Barcelona can win the Spanish LaLiga match without Lionel Messi, Ronald Koeman uses Lionel Scaloni’s tactics.
INDOSPORT.COM – Winning in the Spanish LaLiga debut against Villarreal made the debut of Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman quite brilliantly. Without Lionel Messi’s dependence, he looks inclined to use Lionel Scaloni’s tactics.
Taking place at home, Camp Nou, Koeman made a strategic transformation through a 4-2-3-1 formation which led to a 4-0 victory over Villarreal. La Pulga is the spearhead while on the two wings there are Antoine Griezmann and Ansu Fati.
The Barcelona captain does not seem to be playing the role of a playmaker as usual and is more inclined to feel the position of replacing Luis Suarez who went to Atletico Madrid. His figure was replaced by Philippe Coutinho who became the point of contact for the attack.
Yes, Coutinho became the caretaker of the Blaugrana’s glory, who had just given an assist to Ansu Fati in the second goal. Meanwhile Messi had no contribution in the last two goals scored by La Masia and was only able to score a penalty.
Launching a news page Brand, the essence of the former Dutch national team tactician’s strategy is not to be fixated on the participation of the Argentinian player. This seems similar to what La Albiceleste coach Scaloni usually does.
When playing international matches, Scaloni is reluctant to impose a tough task on Messi to manage the entire ranks of Argentina national team players. This tactic was followed by Koeman with the intention of giving assignments finishing to the iconic Barcelona player.
Although proven effective, this tactic cannot be Azulgrana’s first choice because it depends on the defensive pattern of the opposition club. In addition, the decision of the Dutch coach itself also seems inseparable as a condition if the megastar leaves him.
As previously known, Messi had wanted to leave El Barca after last season’s disappointing results. No wonder there are indications that this new tactic is a condition if the club no longer has the figure of its mainstay player.
Thanks to Lionel Scaloni’s strategy, Ronald Koeman was finally able to gain success on his debut to coach Barcelona. He also succeeded in making Lionel Messi cs move to 10th place in the Spanish LaLiga standings.
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