Milan vs chievo

Originally Posted by Revolver

Yes, But Barca is playing a little different type of 4-3-3, I was talking about this in Banter thread. In Barca, 9 players defend, i.e. everyone except Messi, only he stays up for a counter. At rare times when they lose the ball near the opponent goal, there's Ibrahimovic or Henry to chase the ball and make a quick foul to get some time for his team to settle. As for attacking, watching Barca you can easily see Iniesta in the box, even Xavi in 5 meters from goal. Yaya Toure is defensive midfielder and he often comes near the box to shoot. We can't play that way because our attackers don't defend, so we must keep our midfield deep.

Yeah, in fact last season their front 3 comitted more number of fouls than their back four. They press inside in our half. So it is difficult to keep possession within your own half.

I don't mean to say that R80 should be kept out of the team but he does not defend. What I do not like even more is that when one of his teammates has the ball, he does not move! He expects them to give the ball to him wherever he is.