The two decisions were related, of course. Xavi was deemed necessary to help Barcelona control the match against Madrid’s midfield of Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, James Rodriguez and Isco Alcorcon, while Mathieu at left-back would in theory compensate for the Barça captain’s defensive weaknesses. Notably, Luis Enrique even switched the sides of Xavi and Andrés Iniesta in midfield so that Xavi and Mathieu would occupy the same flank, and Iniesta would be better able to help Dani Alves defend on the right. The latter half of that sentence should be enough to tell you that something was seriously wrong with Barcelona’s game-plan yesterday.

Had Pep Guardiola been training Barcelona for the last two months, it is quite possible that last night’s line-up would have made perfect sense: a 3-4-3 featuring a defensive left-back and a mobile striker, two absolutely essential pieces Barcelona have been lacking in recent seasons. But this was a team caught between two worlds, a Guardiola XI playing in a Luis Enrique formation. Mathieu is very different from Éric Abidal, and in Luis Enrique’s narrow 4-3-1-2 fullbacks are just too essential for width to be used in such a conservative role
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rummenigge skrev:Omg, den mest skuffende Barca præstation siden 2008.

Vi havde en god start hvor vi var henholdene og ramte dem på omstillinger. Herefter var alt nærmest skuffende.

PIque spillede kun en god kamp efter sin fejl hvor han tog med hænder. Indtil da var det rystende
Iniesta skuffede og forærede dem et mål.
Busi havde nærmest flere boldtab end han plejer at have på en sæson.

Messi var eneste som holdte niveau, Masch og Mathieu var også gode.

Det nytter egentlig ikke rigtigt at pointere fejl osv. Det skræmmende var den manglende selvtillid vi spillede med. Hvor er troen og modet henne? LE har en vild opgave foran sig.