Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Barcelona Lost!

The new 3-4-3 formation make Barcelona lost against Liverpool. Well, many people (include me) predicted that Barcelona will have the initiative to attack and Liverpool will play more defensive. But thanks to the experimental formation, the condition was reversed.

Okay, Barcelona may have the ball possession (60% against 40%) but Liverpool won when it comes to total shot comparison (10 against 1!). The Lady Luck maybe side Barcelona with 2 shot hit the crossbar, and 1 superb block from Puyol save Barcelona from conceding.

The first half was totally Liverpool's game. John Arne Rise was very unlucky when his shot hitting the crossbar. Not long after that Victor Valdez's poor clearance almost made Barcelona concede. Sissoko was very unfortunate that his first time shot only hit the crossbar.

Many Barcelona fans really hoped that in the second half Barcelona will have some improved gameplay and changed to the old 4-3-3 formation. But Frank Rikjaard still believe that the new 3-4-3 formation will made Barcelona through to the next round.

The second half started with Barcelona still have the ball possession and Liverpool prefer to more defensive style. Good performance by Liverpool's defenders especially Jamie Carragher really frustrate Barcelona's attacker.

Thanks to Eidur Gudjohnsen's goal that made Liverpool plays more attacking. Both team play attacking football but only Liverpool that made dangerous attack to Barcelona defence.

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