Why Barça vs Man United felt so chaotic (2-2) | Europa League tactical analysis

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So Barcelona vs Manchester United turned out to be a pretty great game. It was very open, very chaotic, and a real tactical chess match.
Today we’re breaking down the back and forth encounter, figuring out what each coach was trying to achieve, and which will be happier going into the second leg.Who do you think will progress to the Round of 16 in the Europa League?
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Sections
0:00 Intro
00:30 Ten Hag’s tactics
3:31 Rating United’s performance
4:48 Xavi’s tactics
8:00 Rating Barca’s performance
9:23 What will change in the second leg?
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@lungelonqola7081 Жыл бұрын

Imagine having the best defense in Europe and then deciding to rotate the team on such a game. Like imagine if Ten Hag didn't play Rashford, because he wanted to rotate and save him for Southampton on a Sunday. Xavi can't stop having brain lags in Europe. 😣😣

@etzjunior_ Жыл бұрын

Xavi is just stupid!

@glasseyes5844 Жыл бұрын

La liga is way more important than europa league, I'm not even sorry to say it, it's just the truth. It was a fun game but beyond pride for beating united I couldn't care less about this match up. So props to Xavi for being sensible about it.

@curtischarles5299 Жыл бұрын

I was so pissed

@etzjunior_ Жыл бұрын

@@glasseyes5844 sensible?? He literally just made himself look more like a flop in Europe. Yes, we prioritise the la Liga more, but what’s the need of benching the defenders, only to play them still in the 2nd half? Sorry… this is just further stupidity by Xavi. He’s been doing the same in the ucl

@varunbukka9225 Жыл бұрын

personally I think winning the Europa league would have been a great motivation for the young squad but Xavi doesn't seem to think that way. He sees it only as a path to get to UCL next season, which he is already doing by leading La Liga at the moment. Xavi prioritizes La Liga & CDR. Europa does not interest him

@nakdickson Жыл бұрын

Xavi should have brought Fati straight on the moment Pedri got injured and switch to 3 midfielders. Roberto offered nothing.

@haidgu Жыл бұрын

You go coach Barcelona then, expert of possession based football.

@nakdickson Жыл бұрын

@@haidgu why so serious? no part of the comment said I was an expert. You don't have to take opinions of others personally. Not good for your health.

@benben10s Жыл бұрын

I agree Nax! Having Roberto and Kessie both in the midfield pretty much meant there was no danger

@becomingdauntless8821 Жыл бұрын

Lets face it... Sergi Roberto is probably still at Barca because of that winning goal he scored against PSG in 2017. Barca should've retired him years ago.

@haidgu Жыл бұрын

@@nakdickson you are depreciating Barcelona and Xavi. I care about my club, so I criticize stuff like this. Try to be objective.

@ethanpenaranda5518 Жыл бұрын

We wanted rashford to face araujo and kounde, and Christensen and balde if he made his way centrally, instead he played against alba and alonso for 70 minutes

@sebastianmathew3193 Жыл бұрын

also, rashford is just a good player.

@thamsanqawisdomsiziba3552 Жыл бұрын

That Aruajo move was poor despite of Rashford’s position, Rashford is a different player to Vinicious hence you can use the same method to stop them.

@xyromastr Жыл бұрын

Ten Hag said he was aware of Araujo being used to stop Rashford so he played Weghorst as a 10, Rashford down the middle, Sancho on the left (alternating to the right) with Bruno and Fred as a Carrilero

@goat9295 Жыл бұрын

@@thamsanqawisdomsiziba3552 the Araujo move would've been a good choice if Xavi didn't decide to give Rashford a feast on the right wing with Alba and Alonso. I can guarantee that Rashford wouldn't have shifted to the right if it meant better AND faster defenders like Christensen and Balde were on that side. We saw how they silenced him for the 20 mins they were on...

@goat9295 Жыл бұрын

@@sebastianmathew3193 good player, yes, but Xavi just gave Rashford a whole buffet to eat on the right halfspace.

@turab2596 Жыл бұрын

don't like playing the blame game, but Xavi has brought this upon himself.

@saintgabbana187 Жыл бұрын

Especially playing Alonslow and Alba 🤦

@andresausecha9553 Жыл бұрын

@@saintgabbana187 is this a joke? Do you really think that Xavi does not know that Christensen is better defender than Alonso, do you really think Xavi neither know Balde is better than Alba? He obviously did it on purpose. The highest prio for Barsa is la Liga, not this competition. What happen to you and people that like your comment.... Jesus Christ

@goat9295 Жыл бұрын

@@andresausecha9553 We should take this opportunity to win. Xavi needs to stop acting like we're "above" the Europa League. Sad truth is that we're not. We are a Europa League level club and we don't deserve nor will we ever win the UCL any time soon. We need to take that and eat it. We are not that good so we need to take every rare chance to win European silverware no matter how "small" it may seem.

@zebrox4416 Жыл бұрын

@@andresausecha9553 High prio might be laliga but definitely the prio shifts to Europa against MANCHESTER if the next game is against a team like Cadiz where Christensen and Balde could have easily been rested.

@adeelhaq83 Жыл бұрын

Chelsea won CL after winning europa league year before ..this tournament is a good way for young talented but inexperienced teams especially like barcelona to win it and develop that killer Tournament DNA in them like RM had it from 2014-2018 .Winning tournamemts any tournament gives u that self belief and memory winning DNA to fall back upon during tough phases of knockouts

@randomuser78 Жыл бұрын

Good thinking

@forcabarca106 Жыл бұрын

Good point, shame that Xavi doesn't think that way.

@treyb7937 Жыл бұрын

Xavi barely made sense to me as Pedri played way more minutes and he always gets injured when he over plays I wish Xavi would start making changes earlier in games

@AnomalyGuyReal Жыл бұрын

That’s the thing, Pedri never gets any rest. They got another midfielder in Pablo Torre that deserves minutes, but Pedri still plays in games where it makes sense to rest him

@vishaldeka5298 Жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you don't invest properly. 100m+ on forwards and one of them rarely plays. We don't have any experienced playmakers.

@tucanomon4412 Жыл бұрын

As soon as the match ended i was already excitedly waiting for this video! Amazing match and amazing channel, so sad that Barca will be without Pedri and Gavi for the second leg

@thepurist_ Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed :)

@hafiz2664 Жыл бұрын

great analysis with good insights. one of the better ones compared to tifo's and FMS's. this was a great battle between 2 almost similar teams in terms of rebuilding. next leg will be tough for barca but am hoping for another good battle

@FreeDomSy-nk9ue Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing clips while talking, this makes it much easier to understand what you're talking about. I hope you keep doing this, also, be careful of getting a strike for it.

@davidantongolridge4489 Жыл бұрын

Great video again let’s just hope Barca can win the second leg

@sergioruiz4629 Жыл бұрын

The quality is there they just need to get it to Lewandowskis head

@omalone1169 Жыл бұрын

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@marcgp6927 Жыл бұрын

@@sergioruiz4629 It won't be that much quality for the away game 😞. Pedri, Gavi and Dembele won't play.

@falko4023 Жыл бұрын

I've been a barcelona fan since Im a child but I started watching their game consistently after the ucl final 2015... let me tell you it has not been fun, especially in european competitions. If it wasn't the teams mentality (like against rom, liverpool or bayern) it were outrages refereeing (for example this season penalties vs inter dumfries handball and this game with freds handball both not given, insane) and injuries (pedri everytime in european competitions my god probably our most important attacking player) it's so painful to watch every single year. The second leg will be extremely difficult and I can see the slander coming because let's face it nobody cares about the how's what matters is the result. Besides loving the club, history and playstyle the thing that keeps me watching is knowing that the eventual victory (champions league) will be so so sweet because of all the suffering we barca fans had to endure. It's going to happen!

@nagatv8399 Жыл бұрын

Fred touched the ball but never a penalty

@Ghosted37 Жыл бұрын

Exactly , we will see so many trophies its insane , our kids are the most golden because they are playing for mes que un club

@TheSUPERSNIPER59 Жыл бұрын

@@nagatv8399 And y’all didn’t get red carded after the fault against Rashford with was a clear goal chance, and then on the second leg y’all got gifted a whole penalty 14 minutes in, and STILL LOST

@Rocky_Jay Жыл бұрын

This is my favourite analysis channel

@Fonziggy Жыл бұрын

It’s easy to say Xavi got it wrong in hindsight, but the goals came from Frenkie losing his marker who then played Rashford who made the run in behind, Christensen probably wouldn’t be able to stop that run either, which is probably why Kessie started to limit the defensive lapses in the midfield, that Busquets would usually cover. The other goal was a Kounde own goal and Kounde didn’t have a good game, made a lot of unforced errors, almost gave away a pen, maybe he’s more comfortable at right back now and maybe Araujo would’ve done a better job centrally, so Xavi can take the blame for that. Once Pedri got injured the game was going to be tough regardless of what subs he made, that injury was the real difference maker imo.

@keviscold Жыл бұрын

You realize that both goals came from the left side? And that's where the changes were made. Xavi was poor in his decision making and tactics. Everyone could see that Rashford was silent first half but second half the manager was clever to switch him to the right side where Alba and Alonso were playing and it worked. After the first goal, he was supposed to realize that and make a change to bring balde in to deal with the speed of Rashford. He just over complicated everything. You realize that man utd put pressure on De Jong by using Fred and Bruno to press him? Kessie did little to help.

@Rahul_varma Жыл бұрын

You are making just the end product comparison. But Marcus rashford broke through Alonso quiet a few times. Also remember kounde should have been given a red card. But we are lucky

@allenmathew2550 Жыл бұрын

EVEN if his decisions WORKED, rather than the suicidal carcrash that we witnessed, that would be down to luck more than anything.

@alexmarques4432 Жыл бұрын

@@Rahul_varma Let's not talk about the refereeing, please. These hands in teh Utd box at the end of the match were beyond outrageous

@oishman44 Жыл бұрын

Why do you think it took so long for Xavi to switch Araujo from RB to CB in this game? Surely coming into it, he must have known the possibility of Rashford playing through the middle

@omalone1169 Жыл бұрын

1 goal conceded at home

@ahmadmuliawan0008 Жыл бұрын

Because Xavi always turn off his braincells when Barca plays European matches

@keviscold Жыл бұрын

He thought it was Real Madrid.

@user-zq7vi8lm4z Жыл бұрын

@@keviscold this is probably the cause. Imo kounde should be rb since he know how to keep rashford quiet at world cup and he have better technical abilities to play as rb compared to araujo. Araujo is more solid as cb and play cristensen instead of alonso (even thought he scoring) to distribute the ball. Lb im fine with alba

@randomuser78 Жыл бұрын

Rashford plays all 3 areas and roams around from left to right, did u really think araujo would follow him

@qadribashi3790 Жыл бұрын

For me this game was all down for xavi's decision to bench his key players when he need the most. That was horrible/pitiful decision and it was evident that will not work. And who knows it can effect the rest of the season ( pedri is out so is dembele )

@marouanhammani9918 Жыл бұрын

lovely video as always let's hope barca survive this situation xavi put us in by rotating in such an important fixture

@thepurist_ Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@paulodili751 Жыл бұрын

Barca has a midfield crisis and the defensive shape look very open and easily penetrable. Somehow Xavi hasn't curated the team to compete in Europe, he is easily exposed. I don't know whether it is inexperience largely or something much more. It is curtains in Europe yet again.

@varunbukka9225 Жыл бұрын

@jstos3675 Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@village-Dreamer Жыл бұрын

Even if he thought that way .. he couldn't still win it..

@varunbukka9225 Жыл бұрын

@@village-Dreamer you could've said that last year but this year it's different..if he plays the squad that won the Supercopa final he could beat any team.... but the problem is he doesn't want to

@village-Dreamer Жыл бұрын

@@varunbukka9225 I think you are overestimating how good Barcelona is ...and its ok.. because you are a fan

@varunbukka9225 Жыл бұрын

@@village-Dreamer you are overestimating English teams as always. And we know which teams do better in European competitions. Keep hyping the English teams and downplay the others

@user-nd3ks4mi7b Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Feel sad for Barca as they will be nowhere near full strength for the second leg.

@domigol997 Жыл бұрын

I don't understand why Xavi didn't switch Kounde and Araujo around as soon as he saw that Rashford wasn't playing on the left. It was such an easy switch that definitely would have prevented some United counter attacks

@spiritov69 Жыл бұрын

Pride ?

@wallahhabibiiii Жыл бұрын

Rashford wouldve just kept switching

@domigol997 Жыл бұрын

@@wallahhabibiiii i don't think so, araujo would have covered everything at cb

@curtischarles5299 Жыл бұрын

Xavi really acted amateurish . Besides playing Alonso which is the first error...but After you see that rashford is playing center why you didn't switch araujo and put kounde on the right? No but he left it so until late in the game

@allenmathew2550 Жыл бұрын

Amateurish? Try suicidal

@nahidmirmahmud8914 Жыл бұрын

I think a three man midfield with Busi and Roberto/Kessie is a disaster waiting to unravel close to Bayern 8-2 showing

@gabrielalohan728 Жыл бұрын

I think Xavi should be pragmatic in the 2nd leg, he doesn't have the midfield to execute what he's done all season. So he's left with one or two options, present an obvious starting 11 (with Kessie, who am still not sure his role in the team) and come up with a whole new strategy or use the best players you have in a new formation & strategy. I'm leaning to the latter, but only after he must have exhausted the former.

@surrealist8784 Жыл бұрын

so essentially ten hag maximized his chances of winning and xavi minimized them…and still we got a draw, shows how much quality of a squad we have, which made me more upset cause it should ve been easy win

@papayawasamoah816 Жыл бұрын

Lol. U were lucky to get a draw. United literally gave Barca free goals .

@mohdshahariar5833 Жыл бұрын

@@papayawasamoah816 It was Barca who gave free goals, we had Alonso in the back, Rashford couldn't do much after christensen came on

@MrBlerim012 Жыл бұрын

@@papayawasamoah816and barca give free goals to united

@bena8805 Жыл бұрын

@@mohdshahariar5833 both your goals came from our mistakes, stop being deluded

@tanmaypandey7475 Жыл бұрын

@@bena8805 lol what?We literally scored an own goal and you were lucky enough to have Casemiro's shot hit the cross bar otherwise it would've been an own goal

@bahaadeenal-ees1488 Жыл бұрын

Xavi have a Guardiola syndrome, changing what works for something worst just to try to outsmart teams, he played Alonso in CB in CL as well and stilll repeated, 7 goals in 22 matches and he still feels the need to make the change.

@jonathana6943 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this. How do you think barca should lineup for the 2nd leg with pedri dembele and gavi unavailable

@hsdg48 Жыл бұрын

Busquets back so hopefully he can hold mid

@ATRE1DESS Жыл бұрын

Balde Araujo Christensen Kounde, Kessie De Jong Busquets, Fati Lewy Raphinha

@jonathana6943 Жыл бұрын

@@hsdg48 Hope so. Hopefully torre can get some mins tomorrow vs cadiz just incase he might need to play in the 2nd leg

@triggagottii2908 Жыл бұрын

I think we should go back to 442 with pablo torre coming in for Pedri, Lewa Raphinha Torre Frenkie Kessie Busi Balde Christ Araujo Kounde MATS Kessie has to start we need his physicality with Gavi missing ! I would play Torre against Cadiz so he can be ready for the united game... I don't want to see roberto, alonso nor alba starting ffs!!

@thanchoul2754 Жыл бұрын

Fati. Lewa. Raphinha FDJ. Sergio. Kessie Balde.Christensen araujo kounde

@edgarrodriguez6251 Жыл бұрын

I feel that the Next leg will be much more decisive. It’ll also be more difficult for Barca to come out victorious. I still have hope but all of our players need to play at their top level. I would like to predict 2-1 Barca

@hammadrabbani1272 Жыл бұрын

How barca gonna beat united when they don't have pedri and gavi in their squad while united's martinez and sabstizer will be back at old trafford

@Angel-pz6qt Жыл бұрын

It will be harder than this match was, we dont have Pedri, Gavi and Dembele, basically our entire attacking machine....

@randomuser78 Жыл бұрын

Do u even realise pedri is injured, gavi suspended, though I trust busquets, but in their team that new midfielder from austria and little beast guy from argentina are too coming back, its in their home which they have good record..its difficult if u look but not impossible

@rg6982 Жыл бұрын

The fact United had so many key players missing, yet ETh didn't cry or complain about fixture pile up etc and bullied Barca at their home ground is insane

@mxn5132 Жыл бұрын

Last I checked we bullied them, they didn't bully us. Their second goal was an own goal ffs

@AFAN0010 Жыл бұрын

We focusing on la Liga and coming first clear of rma w 8 points unlike ur dogshit team🤡🤡

@stephenm2355 Жыл бұрын

@@mxn5132 Barcas both goals were fluke..raphinhass poor cross and alonso header from a corner. Only perfect build up open play goal was from rashford.

@adampaul6675 Жыл бұрын

@@mxn5132 xG for both teams begs to differ, Barca was on an xG of like 1.08 or some shit and United was an xG of at least 2 it is clear when you just watched the game as a whole as well.

@mikewalay Жыл бұрын

Alba has good end product until games when it matters most. We've said this for so many years

@HIM-lk6of Жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion, Xavi got it wrong starting Alonso. I assume it was becuase Xavi expected to to dominate possession, push Alba high up and use Alonso with his natural left foot to have the full width of the field when we were building up, plus his height and physicality when defending set pieces. That makes sense theoretically..... until you factor in that United is a unit that knows how to play on the counter; which would've pitted quicker attackers against Alonso in space. A bad call for me regardless of how you slice it. The next thing was how long it took for him to switch Araujo and Kounde. If the initial plan was for our Uruguayan to play RB to mark Rashford on United's left. Once we saw that Rashford wasn't playing there we should've switched Araujo centrally sooner....he is a natural CB and Kounde is better in build-up play. I would've used my Gala XI then make subs depending on the game situation. I doubt we start Alonso vs Cadiz when that's the game he should've rested our regulars for.... Concerning the 2nd leg between injuries, suspension and iffy form I think we should switch thing up a bit. I hope we don't attempt to dominate possession to control that game... I'd actually pull something similar to what United did first leg.... set up in a mid-block and seek to capitalize in transition. Ter Stegen, Kounde (RB), Araujo, Andreas, Balde. Then a lopsided/asymmetrical MF; aiming to create a false double pivot where FdJ is the deepest more to the left, Busi is more center-right and Roberto higher up. For the forward line I'd go with Ansu @ LWF, Lewandowski @ CF and Raphinha @ RWF. Alba, Kessie, Ferran....... impact subs. This second leg is likely to be a stringent test. Hopefully we do enough to advance.

@benben10s Жыл бұрын

I think we should also talk more about Xavi’s decision to bench Raphinha…our only source of danger in the whole second half was Raphinha and he got subbed off for Ferran Torres who rarely contributes in big moments. Not a fan of that decision, Raphinha is not getting enough credit after Dembele got injured, he really has been stepping up

@jordyverdickt4643 Жыл бұрын

as always great analysis! i feel xavi made big mistakes and ten hag outsmarted him. i didn t understand why gavi didn t drop a line and fati didn t came in after pedri got injured. Xavi did great so far but he really doesn t handle fati well. he'll never get the confidence back like this. Next thursday i see united pass. But i firmly believe barca is a lot better than utd. i don't see how they can win in old trafford without pedri and gavi.

@praful7867 Жыл бұрын

Can u do a preview for 2nd leg like what should do barca do to win it

@ratikonjaria7648 Жыл бұрын

I didn't understand the defensive rotation, if it's for the sake of tactical surprise offensive rotation is more compelling

@ddkay6478 Жыл бұрын

2nd leg : It's the full starting eleven except for the interiors Gavi & Pedri + Dembélé. But we have Raphinha being a high quality replacement for Dembélé and Kessié being a high quality replacement for Gavi. Busquets, Christensen and Baldé coming back. So I think ManU will face a much better Barça even if Pedri is missing...

@nananou1687 Жыл бұрын

Let's not get too ahead This barca was pretty good

@becomingdauntless8821 Жыл бұрын

"A much better Barca" in the second leg. Sorry but you couldn't be more deluded.

@ddkay6478 Жыл бұрын

@@becomingdauntless8821 why so ? I suggest you rewatch the game from when Baldé and Christensen came on and formed the "B.A.C.K." with Ar and Koundé as de Jong and Roberto were the double pivot. From this moment on (66'min...) Barça was clearly better than ManU.. next time it will Busquets and not Roberto.... so yes, Barça will be much better

@mayankarora11 Жыл бұрын

If we can draw against united with this backline I think we can stop them at Old Trafford too even without pedri gavi and dembele

@tonybravo7439 Жыл бұрын

United will have Martinez and Sabitzer back and maybe Antony and Martial back. Both teams will look different.

@mayankarora11 Жыл бұрын

@@tonybravo7439 our only hope is just to sit back we don't have press resistance quality in Midfield for the second leg they will eat us by their press

@pointer8536 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if Xavi gonna rotate the back line again

@luckyvickbest6073 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha 🤣🤣 man u four player's are coming back in second leg brother

@luckyvickbest6073 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha 🤣🤣 man u four player's are coming back in second leg brother

@RedWazzies Жыл бұрын

Man Utd we’re unlucky not to win. It was a great game though with both teams playing good football.

@surendrapurohit6592 Жыл бұрын

So glad that you are a barca fan.

@eddiefordjour3455 Жыл бұрын

Rip Alonso’s Dad God bless

@alexmarques4432 Жыл бұрын

I can't understand Xavi's decisions. He's not stupid, knows the game like the palm of his hand and as a coach he does great work every week in national competitions. Why would he mess things up this way? The only explanation I can think of is that his only priority this campaign is La Liga, hence UCL next year. However, why wouldn't he have Araujo play in his natural position, bench Christensen is totally beyond my comprehension. Me, I hope we'll see our tried and tested defense line in the 2nd leg, Busquets in front of them. Once that's settled we may discuss the rest

@abraham1268 Жыл бұрын

Xavi had his Pep moment

@hao2000ki Жыл бұрын

Pep at least tries new tactics during big matches that backfire. Xavi straight up made an amateur mistake

@cosmicanarchist Жыл бұрын

Xavi expected Ten Hag to be predictable like Ancelloti. Unfortunately ETH had done his homework well and tactically outclassed Xavi. Having said that, even Kounde and Araujo were extremely sloppy in defence and made terrible mistakes under pressure. Being confident outside your comfort zone is important because there are always times when get tactically outclassed by the opponents. That is where individual quality matters.

@edmond8292 Жыл бұрын

Do you think pablo torre can do anything to mitigate the loss of pedri?

Жыл бұрын

Busquets will be available for old traford, so, although he has lost a lot of offensive potential, that doesn't necessarily mean that he will lose control of the midfield, for sure he will have changes because there is no other profile that can be as flexible as gavi as a false winger, maybe a 4-3-3 with ansu and raphina as more traditional wingers or the same scheme as before but with pablo torre and kessie as far as the key of this team is the superiority on the midfield, we will see today against cadiz what xavi is preparing for today's game, maybe he will give us some clues for Old Traford. Postdata: Maybe is a strange decision of xavi, but Marcos Alonso's father died recently, and maybe the decision of using Marcos instead of Christensen is more an emotional decision rather than tactical, they were playing in Camp Nou and his father was once a Barça player so maybe that match was important for him that's why he celebrate pointing to the sky when he scored the goal, maybe is not the reason and it's purely a rotational thing, but also maybe that decision has that context.

@aidanmagill6769 Жыл бұрын

"Nobody expected these tactics" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I did. United View did and I'm sure many others did too. Can't take a channel seriously when they make statements like that. You Won't Believe What These 90s Celebrities Look Like Now

@vyroqz Жыл бұрын

Why would you change the starting team that was on a winning streak

@Ghosted37 Жыл бұрын

Xavi didnt put Araujo there because of rashford only , he also puts araujo right when he expects hard pressing and hard buildup from goal so kounde can be a ball playing cb and not let araujo have those issues

@TheShadowInmate Жыл бұрын

So many Barcelona fans in the comments complaining and saying they should've won if it wasn't for "xavi", "refs", or if they didn't get injuries and mistakes.... Yes Xavi made a weird decision with his defense but Ten Hag predicted that Araujo would start to nullify rashford therefore starting him in the middle, the handball was not a handball... VAR checked it, was literally headed onto Freds arm (pretty sure it was above his elbow too so not handball), we had Martinez, Eriksen, Antony, Martial, Sabitzer all unavailable... Barca's 2 goals came from mistakes by United players too if you didn't realize so you got lucky too. Stop complaining, it was a fair result, both teams could've won but it was a draw.

@GodOfWar05100 Жыл бұрын

Same as United goals. One goal was Ter Stegen's fault and the other was a lucky OG. Xavi fucked up big time and I just can't see how Barca can win on Old Trafford without Gavi, Pedri and Dembele

@adampaul6675 Жыл бұрын

@@GodOfWar05100 Really wasn't ter stegen's fault when the speed, power and accuracy of the shot from rashford was too much, was legit a sniper, the OG isn't a mistake because if Kounde wasn't in that position he was surrounded by United white shirts so the goal was gonna come either from a United player or an OG from Kounde due to Rashford creating that opportunity. only goal that was genuinely flukey was Raphina cross cos Lewa was gonna back heel it but missed it which fucked with De Gea.

@dosenoffner701 Жыл бұрын

honestly, I can't picture us winning the second leg. Hopefully this will then be our last game in the europa league if I'm correct.

@jstos3675 Жыл бұрын

I think that's what Xavi really wants. For this to be Barca's last europa league game forever.

@nananou1687 Жыл бұрын

@@jstos3675 cope

@jstos3675 Жыл бұрын

@@nananou1687 nope, Xavi himself said it on numerous occasions. He said that Barca doesn't belong in Europa League and should be playing Champions. In a way, he's right.

@ethanpenaranda5518 Жыл бұрын

I think we’ll be forced to play 3 attackers next leg, because we need de jong, kessie, and Busquets to be focused for the midfield battles to prevent penetrating passes

@vinniecupid Жыл бұрын

Getting that midfield correct would be the key. Since Roberto is a downgrade, i would want Pablo torre to be given a chance. He is creative and energetic. Might lacking the experience, but worth a try. If busq is back, then busq and kessi should be pivot.

@hao2000ki Жыл бұрын

rotating in the midfield during the important leg of the match lol

@RealestPirate Жыл бұрын

Xavi was at fault and i really hope he learns from his mistakes

@lxwvs Жыл бұрын

Clearly hasn’t. He should have learned from the ucl

@atharv7353 Жыл бұрын

Idk why he loves Alonso so much

@eddiefordjour3455 Жыл бұрын

God bless 8:16

@Necessarius Жыл бұрын

im pretty sure United is going to win the next match with martinez and sabitzer also without Fredri

@emank03 Жыл бұрын

May God be with us in that second Leg man🥲😪

@MR_IG Жыл бұрын

From my own perspective, the reason xavi played Alonso was because his father died a couple of days before the United game. I'm just saying, maybe that's the reason🤷🤷🤷

@Exp3rter Жыл бұрын

Let's address the elephant in the room, Xavi's choices were egregious. It seems this is his habit in Europe. But the true tragedy which will not only destroy our good-will, but the players morale, is his comments. He explained his abysmal choices to be "rotational" so that the starters get to rest. What he effectively said is "I don't trust that you 'my players' can win more than one tournament, so I will be throwing the Europa under the buss, and we'll focus on the league."

@glasseyes5844 Жыл бұрын

It would be arrogant, stubborm and frankly idiotic to think a team coming from 9th place in la liga just a year ago can win all tournaments. What matters is la liga and solidifying this project. The europa league is absolutely worhtless.

@Exp3rter Жыл бұрын

@@glasseyes5844 It would be stupid to tell a team which only now started to regain their confidence that you don’t have faith in them, especially when it’s a lie. If Xavi truly wanted rotations, Pedri and Kounde are way more exhausted than Christensen and Balde. And yes, this team could win all of their competitions. We came from the 9nth place, but you’re talking about the strongest defense in Europe, and one of the best squad depths. True, we are not complete enough to win the Champions, but we could’ve truly won the Europa and the League if Xavi didn’t make Thursday’s mess. Hopefully we do win this week. The Europa is “worthless” for pride, but it is not for a team which is fighting for every penny, and for the morale of the future project. If you can’t win the Europa, you think they’ll have confidence to fight for the Champions?

@varunbukka9225 Жыл бұрын

@Blip-qz9ch Жыл бұрын

It's not that deep bruh

@NwosuKelechukwu Жыл бұрын

W ten hag

@nahidmirmahmud8914 Жыл бұрын

In hindsight, Pedri should have rotated in this game if Xavi thought La Liga was a priority.

@andresausecha9553 Жыл бұрын

People still do not understand Xavi lineup, he initially played Alonso and Alba because the highest priority for Barcelona is winning LaLiga not this competition, hence Xavi needs Christensen and Balde fit and ready for most of the season

@henrikjensen4970 Жыл бұрын

Great game, but Xavi make the mistake by play Alonso over AC. When AC came in, Rashford don't do anything.

@Ghosted37 Жыл бұрын

From a huge Barca fan , Barca is done here , Pedri is our most important player , without him , gavi , dembele it will be very hard, also if Araujo is not on Rashford its just fucked. I would expect Laporta to put pressure on xavi to rotate players here and loose on purpose (yes this happened already) , laliga is just way more important and we lost our chance at camp nou

@takunn151 Жыл бұрын

I don’t want to see Alonso in this team

@goat9295 Жыл бұрын

Xavi will regret not taking this competition seriously. I honestly want us to end up back here again next year because Xavi clearly hasn't shown we have what it takes to be in Europe. We get made into fools on the world stage and think we're too big to try for UEL? What type of nonsense is that? I get we have to focus on the league, but how are you gonna prepare this team for the grind of winning multiple trophies a season if you can't push for UEL?

@VishnuZutaten Жыл бұрын

Xavi fu$#ed up. There is no denying this. Still have hopes for him and team, but he had to address his flaws immediately. How many times is he going to make stupid decisions...

@suleimanmusa6723 Жыл бұрын

United with more possession, while barca create the better chances and hopefully win. It's going to be a reverse of the first leg.

@muyeedoricto7983 Жыл бұрын

I think xavinshould start playing pablo torre....he is the only one who can replace pedri

@BPAvt Жыл бұрын

Ten Hag wins because Xavi shot himself in the foot by dismantling the defense. When Rashford lined up in the center, Xavi should have moved Arauho centrally. Christensen should have started instead of Alonso. We could have won this game.

@jstos3675 Жыл бұрын

Xavi doesn't care about Europa League. He is prioritizing La Liga and Copa del Rey.

@elijahojo1286 Жыл бұрын

Ten Hag would have subbed in Garnacho on time, which would cause more troubles from the left 😅

@tamatama1037 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a Barca fan so I don't watch as many games as you do, but I thought Araujo as a RB and Kounde as a CB was better.

@goat9295 Жыл бұрын

The game showed you it’s not better.

@daniaaal Жыл бұрын

Another disaster class by Xavi in Europe. This time it’s even more frustrating, because the best team he picked in La Liga could have all started (minus Busquets). The world was watching the match but Xavi, against the tide, decided to cop out.

@jstos3675 Жыл бұрын

Xavi doesn't care about Europa League. He is prioritizing La Liga and Copa del Rey.

@atharv7353 Жыл бұрын

Xavi made so many mistakes in this game that could've been easily avoided, even during the match, but he didn't. I don't get it

@bishopsmart5582 Жыл бұрын

To be honest, I just think this Barcelona team is overrated. Regardless of who plays in defence, they are still vulnerable. They only had a good defence record in laliga haven leaked lots of goal in champions league group stage. After maybe 14 games clean sheet in laliga, you faced United in europe and again leaked goals. I am not just convinced to be honest.

@jstos3675 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Its gonna be a long time before Barca is a contender.

@samuel4413 Жыл бұрын

Say whatever you want, but christensen, araujo, kounde and balde weren’t together in any of those games where they received goals… And lets be honest, I respect man utd and as a barça fan i wanted to win but the league is way more important and we have madrid only 5 points away so rotate in this game was the smartest decision

@yes-wh1zj Жыл бұрын

That's why we're blaming xavi, because the backline we know is good enough wasn't started and instead he played a washed Marcus alonso and alba. In the ucl everyone was injured any team would lose if their best 3 defenders were injured.

@sand__9994 Жыл бұрын

Playing Alonso was just a dumb decision by Xavi. Then he subbed him after 60th minute. He is the slowest defender in the team. playing him against rashford and sancho while you are playing a very high defensive line is just doesn't make any sense. Even if he scored the goal, he was terrible. Xavi did the same thing last season. Benched De jong against Frankfurt in the 1st leg and 2nd leg and barca got totally outplayed in the midfield and lost the match. You should not bench your best players in a big match like that. When it works, don't touch it..

@jstos3675 Жыл бұрын

Xavi doesn't care about Europa League. He is prioritizing La Liga and Copa del Rey.

@randomuser78 Жыл бұрын

Alonso scored the freskin goal

@claudebaiden6637 Жыл бұрын

Ixavi is clueless after Koeman

@luqfresh Жыл бұрын

It's simple, xavi didn't take them serious

@Dg73739 Жыл бұрын

Barca fan here I'll be completely honest I don't think we'll win

@lvlup3173 Жыл бұрын

Xavi have a bad habit of fielding average team in big matches... He always overthink in big matches

@nananou1687 Жыл бұрын

Xavi was outplayed before the game itself He overthought

@kgarodiya Жыл бұрын

So many idiots criticising Xavi here for rotations, you clearly have no idea about the physical fitness and condition of our players. We need to rotate them and from a purely fiscal standpoint we prioritise La Liga over thr Europa League.

@kimlu. Жыл бұрын

Barca defence was never that good. They conceded three against realmadrid. The few goals conceded was due to their tactics of maniacally keeping possession thereby reducing the playing time and in turn the xg of their opponents but that hardly works against teams that are bold enough to press them and refuse to sit back

@ksomeone1 Жыл бұрын

That was an injury ridden defence, we beat Madrid recently in the super cup or that game doesn't exist to you?

@elijahojo1286 Жыл бұрын

@@ksomeone1 madrid only take champions league serious

@ksomeone1 Жыл бұрын

@@elijahojo1286 lol

@ahmadmuliawan0008 Жыл бұрын

It's chaotic because it's nature of fucking Knock-out game, expecting full control like Pep always does, but in Knock-out matches is stupidity.

@hasanmahmud8992 Жыл бұрын

We are gonna get battered in the 2nd leg at Old Trafford after the injury of Pedri and Gavi won't be available as well. Busquets is coming off from an injury. Another disappointment for Barca in Europe

@ikromifadhlan3435 Жыл бұрын

The amount of uefalona fans think both man united goals are lucky and were mistakes from eufalona players are staggering... First goal.. dejong got own by fred and release a killer pass to rashford to score amazing goal ..that strike is too fast to blocked.. second goal rashford skip pass defender with his skill to pass a speeding ball that anybody could hit and makes goal..that pass was a killer pass and both man united goal are the product of rashford who was on fire .. and uefalona asking for handball???? Man did u blind when kunde tackle rashford?????? Should be Straigh red card.. but u people got amnesia i guest...why donk you guys be objective and stop deluding thinking you could won the match.. by the way ..the ref is your man of the match..

@Abdi-libaax Жыл бұрын

I think Xavi is being smart here he didn't want Barcelona to lose playing the best team available to him Incase they lost damaging the momentum, now people can say they lost because Xavi rotated. The only players I'm worried about in the Barcelona team is Dembele and Lewandowski the rest can be dealt with. Playing Christensen and blade wouldn't make any difference. Because players like De jong were marked out of the game.

@samuel4413 Жыл бұрын

“Now people can say they lost because xavi rotated” ?????? 😂😂😂 bruh, the game end 2-2 tf are u saying 🤣🤣

@thamsanqawisdomsiziba3552 Жыл бұрын

Xavi got it wrong mate in a lot of ways. 1. The person who brings control into the game is Pedri hence if you want to free De jong play him close to Pedri and not Kessie even though in this game Kessi tried.Kessie can play on the right interior because he is good in attacking. 2. Playing Aruajo on the right was a poor tactical decision.Rashford usually scores his goals from Central positions hence to stop Rashford you needed Aruajo in the CB position so thar whether he gets past the RB or the LCB he will still be at Aruajo’s reach.Playing Aruajo on the right was just giving Rashford freedom. 3. Christensen is not only important defensively but also in the buildup, he is a ball playing CB who is very crucial in the way we build up and also he is a good long passer which is effective in turnovers. 4. Taking out Raphinha was a terrible decision as this game the way it was unfolding suited him perfectly. 5. Balde is not just good in wing play but he is good in take-ons and in bursts of play hence without him you lack those quick turnovers and anyway Alba was off form he miscrossed a lot of balls. 5. He took a long time to play Ansu who had a good cameo,he should have replaced pedri with fati.

@ashishsunnarain Жыл бұрын

machester united 3 barcelona 1 in the next leg

@merijn4440 Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable that Gavi got himself a yellow, knowing Busquets and Pedri will probably be out next game.

@salim_Mt Жыл бұрын

Busquets will be back

@siddharthsingh7378 Жыл бұрын

Spanish bias is clear from xavi and I hate to say it but utd will win easily in next game

@uripatootie7064 Жыл бұрын

Xavi is just not on the level of coaches like ten hag, arteta, guardiola. Bro has top quality players but cannot control games. Nonewthing (on twitter) was right

@goat9295 Жыл бұрын

Did you even watch this?

@uripatootie7064 Жыл бұрын

@@goat9295 si. Look. I watched Arsenal pin back and completely control United for 45 minutes. Literally it felt like they could will a goal into existence. Barca's players are of a similar level of quality (maybe better) but they couldn't do that.

@uripatootie7064 Жыл бұрын

told ya'll

@fimmyk Жыл бұрын

Xavi is horrible in making changes / rotations. The way this man loves Alonso, yet he is consistently the weakest link in defence. Xavi does well in laliga but struggles in Europe whether it’s UCL or Europa. To me this highlights his poor tactics, we all knew this squad is good enough to win La Liga with pretty much any manager. Europe is different because that’s where coaches earn their money, and Xavi is being exposed there.

@victorsarkar4592 Жыл бұрын

Ole as a manager>>>>>>> xavi

@Omar-Wakas Жыл бұрын

Xavi got exposed he is not good enough to coach Barca.

@2kalxn Жыл бұрын

He is but I wil say he makes sloppy decision making

@emmanuelnsiah8036 Жыл бұрын

i truly think he is not good enough. His decision making is awful and tactic of playing so high is causing the team.

@randomuser78 Жыл бұрын

According to your logic ten hag is good enough for united cause he lost first 2 games in Premier league, lol

@Omar-Wakas Жыл бұрын

@Random User We are playing in EL two years in a row under him that didn't happen even with Koemen or Setien even tho Xavi got better players. He has yet to win against a big club in europe we played Bayern, Inter, Benfica, Manchester and he didn't win any game against thease clubs. In the match against Manchester he did so many things wrong if they had a good striker we would be out of the competition

@jjakkad Жыл бұрын

Very awkward picks by Xavi, I'm sure he has his reasons & maybe Europe is not a priority.

@zak__21 Жыл бұрын

So why did lewa , ter stegen, Kounde and Araujo etc start? We should have played with the B team then

@mayankpaneri1295 Жыл бұрын

I think once we thrash Barca at OT then these delusional analysis from Barca fans will change.

@nagatv8399 Жыл бұрын

Fred >>> de Jong,pedri, gavi

@bshn10 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but Xavi needs to go

@rodya4090 Жыл бұрын

No. He's a great coach for now, and also, who do you think would replace him?

@bshn10 Жыл бұрын

@@rodya4090 Luis enrique

@25slyfox Жыл бұрын

@@rodya4090 he's a good coach not a great coach he has to win something significant first before he can be called that but honestly if Xavi keeps selling games instead of playing to win especially in Europe competitions. Best believe more fans will turn on him.

@saladin6762 Жыл бұрын

@@rodya4090 Tuchel, we need a german coach. I'm tired of Xavi and his spanish friends.

@SS-gw3cb Жыл бұрын

@@rodya4090 He canbe a great coach for B team not the main team

@nananou1687 Жыл бұрын

This is a Barca channel Of course the narrator would cope by saying Barca were not taking chances when everything in the game was set up for Barca. They are great in LA Liga, because they're great in general, but it's la Liga. Inter beat Barca, and their sucking hard in the serie A United were also far away from their best and lacked even more key players