The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Goatseye]

Ka-pi96 said:

Goatseye said:
Hold on! You guys think that Barcelona of Pep at their highest had a bad defense?
With Puyol killing it, Pique less erratic, Dani Alves the best RB with Maycon at the time and a solid LB on Abidal a suspect defense?
Additionally, with a Swiss clock as a Defensive Midfielder, no one in their serious state of sanity can call Barcas defensive ability dubious at the time.

Yep, Barcelona definitely had a suspect defense at the time. For one thing Dani Alves was far from a good defender, he was a really good player but more because of his contributions to the offence than the defence. More of a winger than a right back.

It worked for the system they had in place. Who was hindering them at times, was Abidal who didn't give them the same offensive depth as D.Alves on the left side.

Hence, Barca got a similar player for the left side: J.Alba