The Barcelona team changed some small details in the play plan, but its effect was significant in its match against Villarreal, which ended in a 4-1 victory in round 34 of the Spanish Football League, to keep the difference of the four points that he is lagging behind his traditional rival Real Madrid leaders with 77 points Four rounds before the end of the tournament.
Barcelona showed before the "zero submarines" high-quality technical data offensive with an advanced level of effectiveness, quite the opposite of what the team looked at in previous matches against Seville (zero-zero), then Celta Vigo and Atletico Madrid (2-2), respectively, as the team acquired Catalan by 68% and 12 shots on target coincided with, and the pass rate of 93%, and that would not have been achieved without moving from the 4-3-3 play plan to 4-3-1-2.
Barcelona owes its credit to the shift in his performance in the match to his player Sergei Roberto, who the fans used to take part in the right-back position, but the Spanish coach Kiki Citin pushed him into the match in the middle of the field, which made a great effect for the team by accelerating the attacks and linking lines of play between the defense The attack, as Citin brought back Lionel Messi, behind the duo of Louis Suarez and French Antoine Griezmann to play the role of the model playmaker, was behind two goals, raising the outcome of his decisive passes in the tournament to 19 passes, in addition to achieving the third goal in the match to continue his leadership of the list of scorer Liga with a score 22 goals.
The Villarreal match revealed the features of the well-known real face of Barcelona, who dived in the search for the beautiful ball, so the players rediscovered themselves, in particular Griezmann, by scoring a magical goal with a fallen ball over the goalkeeper after a wonderful pass from Messi, to embrace after this goal and refute all the speculations that claimed the continuation of the relationship Negativity between them.
Barcelona players touched the difference in the new improvements, Pique said after the meeting to the Catalan newspaper "Sport": "The match was important for us to continue fighting against the League. We played a great game, and we will try to continue to take this performance until the end." He explained: «There are several reasons for improving our performance today, and one of them is the way of playing, and that three players play deep in the offensive line. Griezmann's goal was important as he would increase his confidence, but opponents would take care of them after this goal. ”
The Barcelona coach usually seated Griezmann on the bench, but finally caused him to embarrass him when he threw his paper in the 90th minute against his former team Atletico Madrid, what the Barcelona fans considered an insult to the player who contracted Barca for 120 million euros.
5 variables showed the true shape of Barcelona
- Change the way you play to 4- 3 -1 -2.
- Serge Roberto card payment as a dynamic and fast midfielder.
- Involve Suarez and Griezmann essential and give them freedom of movement.
Messi delay behind the strikers for the play industry.
- Sacrifice on the field for the sake of the entity and restore pride.
Rating of the top 10 players
Lionel Messi: 9.1
Antoine Griezmann: 8.1
Luis Suarez: 7.9
Arturo Vidal: 7.3
Sergey Roberto: 7
Barcelona results after returning from «Corona»
Mallorca Zero - Barcelona 4
Barcelona 2 - Leganes Zero
Sevilla zero - Barcelona zero
Barcelona 1 - Bilbao Zero
Celta Vigo 2 - Barcelona 2
Barcelona 2 - Atletico 2
Villarreal 1 - Barcelona 4
Match numbers
- The result
Barcelona: 4
Villarreal: 1
Acquisition
Barcelona: 68%
Villarreal: 32%
- Shots
Barcelona: 12
Villarreal: 4
Pass-through rate
Barcelona: 93%
Villarreal: 80%
- Quirks
Barcelona: 8
Villarreal: 4
19
A decisive pass from Messi to his teammates, during which he scored goals in the League.