Atletico Madrid-Barcelona

 

1-Atletico's centre-backs never left in front of the penalty area. Carrasco or Llorente came back for Barcelona's attack. Other wing-back waited a little ahead for a counterattack. Koke, on the other hand, increased the strength of the defence by coming to the wings (on the left).

2-Atletico's players made quick transitions to empty regions by passing the player who approached him instead of making long-distance runnings with the ball. Moreover, they preferred to see spaces instead of thinking about dribbling, preventing opponents from approaching them.

3-Gimenez goes forward as Atletico Madrid starts to attack. Llorente and Carrasco comes back. Thus, 3 different triangles emerge. They did not lose the ball unless more than 2 opposing players entered these zones (on the left).

4-Both in the first goal and several attacks, Mingueza and Araujo played close to the midfield. That's why gaps appeared on the left side of the defence. It is necessary to run into these gaps in time and get the ball. Atletico, who made this plan correctly, scored.

5-Atletico rarely made mistakes in defense. In one of them, a part of the defense was not in place, just like on goals. The difference between Atletico and Barcelona was evident in this attack. As Suarez and Lemar calmly scored at the right time, Coutinho came too close to the goalkeeper and defenders blocked him (on the left).

6-Lemar and De Paul moved to the areas in front of the wing-backs. When Dest and Mingueza joined the attack, their territories were left defenceless.

7-Atletico changed its formation at the beginning of the second half. After Trippier entered the game, Llorente started to play more offensively. We also saw not only 4-4-2 formation, but also 5-3-2 and 3-4-1-2 formations from time to time (on the left).

8-In the second goal, the left of the defence was empty. Pique was alone on defence so its allowed Suarez to get out of the offside. According to Pique's position, he waited for the ball to come to him. Suarez easily scored as Dest was delayed in coming back.