Where can Madrid take advantage at the Camp Nou?

Where can Madrid take advantage at the Camp Nou?

The question has only one possible answer: in the center of the field.

It seems a contradiction when the rival is Barcelona, ​​but times have changed a lot since the Barça team was the paradise of midfielders.

In that place a last Mohican resists,

, although with too many autumn games, accompanied by a

who has not yet reached spring as a Barça player.

Madrid, on the other hand, brings together in that line

the best of his hierarchy, experience and youth, with

.

he is injured and

It seems to be elsewhere, but, despite this, the balance is favorable to Madrid.

In the areas, however, you can lose by KO, and more without a

The defeats against Cádiz and Shakhtar have blown up any roadmap designed so far, so after such a 'shock' it is difficult to know what solution he will seek

.

Nothing worked in those games, nothing except

, which is not little compared to a classic.

Still without

, Madrid win there, but a goalkeeper avoids, does not provoke. Last season's classic on the same stage can offer a guideline, since Madrid reversed the predictions thanks to the dominance that started from their midfield, with a man more than the rival.

Barcelona lined up

and De Jong in the framework of a 4-3-3.

Zidane, on the other hand, opted for a 4-4-2, with Casemiro, Kroos, Valverde and Isco.

Modric replaced the Uruguayan in the second half. The Whites managed to practically equal the possession of the ball, with 47.7% compared to 52.3%, something unusual in the Camp Nou, despite the progressive change experienced by the team azulgrana since the era

.

However, the game was played on Barça terrain 60% of the time, a fact that allowed Madrid to attack more and better, with 32 balls into the area by eight of the Barça players, double the number of shots on goal (11 versus five) and more corners.

He lacked, however, the definition, an endemic disease in Madrid d.

C., after

The Barcelona of

it passes quickly through the center of the field, starting from a 4-2-3-1 that, in reality, is a 4-2-4.

Rather than building, it transits to connect with the pieces of a permanently moving and deadly attack on the counter.

The only fixed part is

, not like this

, the great doubt.

He was a threat due to his huge punch, but also a clear reference for the rival defense.

Now it does not exist.

Good and bad, where the Dutchman has a discard problem, for the good time of

io the bubbles it brings

, Zidane faces a choice problem, since except

, none of the young people have slammed doors.

feint,

languishes,

does not know, does not answer, and

seems depressed.

Better, then, for Madrid to leave their area and step on the opposite side with the best, who are all in the same place.

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