After two consecutive defeats to Madrid, Barca's trough continued. Rather than saying that Barca are not in good shape, it is better to give the applause to the praiseworthy Vallecano. Coutinho's return to the Reds' red star, to Bayern on loan, and back to Barca, the mentality has not yet healed, and this 100-game milestone is indeed too embarrassing for the cool bird. After the soul left Barça, the growth of young players, the excessive integration of new and old, everything is still a long way to go. Is it possible to give up the light but survive? After Koeman leaves class, where will Barca go?
Barca struggled to win Dynamo Kiev by one goal at home, and after winning their first European win this season, they lost to Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano, two Madrid teams. In these 3 matches, the first 1:0 Champions League in Kiev, the scene is not obviously dominant, and the only goal is still contributed by Chairman Pikpi. In the second national derby, we had organized offline fans in Beijing to watch the game, but we were forced to cancel it due to the epidemic. Fortunately, the fans did not get together, otherwise it would be another defeat. The match against Vallecano really depressed most Barca fans. Facing this team that hovers between La Liga and La Liga, although it is only a one-goal defeat, the process is also a complete defeat, of course, it can also be understood from another angle that Vallecano's overall success has suppressed the visiting top giants.
In Madrid, the capital of Spain, in addition to the well-known Real Madrid, Atletico, as well as Leganes, Getafe, Vallecano and other clubs, I believe that fans familiar with La Liga will not be unfamiliar with these teams. Vallecano's full name is "Madrid Vallecano Lightning Football Club", the home stadium can only accommodate more than 15,000 fans, compared to the major European giants is basically negligible volume, but even so, founded in 1924, she is about to enter the ranks of the centennial club. In 2015, Zhang Chengdong also joined Vallecano as the first Chinese player to land in La Liga. Although the club is small, fan shops, museums and more are readily available. Every time hardcore visits Madrid, Spain, before the epidemic, they will try their best to feel the local football culture according to the schedule, including a visit to Madrid's Vallecano.
Back to the game between Vallecano and Barca, I believe that the biggest feeling of the vast majority of fans is, is this Rayo Vallecano, or Liverpool? Barca was upset before, perhaps unable to face the iron barrel for a long time, but today's game is not the case. In addition to the advantage of the possession rate of the pass control department, the rest is evenly divided, the number of shots and shots, the number of attacks related data, the home team Vallecano is only slightly inferior to Barca, not completely at a disadvantage. With Vallecano's tight running and the degree of squad retention between players, it's hard to believe that this is a game between two teams with a huge disparity in strength. It has to be mentioned that the value of the players of the whole team of Vallecano is 14.7 million euros, which is not as high as the value of most of The players in Barca.
After Tiger Falcao scored in the first half and Vallecano led, everyone thought they would consolidate the defense, and as the game time passed, the team's physical strength may not be able to maintain the intensity of the entire squad. After the whole game, take a closer look at the average age of the two teams, Vallecano is 28.1 years old, Barca is 27.7 years old, the difference is not big. Maybe barca fans will say that in addition to Pedri, Dembele, Bryswirt, Araujo and so on, Barca's injury list has added Franki de Jong, Fati, etc., are these important? Barca are not at all an order of magnitude Palelecano. If you must bear the burden for this game, it may only be Coutinho. However, this is bound to be another embarrassment, because this game is exactly the 100-game milestone for the Cool Bird to join Barca. Only 4 of the 16 confrontations were successful, 15 ball losses were lost, 4 fouls were committed, and the most important thing was that not a single shot was on target! In the absence of De Jong in midfield, the back is barely supported by the elderly Professor Bu, but the forward position in the offensive group seems to have disappeared. Joining Barca as a popular player in Liverpool that year, he went on loan to Bayern to find form after failing to integrate into the system, and was still unstable after returning to Barca again. If the Brazilian doesn't have the strength, it certainly doesn't exist, so how to get back the mentality is the most important.
When it comes to the system, in fact, in essence, the tone of the giant brand and the cultivation of youth training are themselves a paradoxical relationship. As a top giant, the fans' requirements for the team are undoubtedly the most demanding, and they want every game to be a big win, and the process must be enough to be free. However, since Guardiola left Barcelona, La Masia after the Dream Dynasty seems to be much quieter. Compared with their own red stars, fans are of course more passionate about chasing the joining of top big names. Even if the young players in the youth training are talented, they also need a game of experience, after all, the level of confrontation of the echelon and the pressure of the game are completely two concepts compared to the top league. Whether it is the president of the club or the head coach, in the face of the dilemma of fish and bear paws, more often than not, they can only compromise with the market and choose bear paws, so there are very few fry that can grow.
In the new season, in addition to Fati, who has matured a lot and has been given the great mission of the 10th, young players such as Garvey, Demir, Mingesa, Nico Gonzalez, Eric Garcia, Araujo and so on have many opportunities to play, and their attitude can be seen in the game, but after all, as a college student or even a high school student, whether it is physical confrontation or details, there are shortcomings in the growth period. In fact, from another point of view, these are more of an expectation. Messi's departure from the team, the system suddenly lost its soul, is bound to bring pain, maybe half a year, maybe a season. It's like a major operation, after the organs are replaced, whether it is the fusion of new organs or the healing of wounds, it takes time.
As the head coach, Koeman, who has just been sacked, joined the club as a savior in the Barca trough, but whether it is the Dutch gang, or various tactical attempts, such as the British physical confrontation (the previous Barça was forced by numerical superiority and possession, and did not rely entirely on the body), as well as the high ball of high school striker Luc De Jong, which rarely reduced the ground pass control of Tikitaka. Of course, no matter what the process is, football is still a consequential competition in the end, with the winner as the king and the loser as the coward. After Koeman leaves class, perhaps more interpreted as the other core KPI of the main coach, that is, the back pot. After all, the results of the team were not ideal, and it was not Laporta or other club executives who left the class. With Koeman gone, what about the rest of the stall? Looking forward to the next Savior? Not to mention that even though Koeman has only been in charge of Barca for 14 months, even if Xavi comes to retake the throne, the first thing he will face is undoubtedly a complete reshuffle. Of course, as a Barcelona celebrity, there is no doubt about the control of both the La Masian bloodline and the locker room. However, the budget that the club can leave for Harvey is still stretched, and the players can only change at the earliest until the winter window.
Remember as early as 2019, when we went to Qatar to prepare for the World Cup, we had the honor to visit the THAAD club, and also mentioned the question about coaching Barcelona to Xavi face to face, and the answer at that time was very clear, after all, Xavi has red and blue blood, and these years of experience as a head coach may only be for the return to camp Nou. However, the real football is not as simple as football manager, pro evolution soccer, FIFA, after all, the players are not robots. The Barca that Xavi will face now is undoubtedly the most difficult time, and I believe he must know better. So Harvey's rise to power is more like an unshirkable responsibility as a child of La Masia! Of course, the most anticipated thing is that perhaps Barca will not change its decline immediately, but the long-term development of youth training must be worth looking forward to, and the red and blue faith will be more firmly inherited!
We can also think about whether Barca can lower their posture a little more to learn from their old rivals next door, Real Madrid, Zidane's tactical arrangement in the later stages is 1:0, defensive counterattack and appropriate abandonment of possession. At the very least, the course of the last national derby proved that Ancelotti's Italian football philosophy and even an enhanced version of Zidane's late defensive tactics turned out to be correct. So since it is a low, we are more pragmatic for the result, for survival, but also for the persistence of more Barca fans.