The match was not dazzling, frankly, and it was still necessary that Messi flies to the rescue of Barça to beat Granada on the wire (1-0) and regain the leading position at Real Madrid, but Quique Setien, the new coach of the Catalan club, has already changed two / three little things anyway.
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Those who have seen it with betis may remember an endless possession and a very licked passing game, even if not always impactful. This was confirmed Sunday evening at the Nou Camp. By exceeding the 1000 passes and 82% possession, Barça has found forgotten figures. It has been seven years since Grizou's teammates had attempted so many assists in one game, and they had never had so much the ball with Luis Enrique or Ernesto Valverde.
1005 passes.
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Figures favored obviously by a numerical superiority 20 minutes from the end which allowed the La Liga leader to spin quietly at the end of the match. The 3-5-2 set up by Setien, with the return of Umtiti in place of Lenglet, must be there for something too.
⚠ NUEVO RECORD OF TEMPORADA ⚠
1005 pases probados
82.6% of posesión
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“I saw a lot of Barça things I want tonight. I had already seen it against Atlético the other day (in the Spanish Super Cup, note), explained the Catalan coach. Barça has been doing good things for years. There is not much to change. Rigor, perhaps, mental discipline, to keep this concentration for 90 minutes and avoid losing matches that were already almost won ”. To be confirmed next week in Valence, on a field which is a priori much more hostile.
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