On March 21, Beijing time, la Liga national derby, Barca won 4-0 away to Real Madrid. Such a score is indeed a bit unexpected, and Harvey has truly proved his coaching ability.
Same as 433, but Xavi is not Guardiola
As an outstanding representative of La Masia's youth training, Barca's greatest midfield core since the new century, Xavi's coaching, is considered a return to the DNA of the Rossandre. What DNA? From Cruyff to Guardiola, the same line of passing control football.
However, contemporary football has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, and Manchester City's Guardiola is no longer obsessed with the ultimate possession, let alone the young young coach Xavi. So Barca still played the 433, but the content has been branded with his own brand.
In this game, Barca still has 59% of the ball, but compared with 63.4% of the 6-2 tragedy in 2009 and 66% of the 5-0 tragedy in 2011, it is still slightly inferior. Or it can be said that the current Barça is still based on the technology of passing and controlling, but it is more practical, fast and efficient.
The changes That Harvey has brought to Barcelona are mainly threefold. First, the running and forward insertion of the midfielders. In the first half of the match, the four players in all the teams who ran the most distances, barca's three midfielders accounted for three: Frankie De Jong 6.1 km, Busquets and Pedri were both 5.8 km.
De Jong's forward insertion was very positive, such as in the 12th minute, Ferran Torres crossed from the left, Aubameyang's volley was saved, and the other high-speed into the box was the Netherlands international.
Another example is Barca's third goal, de Jong counter-attacked to pick a pass to the American sheep, and continued to insert into the box, faster than winger Dembele, and Formed a two-point envelopment with Ferran.
The same goes for the Europa League with Galatasaray. When centre-forward Aubameyang retreated to do the ball, De Jong was already plugged in at high speed to attack the space between the centre-backs, and Busquets' long pass over the top could hit the opposing line behind.
Behind 4-0, it is 7-0, and it is even more fast conversion
Frankie De Jong's front insertion also reflects Harvey's main tactical philosophy: a quick transition. In other words, it is through the straight line of the midfield distance to attack the ribs of Real Madrid and the "14th zone" in the middle of the penalty area.
For example, in the 35th minute, Barca had a long pass from the backfield, directly to De Jong in the heart of the front, who immediately sent a direct kick, Aubameyang's low shot inside the penalty area was saved by Courtois.
In the 46th minute, still a direct pass from the midfielder, Ferran inserted at high speed to form a single knife, but unfortunately did not seize the opportunity. In the 51st minute, it was a long pass from the back, Ferlan stopped the ball and went straight to the goal, and Aubameyang single-handedly shot through the goal.
In the 73rd minute, it was also Barca's forward pass that caused Militham's stopping mistake, and Dembele's single knife in the middle of the penalty area was deflected, missing the perfect opportunity to rewrite 5-0.
The data shows that Barca's passing to the rib halfway reached 33 times, 6 more than Real Madrid, and 22 passes to the 14th zone of the middle road, which is 10 more! And there are a lot of direct long passes.
It is this quick transition forward that makes the winter window new signing Aubameyang explode, because he has speed, is also good at running and grabbing points, and likes this Premier League rhythm very much.
In addition, another move to quickly switch attacks is the winger's one-on-one breakthrough. So, Traore and Osman Dembele are the right wingers. Especially the latter, the right side of the strong Nacho cross, assisted the U.S. sheep to open the record, the two are simply a match made in heaven.
The data shows that Barca have as many as 7 major scoring opportunities in this game, but what about Real Madrid? 0 times! Although it was not all grasped, the 4-0 score has already told sa fans that Harvey is really the son of the chosen one!